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10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College: The Know-How You Need to Succeed
By Bill DueeaseA college diploma can open many doors, but it's just an expensive piece of paper if you don't have what employers seek. Long-time professor and student adviser Bill Coplin surveyed the nation's top companies and identified the essential skills recent grads need to survive and succeed in the job market. In 10 THINGS EMPLOYERS WANT YOU TO LEARN IN COLLEGE, Coplin teaches you to solve complex problems, influence people, and detect BS - real-world know-how your textbooks don't teach you.
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101 Tips For Graduates: A Code Of Conduct For Success And Happiness In Your Professional Life
By Susan MoremAccording to her introduction, the author seeks to put down in writing the implied code of conduct by which people are all expected to live. Her purpose in doing so is to give recent high school or college graduates a concrete list of criteria to which they can refer so that they may meet or exceed the usually unspoken expectations of adulthood. This is an admirable goal, and one that the author meets well with tips on every subject from proofreading every document to following one's heart.
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51 Ways To Find A Job Fast -- Guaranteed!
By Kevin DonlinAre you looking for a new and better job?
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Cool Careers For Dummies
By Marty NemkoLooking for a job? Thinking about a career change? Dreading it? Well, Cool Careers for Dummies promises not only to help you find jobs you never knew existed, but to make it fun! From enologist (that's winemaker, dummy) to attorney specializing in outer-space issues, career specialists Marty Nemko and Paul and Sarah Edwards have compiled over 500 interesting, offbeat, and just plain cool jobs. But that's just the first step.
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Designing a Cover Letter to 'Wow' Hiring Personnel
By Teena RoseJob searching is a game. Yes, you read right. Once you hit submit on your computer, or the mailman takes your envelope, your destiny has been set. Jobseekers oftentimes underestimate the value a well-written and unique cover letter brings to their career package.
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How to Design, Write, and Compile a Quality Brag Book
By Teena RoseIt's all about marketing yourself. I can't stress that enough. You're marketing a product: you. Market "it" properly, and you'll have one of the most successful job-search campaigns you've ever experienced.
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How to Get Your Dream Job
By Joan LloydHave you suddenly found that you are looking for a job? Write a great resume, become a skilled interviewee and network like a pro with a little help from Joan Lloyd.
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I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This : A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work
By Julie JansenA must-read for anyone who is working and feeling dissatisfied, unfulfilled or unhappy with their current work situation.
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Internet Your Way To a New Job
By Alison DoyleJust a few years ago, you could upload your resume to one of the top jobs sites, click a few times to apply for some jobs, and consider your job search well underway. Today, that isn't enough. The job market is becoming increasingly competitive. Hiring managers are overwhelmed with applications and are looking at new and different ways to recruit online. Hiring has changed and so has job searching. It's more complicated than it used to be and job seekers need to be prepared to use all the online job search tools to their advantage. Online job searching often seems like it can be a complicated endeavor. It doesn't have to be - there are tips and tricks you can use to make the process run smoothly and simply. Alison Doyle will provide you with everything you need to know on how to build your career and find a new job.
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Interview Fitness Training: A Workout with Carole Martin, the Interview Coach
By Carole MartinIt would be nice if your heart didn't palpitate, and your hands didn't sweat, and your mouth didn't go dry, but most people, even executives,...
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Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations
By Nancy Rica SchiffOdd Jobs Portraits of Unusual Occupations by Nancy Rica Schiff Who blows the bugle at the Kentucky Derby? Who dusts the dinosaur bones at the Smithsonian? Who sniffs dog breath for a living? Who measures the breasts of real models? ODD JOBS introduces you to the real people who perform these truly peculiar jobs. In 65 intimate portraits, photo essayist Nancy Rica Schiff captures the personalities and occupations of these oddball professionals, providing a short profile of each.
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Odder Jobs
By Nancy Rica SchiffFrom canine massage practitioner to competitive eater, there are real people who perform real jobs that most nine-to-fivers have never dreamed existed. In this satisfying follow-up to ODD JOBS, Nancy Rica Schiff brings these and many more peculiar professions to light, giving us a glimpse into a whole other world of work. Nancy's photographs perfectly capture the personalities of these working people who love their jobs, despite their oddities.
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The 20-Minute Cover Letter Fixer
By Teena RoseJob searching is a game. Once you hit submit on your computer, or the mailman takes your envelope, your destiny has been set. Jobseekers oftentimes underestimate the value a cover letter brings to their career package.
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The ABC's of College Life
By Vicki SalemiPicture it. The typical high school graduate, varsity letter winner and student government guru, is finally going off to college. She will soon explore unchartered territory, a land where loads of homework and a happening social scene rule her world. It is exciting and indeed overwhelming, but this teen can handle it. Her anxiety is now history because she has read and thoroughly digested the inside scoop, the quintessential survival guide, The ABC’s of College Life.
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The About.com Guide to Job Searching
By Alison DoyleFrom writing a good resume and locating the best search engines to what to do when you get an interview, this resource gives you all you need to land the career of your dreams.
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Top Secret Executive Resumes
By Steven ProvenzanoThis practical and helpful guide takes you step by step through the process of writing and formatting a job-winning resume. Steven Provenzano starts off with advice on identifying and expressing one's special talents and abilities. Worksheets are included throughout to help readers get organized and motivated.
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Voyage To Success: Your College Adventure Guide
By Terry ArndtVoyage To Success was developed to provide you with the tools you need to become a successful college student. The most comprehensive college adventure guide available, Voyage To Success addresses all aspects of a student’s life in college, including academic, personal, social, financial and career planning.
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What Color Is Your Parachute 2006
By Richard BollesIn the last five years, the United States has lost 2.6 million jobs - the most in any five-year period since the Great Depression. In the 2006 edition of his legendary job-hunting book, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? Richard Nelson Bolles offers hope and presents an inspiring and detailed plan for finding your place in this uncertain job market.
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