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A comprehensive guide to the exciting careers open to you
in sports or sports-related fields. Details
on salaries, skill requirements, advancement prospects, special opportunities,
and much more. Career
Opportunities in the Sports Industry is the most comprehensive and
up-to-date guide this challenging and diverse field ever published.
In it you’ll find indispensable and realistic information on 73 job
titles.
Here
are some of the areas covered: professional athletes, professional
sports teams, sports business and administration, coaching and education,
officiating sports teams, sports journalism, recreation and fitness, boxing and
wrestling, racing, wholesaling and retailing, and sports medicine.
For each of these jobs you’ll find a quick reference Career Profile, which summarizes the main facts about the position: duties, alternate title(s), salary range, employment prospects, advancement prospects and prerequisites (education, experience, and special skills). The Career Ladder shows the jobs the frequently lead to and from the one being discussed. The text goes on to describe many other aspects of the job in extensive detail.
In addition to vital job information, there are helpful appendixes listing college degree programs, workshops and seminars, trade associations and union and all the major sports leagues. An index and bibliography are included for easy reference.
Indispensable information on 61 health-related professions,
and listing in 6,500 accredited educational programs in all 50 states, Puerto
Rico, and some Canadian provinces.
Profession
descriptions include:
One of the most useful and comprehensive career references
available. A powerful new tool for
professionals, job seekers, and students.
You
can use this book to: obtain the most up-to-date information on jobs
in the US economy; explore occupations and plan a dynamic and successful career;
create resumes that effectively describe your skills and job history; prepare
for salary negotiations by comparing your current salary and working conditions
with national averages; and establish an educational plan to obtain new skills
and upgrade current skills.
For all major jobs there is a complete description that includes the nature of the job, working conditions, education, experience and skills required, potential earnings, and employment projections to 2006.
A comprehensive guide to exciting careers open to you as a
writer. Details on salaries, skill
requirements, advancement prospects, labor unions, special opportunities for
women and minorities and much more. It
is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to this challenging and diverse
profession ever published. In it
you’ll find indispensable and realistic information on nearly 100 specific job
titles.
Here
is some of the job areas covered:
This guide lists hundreds of opportunities in local, state, federal, military, and special law enforcement agencies for high graduates, for those with advanced degrees, and even current or retired law enforcement officers.
Career choices includes municipal police officer, deputy
sheriff, corrections officer, state police officer, conservation officer,
federal agent, and both military police officer and criminal investigator.
Tips and effective strategies are offered on law
enforcement career planning.
100,000 federal jobs in law enforcement!
If you believe most public law enforcement jobs are found
at the state and local levels, think again.
The federal government is the single largest employer of law enforcement
personnel. Found in numerous
agencies, most of the nearly 100,000 law enforcement jobs are interesting,
relatively secure, pay well, and lead to career advancement. Despite federal government cutbacks, federal law enforcement
jobs appear to be some of the best federal jobs available today.
Here’s the book that provides the necessary details for
getting a federal law enforcement job. Going
beyond position descriptions, this action-oriented book surveys all the
ingredients necessary for putting together a winning application package that
clearly communicates your qualifications to agency hiring officials-from
application checklists and sample job announcements to position qualification
standards and federal employment resources.
Includes information on the major federal law enforcement positions as
well as the key agencies that hire law enforcement personnel.
A rich resource for landing a job you want!
Covering local, state, federal, and private law
enforcement, Careers in Criminology contains
essential information on salaries, benefits, qualifications, education, and
training for every type of criminal justice career. In candid interviews, law enforcement officers and other
criminology professionals reveal the day-to-day realities of criminal justice
jobs, and provide advice on how to successfully advance through the ranks.
From private investigators to probation officers, FBI agents to U.S.
Marshals, this comprehensive job hunter’s resource includes everything you
need to know to find the perfect career in this exciting field.
Thorough Job Descriptions: Includes up-to-date descriptions for all major jobs held by college graduates. Read the latest information available on tasks and responsibilities, working conditions, required skills, projection growth, average earnings, required training or education, related jobs, and sources of additional information for each job.
Labor Market Trends: Covers
major labor market trends that are likely to affect your future.
Determine which occupations and industries pay better and offer the best
opportunities. Includes
well-researched articles containing helpful insights on trends for college
graduates and the jobs they hold.
Results-Oriented Career Planning and Job Search Techniques: Features a special section that provides career planning advice. In addition, learn about the results-oriented job search techniques that have proven to cut job search time in half.
Information-Packed Appendices:
Provides information on all major industries and more than 500 jobs that
cover 90 percent of the workforce! Use
this data to help plan your career, education, and job search options!
Choosing a college major is an important decision. Making the right choice will save you both time and money and will increase you chances of ending up in a job you’ll enjoy. This unique book offers you expert advice on every aspect of choosing the best major for you.
You’ll learn about:
You’ll also benefit from firsthand interviews with students and working graduates who speak candidly about their majors and careers, what works and what doesn’t, and how to make informed decisions right from the start.
A comprehensive guide to the exciting careers open to you
in art.
Whether you are a student or a professional ready for a
career change, you’ll find in this invaluable book everything you need to know
to start on your way to an exciting career in art.
Completely revised and expanded, Career Opportunities in Art is the most comprehensive and up-to-date
guide to this challenging and diverse field ever published.
In it you’ll find indispensable and realistic information on over 80
specific job titles.
For each of these jobs, you’ll find a quick-reference
Career Profile, which summarizes the facts about each position: Duties,
alternate title(s), salary range, employment prospects, advancement prospects
and prerequisites (education, experience and special skills).
The Career Ladder shows the jobs that frequently lead to and from the one
being discussed. The text goes on to describe other aspects of the jobs in
greater detail.
Included, too, are helpful appendixes with listings of major trade periodicals; trade organizations and associations; internships; and relevant education institutions.
Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions
that one makes in life. And it is
not always a decision that is made just once - many happy and more successful
people try more than one career during their working lives.
How do you choose a career that will be both satisfying and rewarding?
What things should be considered? Who
should you talk to? Where should
you begin to look to find answers? This
book helps you find out more about yourself and about the careers that could be
most appropriate for you. It also
helps you to develop a game plan and to sell you yourself in today’s market.
This book will tell you how to:
Whether you are in the process of establishing your first
career or you are an experienced worker searching for a new career, How
to Choose the Right Career provides a proven, step-by-step method to help
you discover new careers that fit your personal requirements as well as your
aptitude. Then it helps you establish a clear path toward your goals.
Whether you’re a student new to college, a returning/transfer student, or one of the many adults seeking a change in the way you spend the work portion of your day, you will benefit from Making Career Decisions That Count. Written in a practical, user-friendly style, this brief text will guide you as you explore yourself, the world of work, and decision-making. To make the most of you time, the exercises are designed to work for you!
“The revised edition of College Majors and Careers comes at a time of heightened interest in college training and concern about the job market which follows. This contributed to the success of the first edition of this book and mandated this revised to reflect changes over the years.
College Majors and Careers is designed to help with that stage of education/career development associated with selecting the focus in a collegiate program. The book links the choice of a major in college with personality traits, primary interests, and occupational outcomes. It exposes students with majors in different fields to the realm of opportunities open to persons with their background.” (Taken from the Introduction)
“[…] this reference is one of the first steps in the
process [of choosing a major]. It
is essential for the student to know what is out there in order to choose well
and narrow down the college search. To
this end, we have developed this guide that will describe the 159 most popular
majors found in U. S. colleges. Each
Field of Study is described on one page-no more.
This self-imposed limitation has forced us to be clear and concise, yet
every page is filled with a variety of information that has never been gathered
in quite this way.” (Taken from the Forward)
Not all accounting majors end up as CPAs.
Anthropology majors don’t necessarily go out on digs once they
graduate, and language majors don’t all become translators and teachers.
In the same way, college graduates who have made their careers in
business, publishing, or the law may not have majored in economics, English, or
political science when they are in school.
But can you know ahead of time which college majors could prepare you for
the career you want? After
graduation, how can you link your favorite area of study to the working world?
Major Options can
help you choose the right major and lead you to a career that matches your
education and talents. It describes
the 30 most popular majors-typical courses of study, workload, degrees
available-and list over 100 of the careers to which they may lead.
A section on these careers describes their salary ranges, employment
outlooks, and advancement opportunity.
Whether you’re deciding on a college, a major, or a
career, Major Options is an essential
and unique reference.
Here is everything you need to explore a career in this unique field! Written by a leading authority, this comprehensive guide gives all the information you need for intelligent career decision making. Among its many features are:
Overview of the field
Educational requirement
Employment outlook
Salary opportunities
Career advancement
Where to get more information.
So you want to pursue an exciting career in sports?
Like any game, you’ll need to know the rules
before you can play this career game. Many
of the job and career rules are clearly stated, but others are unspoken,
requiring a thorough understanding of how the industry operates in both theory
and practice.
This ground-breaking book explores the many and varied career options available for anyone seriously interested in this field. Using commentary and first person analysis, the book examines five different but intricately intertwined areas within sports management: athletic departments, representational firms, professional franchises, the media, and sports management companies. Explaining how these five areas relate to one another, the book unlocks one of the major keys to career success in sports management. From the trenches to the boardroom, you’ll learn about the role of the players, agents, media, franchises, ole boy networks, turf battles, cable television, money, and much more.
Individual chapters, written by professionals in the field, discuss the structure and business philosophies of each area, outline advantages and rewards of different sports careers, and reveal the best approaches to finding the job you really want. Presents an insightful look into one of the fastest growing and most exciting career fields today.
Inside tips to getting and keeping the job you want.
“…shows you how to expertly navigate the ups and downs of your career—and come out on top.” Marilyn Moats Kennedy, Managing Partner, Career Strategies.
“…savvy insider-tips and practical advice that’s fun to read.” Marcia Ann Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief, MS. Magazine.
A guide to college majors and their related careers.
Over 100 college majors including type of degree required,
specific courses typically taken, specialties within a major area, related high
school courses and optional advanced degrees available beyond the bachelor.
Over 1,000 related occupations. Each
college major includes descriptions of the type of work the degree typically
leads to as well as specific job titles, outlook for future openings, starting
salaries and sources of additional information.
The Career Connection is designed to assist people more effectively explore alternative areas of study and make better course selections. The book is simple to use and an effective counseling aid. By arranging occupations within major areas of study, it allows a person considering a college major to explore career alternatives based on their interests. Once one or more college programs are identified, the book cross-references other sources of career information. A helpful index allows the reader to look up a job title, and then look up the college major that will best prepare them to enter that career area.
For each of over 100 career majors, The Career Connection provides information on the careers related to that major, the type of education required, typical courses taken, related high school courses, specific jobs that people who major in this area are likely to obtain, the outlook for future openings, starting salaries and other information.
A guide to technical majors and their related careers.
Over 60 technical majors including type of degree or
training required, specific courses typically taken and related high school
courses. Over 400 related
occupations including descriptions of the work involved, outlook for future
openings, starting salaries and sources of additional information.
The book is simple to use and an effective career counseling aid. By arranging occupations within major areas of study, it allows a person considering technical training to quickly explore career alternatives based on their interests. Once one or more career training fields are identified, the book cross-references to other sources of career information. A helpful index also allows you to look up a specific job title and quickly learn about training or education options that best offer the preparation for that career.
For each of over 60 majors, The Career Connection II provides information on the training preparation for types of jobs, the training or education required, typical courses taken, related high school courses, specific job titles, outlook for future openings, starting salaries and other information.
Inside advice from industry leaders on: what to expect on
the job, typical career paths, what they look for in an applicant, how their
specialty is unique. It also helps
you: prepare your resume, tailor your cover letter, polish your interview
technique, locate hundreds of companies with jobs and internships, and identify
professional organizations and publications.
In
Part One, top public relations professionals share their insights to
give an insider’s perspective as you get started.
You’ll learn about: the rewards of working for a charitable
organization, opportunities for women in public relations, career paths you
shouldn’t overlook (government, sports, nonprofit), media relations, corporate
communications in the 90’s, and much, much more.
Part Two spells out proven steps for evaluating your career, targeting employers, networking for success, preparing an effective resume, writing a cover letter, and making an interview work for you.
Finally, the Job Opportunities Databank lists more than 125 public relations firms and major companies that offer entry-level public relations jobs and internships. A separate section covers employment agencies, professional associations, and other information sources that will help you find your place in this competitive field.
Inside advice from industry leaders on: what to expect on
the job, typical career paths, what they look for in an applicant, how their
specialty is unique. It also helps
you: prepare your resume, tailor your cover letter, polish your interview
technique, locate hundreds of companies with jobs and internships, and identify
professional organizations and publications.
In Part One, top
industry professionals share their insights to give an insider’s perspective
as you get started. You’ll learn
about: getting started in business-to-business sales, marketing professional
services, the many sides of marketing research, career paths you shouldn’t
overlook (sports & special events, financial marketing, hospitality sales,
direct mail), brand management in consumer products, opportunities in database
marketing, jobs in telemarketing, and much, much, more!
Part Two spells
out proven steps for career self-evaluation, targeting employers, networking for
success, preparing an effective resume, writing a cover letter, and making an
interview work for you.
Finally, the Job Opportunities Databank lists more than 300 companies that offer entry-level jobs and internships in sales and marketing. A separate section covers agencies, professional associations, and other sources of information that will help you find your place in this exciting (and rewarding) field.
Performing Arts Career Directory
Inside advice from industry leaders on: what to expect on
the job, typical career paths, what they look for in an applicant, how their
specialty is unique. It also helps
you: prepare your resume, tailor your cover letter, polish your interview
technique, locate hundreds of companies with jobs and internships, and identify
professional organizations and publications.
In
Part One,
top industry professionals share their insights to give an insider’s
perspective as you get started. You’ll
learn about: what it takes to become an actor, working in arts administration,
fulfilling careers in dance, diverse careers in design, the Broadway musical,
improvisational comedy, acting with disabilities, working in the cruise
entertainment industry, and much, much more!
Part
Two spells out proven steps for evaluating your career, targeting
employers, networking for success, preparing an effective resume and portfolio,
writing a cover letter and making an interview or audition work for you.
Finally, the Job Opportunities Databank lists more than 360 commercial and nonprofit performing arts centers, companies, theatres and festivals and production companies that offer entry-level performing arts positions and internships. The Career Resources section covers employment agencies, professional associations and other information sources that will help you find your place in this competitive field.
Radio and Television Career Directory
Inside advice from industry leaders on: what to expect on the job, typical career paths, what they look for in an applicant, how their specialty is unique. It also helps you: prepare your resume, tailor your cover letter, polish your interview technique, locate hundreds of companies with jobs and internships, and identify professional organizations and publications.
In Part One, top radio and television professionals share their insights to give an insider’s perspective as you get started. You’ll learn about: art and set design from the designer of “Murphy Brown”, choices in television and radio news, career paths you shouldn’t overlook (lighting, camera operator, broadcast engineer), television graphics design, and much, much more!
Part Two spells out proven steps for evaluating your career, targeting employers, networking for success, preparing an effective resume, writing a cover letter, and making an interview work for you.
Finally, the Job Opportunities Databank lists more than 300 radio and television stations, networks, broadcast companies, and production firms that offer entry-level radio and television jobs and internships. A separate section covers employment agencies, professional associations, and other information sources that will help you find your place in this competitive field.
Advertising Career Directory
Inside advice from industry leaders on: what to expect on the job, typical career paths, what they look for in an applicant, how their specialty is unique. It also helps you: prepare your resume, tailor your cover letter, polish your interview technique, locate hundreds of companies with jobs and internships, and identify professional organizations and publications.
In Part One, top advertising professionals share their insights to give an insider’s perspective as you get started. You’ll learn about: getting started as a copywriter, preparing your portfolio, opportunities in the media department, career paths you shouldn’t overlook (outdoor advertising, promotional products, sales promotion, international advertising), freelancing, what art school doesn’t teach you, great advertising locations you might not have considered (Chicago, Detroit, Boston, West Coast), and much, much more!
Part Two spells out proven steps for career self-evaluation, targeting employers, networking for success, preparing an effective resume, writing a cover letter, and making an interview work for you.
Finally, in the Job Opportunities Databank, you’ll find more than 200 agencies that offer entry-level advertising jobs and internships. A separate section covers employment agencies, professional associations, and other information sources that will help you find your place in this competitive field.
Book Publishing Career Directory
Inside advice from industry leaders on: what to expect on the job, typical career paths, what they look for in an applicant, how their specialty is unique. It also helps you: prepare your resume, tailor your cover letter, polish your interview technique, locate hundreds of companies with jobs and internships, and identify professional organizations and publications.
In Part One, top publishing professionals share their insights to give an insider’s perspective as you get started. You’ll learn about: the fastest growing industry segments, the rewarding world of small and independent presses, career paths you shouldn’t overlook (book club marketing, university presses, elementary/high school publishing, as well as scientific, technical, and medical publishing), breaking into trade publishing, sales, marketing, and the “business end”, electronic publishing – is it for you?, and much, much more!
Part Two spells out proven steps for career self-evaluation, targeting employers, networking for success, preparing an effective resume, writing a cover letter, and making an interview work for you.
Finally, you’ll find more than 200 publishing houses that offer entry-level publishing jobs and internships listed in the Job Opportunities Databank. A separate section covers agencies, professional associations, and other sources of information that will help you find your place in book publishing.
Sports Marketing Place
The most detailed, expansive, and current sports business reference source available today! Guide to over 10,000 sports organizations, teams, corporate sponsors, sports agents, marketing and event management agencies, media, manufacturers, and retailers.
Cracking the Corporate Closet
The 200 best (and worst) companies to work for, buy from, and invest in if you’re gay or lesbian—and even if you aren’t.
How gay friendly are America’s companies? What are the best—and worst—guidelines passing for corporate policy? Authors Daniel B. Baker, Sean O’Brien Strub and Bill Henning collaborated with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute to uncover these answers and wound up exploring a vast array of corporate atmospheres that reflect more than plain pro- or anti-gay attitudes and that represent, in essence, attitudes about social justice.
The results of three years of research are compiled here. Cracking the Corporate Closet is an easy-to-follow resource that holds meaning for all Americans, from consumers to managers, and from job applicants to investors. With the current struggle for social justice challenging every company wall and glass ceiling, this book provides a long-overdue investigation of gay issues destined to create ripples across corporate America.
Gay Issues in the Workplace
In this clear, concise, and thoughtful book, corporate consultant and educator Brian McNaught shows business people and corporate managers how anti-gay bias impacts the entire work force and harms corporate productivity. McNaught presents a field-tested approach to coping with prejudice and eliminating destructive behaviors from the workplace.
Covered are such topics as:
Coming Out of the Classroom Closet
Most gay and lesbian teachers and students remain invisible in our schools for fear of hostile responses of “coming out.” But this invisibility is costly in terms of self-esteem, social support, academic performance, and life itself. Recent studies suggest that around 30% of the annual teen suicides may be related to sexual preference distress. This eye-opening book helps all educators break their silence and assist these young people in need. Gay and lesbian educators will be empowered by the research documenting greater social support and legal protection. All educators concerned with civil rights, social entitlements, and personal development will be challenged to address the needs of gay and lesbian youth in our schools through intervention, advocacy, and curricula modifications.
Issues examined in the book include a discussion of school-based intervention and the needs of gay an lesbian youth, a history of treatment of gay and lesbian educators and their current legal rights; effects of internalized homophobia and empowerment training on the attitudes of gay and lesbian educators; gay and lesbian students’ perceptions of the attitudes and abilities of their counselors and teachers; a critique of he current failings in graduate training programs for mental health professionals and educators; images of gays and lesbians in sexuality and health textbooks; empowerment theory and curricula modification suggestions; and important AIDS education.
Sexuality Identity on the Job
A key resource for addressing sexual identity concerns and issues in your workplace. It offers suggestions for creating a positive psychological environment of inclusion for all workers, accomplished through policies of nondiscrimination, the availability of domestic partner benefits, and solid efforts to eliminate on-the-job discrimination toward lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender individuals.
The contributors to Sexual Identity on the Job, in promoting workplaces that offer all workers inclusion, safety, and a place to thrive psychologically and emotionally, cover such topics as: gay, lesbian, and bisexual career development and counseling issues; managing multiple identities (race, gender, sexual orientation) in the workplace; current trends in economic discrimination toward lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals; legal and policy concerns; domestic partner benefits; the relationship between inclusion and productivity.
Straight Talk about Gays in the Workplace
Creating an inclusive, productive environment for everyone in your organization.
This candid and carefully researched book shows that companies with progressive policies toward gays gain increased productivity, a better public image, and higher profitability. It brings myths and facts about gays “out of the closet” and into the open. It explains how your company can create an inclusive atmosphere that encourages “straight” people to respect gays and helps gays to stop hiding. After all, people don’t work at their best when they work in fear. Or in anxiety. Or in isolation. The book is also filled with personal stories and interviews with real people working at real companies. They illustrate the frustrations of being gay at an indifferent or hostile company and the energizing effects of working for an inclusive one.
This book shows how to:
A Manager’s Guide to Sexual Orientation
in the Workplace
Managers are introduced to thirteen diverse workers who relate their remarkable life histories about being gay, bisexual, and heterosexual in the workplace. They are then shown how sexual orientation impacts workplace productivity and how a welcoming and inclusive work environment results in positive performance. To initiate the inclusive environment, managers are provided with methods and techniques proven successful in workplaces throughout America and the world.
Bob Powers and Alan Ellis offer clear guidelines to select diversity-sensitive employees, define their responsibilities in the workplace, set performance expectations, provide feedback and recognition, and reward success to cultivate the inclusive work environment. As workers shift their energies away from “hiding” their sexual orientation, workplace productivity increases to achieve and exceed goals and objectives.
Straight Jobs, Gay Lives
“The workplace has become the next frontier for gay rights,” stated a Fortune magazine cover story, and this book—based on a series of groundbreaking interviews with more than 100 gay and lesbian alumni of the Harvard Business School—is the most complete and most in-depth study ever made of gay and lesbian managers, executives, and employees in this country.
Straight Jobs, Gay Lives frankly examines issues such as coming out verses being closeted in the workplace, harassment, discrimination, health and insurance benefits, resources and support groups, and the differences between the experiences of gay men and lesbians. With hundred of personal stories—from men and women of all ages and races—Straight Jobs, Gay Lives provides readers with the encouragement, information, and support that they need to navigate today’s fast-changing business world.
Out in the Workplace
Millions of gay Americans face a perplexing problem every day, yet there are no guidelines to help us cope with this basic issues confronting so many of us: How should you—or should you—come out to your colleagues at work? For the first time, working people answer those question from the front lines, as gay women and men from all professions share firsthand their personal experiences—disastrous and miraculous—and offer advice from a wide-ranging field of careers: sales, architecture, medicine, theology, law, education—and even federal politics.
Out in the Workplace will answer:
Out in the Workplace also contains important up-to-date information about the laws protecting the employment rights of gays and lesbians.
Sexual Orientation and the Law
Attitudes toward homosexuality range from condemnation to pity to indifference to respect. This range of viewpoints also appears in the legal community, reflected in legislation, legal decision making, and legal scholarship. Sexual Orientation and the Law examines the legal problems faced by gay men and lesbians: the interaction between gays and the criminal justice system: discrimination in public and private employment; first amendment issues posed by gay students and teachers in public schools and universities; legal problems faced in same-sex relationships; child custody and visitation right; as well as the ability to become foster and adoptive parents; and other contexts, including immigration, insurance, incorporation of gay rights organizations, and local legislation to prevent sexual orientation discrimination.
The Introduction establishes a theoretical framework for approaching gay and lesbian legal issues, and an Afterward updates the comprehensive coverage of all legal developments through the summer of 1989. This review and analysis of the current state of the law is an important part of the discussion and debate that will make antigay discrimination recognized as a legitimate issue and gay concerns part of the mainstream of legal discourse.
100 Best Companies for Gay Men and
Lesbians
Many gay men and lesbians are crossing that last frontier and coming out in the workplace. At the same time, a steadily growing number of companies seek to attract and cultivate talented employees regardless of their sexual orientation. These companies and their employees have found they share a common cause in their search for the most productive and creative of work environments. This guide includes strategies for both, as well as an illuminating evaluation of 100 of the most gay-friendly companies—including large, small, nonprofit, publicly held, privately owned, and public agencies, in a wide variety of industries coast to coast. Companies are ranks as “excellent,” “good,” or “trying,” based on both hard data and more subtle criteria regarding attitudes and social pressures.
The book also offers a thoughtful explanation of gay and lesbian workplace issues, including: coming out—should you do it? When? How? What are the risks? The advantages? Discrimination and harassment—whether lesbian and gay employees receive equality in promotion and compensation; how companies do (or don’t) respond to claims; whether employees feel safe enough to make claims. Domestic partner benefits—what are the? What do they really cost the company? What are the different approaches that various companies use?
Finding and working with allies:
Adams Resume Almanac
Included are 600 resumes used by real people to win real jobs; 50 attention-getting cover letters; and 50 resumes for difficult situations, including career changes, lack of experience, and many more. It covers all industries and positions from entry-level to senior executive.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
2002-2003
Interesting and thorough descriptions for over 260 jobs, covering about 90% of all workers. Information on labor market trends, plus the following details on each job: earnings, training and education needed, working conditions, skills required, advancement opportunities, projected growth, related jobs, sources of additional information, including Web sites.
Essential for anyone needing accurate job information:
Working people – identify related jobs with better growth potential, prepare for promotions or job changes, find earnings for similar or different jobs, and identify additional training or educational needs.
Students – explore career interests, identify career goals and related training or education, and set realistic objectives for pay and advancement.
Job seekers – identify new job targets, prepare for interviews by identifying key skills to emphasize, gain an advantage in salary negotiations, and learn about job requirements before the interview!
Career changers – uncover more interesting jobs using similar skills, identify training needed to enter more challenging or interesting jobs, and explore alternative career options.
Employers and business people – set competitive pay levels, anticipate trends, write detailed job descriptions, and establish performance appraisal criteria.
Job Opportunities for Business Majors
1999
Finding a job is an open book—as long as this is the book you open! With information on thousands of companies and agencies, complete with vital contact information, this is the one resource that no career seeker should be without. A sample of what’s inside: full-time, part-time, and temporary jobs; internships, training programs, and international opportunities; articles by industry leaders; interview questions and a sample resume and cover letter; job search strategies; and last-minute tips and checklists.
A Guide to Action, Invest Yourself
Invest Yourself provides comprehensive information about thousands of non-governmental volunteer opportunities throughout North America and the rest of the world, including full- and part-time, long- and short-term commitments. Never in the history of the world has the call for voluntary service and action been more urgent. This book is designed to assist those who desire to invest the most important resource they own – their time – to reverse the devastating conditions facing people in the world today, starting with the fundamentals of food, health care, shelter, jobs at living wages, care for the aged and disabled, literacy, legal justice, environmental concerns, disaster relief, and more. CVSA invites you to join the ranks of volunteer organizations described these pages, through which ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things.
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the
Perfect Interview
This book provides you with expert advice and idiot-proof steps to help you succeed in even the most intimidating interview situations. Feel confident about approaching potential employers, selling your skills, and answering the trickiest of interview questions.
In this Complete Idiot’s Guide, you get: concise guidelines on handling every kind of job interview—from telephone interviews to computer-aided interviews; idiot-proof steps for researching the company and industry you want to work in; effective strategies for getting the interviewer to notice you cover letter and resume; valuable tips on dressing for success.
Cover Letters That Knock ‘Em Dead
Every cover letter in this book produced a real job! All letter categories: cover, broadcast, briefing, follow-up, turnaround, and many more! Easy-to-follow steps to make any cover letter knock ‘em dead!
“More than just cover letters – a blueprint for navigating the entire job search process.” James Kempt, President, Taylor Review Employment Verification Services.
Every resume in this book produced a real job! The very best resumes and cover letters for all jobs! Easy-to-follow steps to make any resume knock ‘em dead!
“A must for anyone entering the job market or leveraging their career. It covers the needs of the school leaver as well as the senior executive. It captures the true needs and interests of the hiring executive and shares exactly what a resume should and should not be. A real book by a real expert.” Gail Auguston, President, International Confederation of Personnel Services Associations.
The Damn Good Resume Guide
A Damn Good Resume is a self-marketing tool designed with one goal in mind – to get you a job interview. It always starts with a clearly stated Job Objective; then it presents your skills, experience, and accomplishments in terms of THAT current Job Objective. In contrast, the old-style standard resume listed your Work History in Chronological order and then went on to describe old jobs in grim and boring detail with total disregard for their current relevance. And, worst of all, it was left to the hapless potential employer to figure out what all that meant in relation to the job available and how well-suited you were for that position.
A Damn Good Resume is far more effective because it selects and interprets you past work experience as it relates to your current Job Objective.
There are five essential parts in a Damn Good Resume:
Writing a Job-Winning Resume
In just one evening, you can write the resume that will get you the job you want. Step-by-step the authors lead you through the resume, showing you how to generate a strong, positive self-image and how to communicate that image to prospective employers. The book will also help you identify and eliminate such mental barriers as fear of change and other personal insecurities that are keeping you from a satisfying and rewarding career.
You will learn how to creatively and effectively present your vital statistics—educational background, work experience, and special skills. With dozens of case studies and sample resumes, the authors examine virtually every type of resume, including specific examples for those persons returning to work after a long absence, seeking employment after forced retirement, or changing to a different career. There is even special advice for the handicapped.
Career Success for People with Physical
Disabilities
A book that shows you how to plan and prepare for career success regardless of the physical challenges you face. Career Success for People with Physical Disabilities helps you identify your talents and your needs, select a college and make it work for you, and launch your career. It encourages you to think like a job seeker first, and like a job seeker with a disability only when that disability is of legitimate concern.
This indispensable guide tells you how to: turn your abilities into career success, get the most out of college courses and work-study programs, explore the hottest careers and tap into these high-growth fields, land a job with the federal government, create a blockbuster resume, network your way into the job market, and prepare for job interviews—from deciding what to wear to dealing with disclosure.
Exercises, interviews, and sources of additional career guidance help you create a personalized blueprint for success on the job. Whether you are planning your first career or you want to make a career change, Career Success for People with Physical Disabilities is your one essential resource. Don’t plan your future without it!
100 Jobs in Social Change
The methods and opportunities to call for and implement change can be found virtually anywhere. From the high-rise offices of corporate America, to the door-to-door activities of canvassers and candidates, to the computer screens of Internet users worldwide, people from all walks of life have engaged their professional skills and personal experiences to help shape a better world. 100 Jobs in Social Change explores those skills, experiences, and jobs to introduce you to the various opportunities available in this compelling and challenging arena of work.
Spanning corporate, nonprofit, and freelance careers, 100 Jobs in Social Change provides all the basics needed—including brief descriptions of each job, typical salary levels, prospects for finding work, and qualifications and characteristics you should possess—to flourish in a chosen line of work. Along with each entry there is an insightful profile of a person from each filed that describes a typical day on the job and details the steps each took to rise to his or her current position.
You’ll find
exciting careers in:
100 Jobs in Technology
Spanning corporate, nonprofit, and freelance careers, 100 Jobs in Technology provides all the basics needed—including brief descriptions of each job, typical salary levels, prospects for finding work, and qualifications and characteristics you should possess—to flourish in a chosen line of work. Along with each entry, there is an insightful profile of a person from each filed that describes a typical day on the job and details the steps each took to rise to his or her current position.
Among the many careers and jobs, you’ll find:
100 Jobs in Words
To write or not to write? That is the question. And you’ve probably always known the answer. Maybe you were drawn to the written word as a reporter for you college newspaper, as a child writing stories to pass a rainy day, after reading a book that changed the way you looked at life, or when admiring—and striving to emulate—the achievements of successful authors, editors, playwrights, columnists, publishers, and countless others. You knew you had to be involved in the world of the written word—and now you’d like to make it a career.
Spanning corporate, nonprofit, and freelance careers, 100 Jobs in Words provides all the basics needed—including brief descriptions of each job, typical salary levels, prospects for finding work, and qualifications and characteristics you should possess—to flourish in a chosen line of work. Along with each entry, there is an insightful profile of a person from each filed that describes a typical day on the job and details the steps each took to rise to his or her current position.
Among the rewarding fields and jobs, you’ll find:
Cliffs LSAT Preparation Guide
Cliffs LSAT Preparation Guide can help you score higher. It provides background and understanding of the LSAT, with Cliff’s proven ability to show you the most effective ways to study. This guide will help you take you test with maximum efficiency—and make the kind of score that can give you a wide choice of law schools.
Part one includes format of the LSAT, answers to your questions about the test, and an overall approach.
Part two includes successful strategies for every test area and analysis of each type of question and essay.
Part three includes three realistic, full-length practice tests, charts for analyzing your performance, in-depth answers and explanations for all answers.
The On-Line Job Sire Companion
A complete guide to hundreds of career planning and job hunting resources available via your computer.
Would you like to access 135,000+ current job openings each week, without having to leave your home or office? Would you welcome the opportunity to talk to professional job counselors on-line about your career needs, upload your resume to thousands of employers worldwide, access employment recruiters and headhunters nationwide, and more—all from your personal computer? All you need is your home or office computer and this guide to…Resources on the internet, on-line bulletin board services (BBS), hundreds of software and CD-ROM programs and on-line services—all integrated into a step-by-step plan for selecting a career direction and landing the ideal job.
Electronic Resume Revolution
In the fast evolving electronic job market, employers—large and small—are cutting costs by using computers to read resume. Computers do not read resume in the same way people read resumes. In fact, the old way of doing things may actually hurt you.
Syndicated careers columnist and career expert - Joyce Lain Kennedy joins forces with newspaper business editor Thomas J. Morrow to teach you the new tools and the new rules. In everyday language, they show you how to write a resume that grabs attention from computers and human readers alike.
You’ll learn how to write a keyword resume that gets response, and avoid work and graphic blunders that cost you hiring interviews.
That’s not all. Here are a few drops from the ocean of questions Kennedy and Morrow answer in this first resume guide to the electronic job search. Electronic is “in.” Is paper “out”? What are the keywords at the center of the new resume? Now that computers read and evaluate resumes, is it still useful to personalize mine? What do keyword resumes look like? How do I perform my resume in front of a video camera?
Does Your Resume Wear Blue Jeans?
“The message of Blue Jeans is clear. There are two ways to prepare your resume: Ed Good’s way and all the other ways. I strongly urge anyone who truly seeks success in today’s job market to study Does Your Resume Wear Blue Jeans? And do it Good’s way. He’s right on target with his insights, observations, and extremely practical advice.”
-Martha Fay Africa
Resumes for Re-Entry: A Handbook for
Women
A resume is your calling car to open doors. If written, produced, and distributed properly, it should open doors of potential employers and lead to job interviews and offers.
However, few people know the secrets of writing effective resumes. Often working against their best interests, they produce resumes that merely summarize their work history-or absence thereof. Lacking a clear purpose and using inappropriate language, their resumes tend to be confusing and self-centered. Most importantly, they fail to clearly communicate what it is they most to do, can do, and will do for employers.
Women re-entering the workforce face numerous challenges in writing resumes that best represent their interests, skills, and abilities. Here’s the first resume book especially designed for women re-entering today’s job market. In clear, crisp, and cogent language the author shows you how to:
More than just another resume writing book, Resumes for Re-Entry takes you step-by-step through the process of producing and affective resume to open doors of employment.
Does Your Resume Wear Apron Strings?
From The Baking to the Winning of Bread:
Job-Search Strategy for Women
This book is geared towards women leaving the home and entering or reentering the job market.
“Most of these [women] feared the inadequacy of their backgrounds. After all, they felt, they had only had babies. They had only carpooled. They had only organized soccer leagues serving 2,500 children. They had only served as den mothers, chaired committees to improve school curricula, tended to household chores, served the community, volunteered in church; saw to their children’s emotional and intellectual needs.
“Insignificant stuff like that.
“Their resumes wore apron strings. Not the obligatory navy blue suit.
But way down deep they felt the need for that navy blue suit. That symbol of career success. That badge of merit. The children were birthed. The children were reared. The nest was made. They had baked enough bread. Time now to win some.” (Taken from the author’s preface)
Invest Yourself: A Catalogue of Volunteer
Opportunities
Invest Yourself provides comprehensive information about thousands of non-governmental volunteer opportunities throughout North America and the rest of the world, including full- and part-time, long- and short-term commitments.
Never in the history of the world has the call for voluntary service and action been more urgent. Invest Yourself is designed to assist those who desire to invest the most important resource they own-their time-to reserve the devastating conditions facing people in the world today, starting with the fundamentals of food, health care, jobs at living wages, care for the aged and disabled, literacy, legal justice, environmental concerns, disaster relief and more.
CVSA invites you to join the ranks of volunteer organizations described in these pages, through which ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things.
Back to School: A College Guide For
Adults
More and more adults are going back to school to improve their career and personal opportunities. Over 40 percent of all college students are now over the age of 25, and many colleges offer special programs to meet the needs of busy working adults.
While going back to school is not easy, this book will help you realize that it’s more possible then you think. Filled with practical advice, self-assessment exercises, and lots of tips and techniques for improving your chances of success, this book will teach you how to:
The Minority Career Guide
“Diversity is the name of the game as America’s corporate workplace undergoes dramatic change in the mid-1990s. Young minorities, a vibrant emerging force in the working population, face a new world of opportunities. But career success—landing the right job and making it work—still means knowing when and how to play by the rules.”
National Directory of Scholarships,
Internships, and fellowships for Latino Students
The 2003-2004 National Directory of Scholarships, Internships, and Fellowships for Latino Students was compiled by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI).
The scholarships listed are for graduating high school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate/professional students. Scholarships only available at particular colleges or for students of specific localities are in the regional section.
Living Well with a Hidden Disability –
Transcending Doubt and Shame…
Will
help you:
· Overcome Feelings of Isolation and Powerlessness
· Deal with Shame, Grief, Anger and Sadness
· Learn New Ways to Approach Sex, Love, Parenting and Work
· Navigate the Health Care System and Find a Helpful Support System
· Rebuild Your Self-Esteem and Strengthen Body, Mind and Soul
Dare to Change Your Job and Your Life
This is a practical, thought-provoking, hands-on guide that will help you make the life changes you would like or are forced to make. (Such as):
Are
you…
· Frustrated or bored with your job?
· Unemployed?
· Thinking about starting your own business?
· In school or considering going back to school?
· Wondering what to do with you life?
Job Strategies for People with
Disabilities
The new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) opens the door for employment opportunities never before available to millions of people with disabilities—nearly one out of every five of our nation’s adults!
This definitive career book rings with sensitive and practical advice for getting your first job, being promoted, and making career changes. It will answer your questions about the law, career decision making, and job finding as it tells the stories of real people with real jobs and shares their secrets of success.
The Job Search Companion
Keeping track of contacts, leads, appointments, calls, and the thousand other loose ends of a job search can make the crucial difference in getting the position you want. The Job Search Companion is designed to help you do just that.
Jobs You Can Live With
Jobs You Can Live with: Working at the Crossroads of Science, Technology, and Society offers an introduction to organizations that are working for a better world. Whether you have a degree in the sciences or in the humanities, the organizations profiled in this book will offer you the experience of a lifetime!
The Job Hunter’s Final Exam - with
all
the answers!
Do you really know the answers to critical questions like these…?
True or
or
False
The first step in any job search is to develop an outstanding resume.
In answering an ad, it’s best not to include a salary requirement or present alary even if the ad requests salary data.
When asked to describe your strengths, it’s good to use words such as “Aggressive,” “assertive,” and “ambitious.”
Temporary work often leads to permanent employment, so it makes sense to accept a temporary job as soon as possible.
National Trade and Professional
Associations of the United States 1999
“[…] listings include over 7,600 active national trade associations, professional societies, technical organizations, and labor unions.
Hiring the Best – a Manager’s Guide
to Effective Interviewing
How many managers have stalled their own careers by hiring the wrong person - too many.
The most common mistake is believing that if a person can do the job, the person is a good hire. Actually, there are three broad areas that must be probed thoroughly to make the best decision.
The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed
“Fear of the unknown is one of the primary causes of nervousness in an interview. This book will help by telling you:
Interview for Success
While the job interview is the most important step to getting a job, few individuals are prepared to manage it to their advantage. Fear, apprehension, and failed opportunities are common experiences among interviewees.
Hidden Job Market 1998
This indispensable job search tool profiles 2,000 firms that have added the most new jobs in the past year. These dynamic companies, hiring at nearly four times the national average, are a terrific source of employment opportunities for almost anyone looking for a job.
VGM’s Guide to Temporary Employment –
A Practical Handbook for the Best Jobs
In a field with so much potential, you need a guide that really tells it like it is. This expert author (Lewis R. Baratz, Ph.D.) takes you behind the scenes to show you every aspect of this dynamic industry, from picking an agency, to negotiating benefits, planning a budget to selecting assignments.
Peterson’s Job Opportunities for Health
and Science Majors
With information on more than 1,100 companies, and agencies, complete with vital contact information, this is the one resource that no career seeker should be without.
Peterson’s Job Opportunities for
Engineering and Computer Science Majors
Thousands of Opportunities in the U.S. and Worldwide in:
Great Jobs for…
Sociology Majors; Computer Science Majors; Foreign Language Majors; Business Majors; Liberal Arts Majors; History Majors; English Majors;
Engineering Majors; Communications
Majors – is a series of books, each title listed having its own book covering:
· Discover All Your Options
· Target Your Ideal Career
· Present Your Major as a Major Asset
· Perfect Your Job Search
· Follow Through and Get Results
· Set a Path to Advance Your Career
Careers For:
Careers for (…) are nine books, each addressing such content as job descriptions, training and education, and earning potential. Personal stories highlight this information.
Jobs and Careers with Non-Profit
Organizations – Profitable Opportunities with Nonprofits:
“Where can you find over 1 million organizations that spend more than $500 billion a year and employ nearly 10 million people? Closer to you than you may think. Largely neglected by job seekers, nonprofit organizations comprise a kind of “hidden job market” with low visibility. But nonprofits are found everywhere—in neighborhoods and communities across the country as well as abroad.”
....is a series of fifteen books.
The topics are:
Hoover’s Handbook of American Business
1995
An invaluable source for business executives, investors, salespersons, career changers, students, and anyone with a need to know about America’s large and influential companies.
Over 440 major US public companies from Abbott Labs to Zenith Electronics; Over 50 key private companies, including Domino’s Pizza, Mars, and UPS; Top professional service companies, including legal giant Baker & McKenzie, top management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., and the Big Six accounting firms; Enterprises from aerospace to railroads, biotech to microchips, accounting to oil; And more, including National Geographic, King Ranch, and AFL-CIO.
Each profile includes: company description and history, plus up to ten years of financial and stock data and employment levels; company addresses, phone and fax numbers, and executives’ names, titles, ages, and pay; lists products, brands, subsidiaries, and key competitors.
America’s Top 300 Jobs: a Complete
Career Handbook
This is the most authoritative source of information on jobs and salaries available anywhere. Based on extensive research by the U.S. Department of Labor, this new edition provides current information on jobs held by 90% of workers in the United States.
All jobs are arranged in logical clusters and indexed by title. The easy-to-read descriptions are packed with information on skills needed, education and training required, working conditions, future growth, advancement opportunities, current salary ranges, related jobs, and much more. The introduction provides an excellent overview of labor market trends, and special appendices give additional details on more than 500 jobs and all major industries.
Finding a Job in the Non-profit Sector,
1991
This first edition is designed to provide assistance to
students, volunteers, career changers, career counselors, librarians,
recruiters, and others seeking information on employment opportunities in that
amalgamation of 501 (c) nonprofit organizations called the “third sector.”
This assistance is provided in two ways: 1) by presenting an overview of
employment trends in the sector together with valuable job-hunting tips specific
to the sector and 2) presenting directory listings with contact and other
employment-related information for approximately 5,000 of the largest nonprofit
organizations in the United States.
Job Hunter’s Sourcebook
Finally, job seekers have a comprehensive list of references in one convenient volume designed to get them off to the right start. Job Hunter’s Sourcebook is the one book that ties together all the job search information found in most libraries. It is particularly helpful in locating often-overlooked leads for job openings.
At the heart of this guide is the resource lists for 165 professions and occupations, each providing full contact information and descriptions of hundred of employment leads, including:
Also included are 24 chapters of resources on general job-hunting topics such as resume writing, interviews, and relocating. Hard-to-find job information sources specifically for teenagers, minorities, older workers, persons with disabilities, women, and those interested in international opportunities are featured as well.
Electronic Job Search Revolution
Information technology is revolutionizing the way people look for jobs. Job seekers are now connecting with employers not just through job ads and employment services, but electronically. Millions of savvy job seekers have already tapped into these powerful new resources to help them get ahead. Now, nationally syndicated careers columnist Joyce Lain Kennedy shows you how you can too. And don’t worry; you don’t have to be computer literate to get the most out of this book.
In straightforward, non-technical prose, peppered with tips from human resource specialists, and including the names, address, telephone and fax numbers of electronic job search services, Kennedy and Morrow will fill you in on: resume database services that give employers anywhere in the world instant access to your resume; employer databases that enable you to design you own blue-ribbon prospect list-and get company names and profiles automatically; applicant tracking systems, now at many companies, use computers to scan resumes; online job ads available through a number of widely available communications software, and much more!
Almanac of International Jobs and Careers
International jobs are plentiful, but few people know where to look and whom to contact. Here’s the book that provides key contact information for locating major international employers.
The organizational companion volume to the authors’ best-selling The Complete Guide to International Jobs and Careers, this book reveals the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of over 1,000 key employers in the international arena. Individual chapters identify the major organizations and companies with international positions: Federal Government; International Organizations; Education and Teaching; Associations, Societies, and Research Institutes; Private Contractors and Consultants; Colleges and Universities; Nonprofit Corporations and Foundations; Businesses.
Job Savvy How to Be a Success at Work
Practical advice on how to survive the first days on a new job and position yourself for raises and promotions.
A
well-researched, step-by-step program to:
The 100 Best Companies to Work for in
America
Here’s
what makes employees love their jobs at these unique corporations:
The Complete Guide to International Jobs
& Careers
The second edition of this popular book helps job seekers better understand the what, where, and how of working today’s highly competitive international job market.
Two experienced international specialists provide frank answers to the most important employment questions:
Exposing numerous myths about international jobs, the book provides a realistic view of the international job market. It shows how to find employment with key international employers—multi-nationals, government agencies, nonprofits, consulting firms, foundations, education, and research organizations—as well as opportunities in both developed and developing countries. Special chapters examine opportunities in the travel industry and how to start an international business.
The After-College Guide to Life
An invaluable resource guide written specifically for college graduates, The After-College Guide to Life answers the questions you are too embarrassed to ask; solves the problems you can’t find solutions for; and addresses the fears and concerns you will confront daily as a new college graduate.
Use it for quick reference or read it cover to cover to learn how to handle issues such as:
The only survival guide you’ll need to tackle the world beyond college. It’s the education you need—after your education ends.
Mastering (& succeeding with) The Job
Hunt
Advice from college students who’ve been there and lived to tell the tale.
“Crammed with practical, realistic, detailed advice and useful real-life examples, Mastering the Job Hunt is and essential handbook for the ambitious young job-seeker. Try asking a question that this comprehensive book doesn’t answer!” Irenne Copeland, Editor, Cosmopolitan Life After College.
150 Best Companies for Liberal Arts
Graduates
At last, there’s some good news for liberal arts graduates. This one-of-a-kind career guide tells you which companies are hiring, training, and promoting liberal arts graduates—and who are the best employers among them.
You’ll also find out about the government agencies and nonprofit organizations that actively recruit liberal arts graduates. Each entry provides detailed information on the company or organization—including the number of employees, benefits packages, training policies, advancement potential, and specific tips on getting a job there.
Boston & New England Job Seekers
Sourcebook
The most complete source of job placement services for Boston, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Vermont, and Maine includes contact name, address, zip, telephone, fax number and specialty for each listing.
Included are:
Plus helpful hints on: organizing your job search, interview techniques, stress management, choosing the right placement service, and maximizing your results with placement services.
The Very Quick Job Search
Mike Farr knows how to help you cut your job-search time in half. Developed over many years and used by many thousands of people, the job-search methods he presents can reduce the time it takes to get a good job. In a demonstration program in the city with the highest unemployment rate in the country (over 24%), 96% of the job seekers (unemployed an average of over one year) found jobs in an average of 2.4 weeks. Another research study found that people using these techniques significantly reduced their job-search time. We have seen no other book make this claim.
In a clear and easy-to-follow style, Farr teaches you how to go about getting a job using innovative and effective techniques. For example, he helps you develop a language to describe your skills, then shows you how to use it in interviews, resumes, and other settings. He points out that 75% or so of all jobs are not advertised, then provides specific advice on finding them. His advice on resumes, using the phone to get interviews, completing applications, following up—and so much more—is practical, detailed, and good common sense.
Guide to Careers in World Affairs
Completely revised for the 1990’s, this outstanding international careers book reveals hundreds of opportunities in the international job market. Thoroughly researched, the book identifies major international employers in the fields of business, consulting, finance, banking, journalism, law, translation/interpretation, nonprofit organizations, federal and state government, and the United Nations. Special chapters outline internship opportunities, international graduate programs, and job hunting strategies appropriate for the international job market. Entries include annotated descriptions of organizations along with names, addresses, and telephone numbers for contacting employers. Includes a comprehensive bibliography of international career and job search resources. A rich resource for college graduates and other professionals pursuing international careers.
Graduate & Professional
Programs: An Overview (Book 1)
Graduate Programs in the
Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences (Book 2)
Graduate Programs in the
Biological Sciences (Book 3)
Graduate Programs in the Physical
Sciences, Mathematics, Agricultural Sciences, the Environment & Natural
Resources (Book 4)
Graduate Programs in Engineering
& Applied Sciences (Book 5)
Graduate Programs in Business,
Education, Health, Information Studies, Law & Social Work (Book 6)
Now in it’s 36th year, Peterson’s six-volume Graduate and Professional Programs series is the most comprehensive and accurate resource on graduate study available today and is perfect for students, academic advisers, graduate administrators, researchers, scholars, professionals, and librarians. The series has been updated for 2002 and features full details on more than 36,000 master’s, doctoral, and first-professional degree programs in 433 disciplines offered at more than 1,700 accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Get essential information on: Entrance and Degree Programs; Expenses and Financial Aid; Programs of Study; Faculty Research Specialties.
Peterson’s Graduate and Professional
Programs 2005: An Overview (Book 1)
Includes more than 2,000 institutional profiles indicating degrees offered enrollment figures, tuition, financial support, housing, faculty, research affiliations, library facilities, and contact information.
In-Depth Descriptions-written by graduate school officials- provides important information on each institution’s unique qualities.
ABA/LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved
Law Schools
This guide contains the most complete, up-to-date, accurate information available for all 183 ABA-approved law schools. For the first time, the two most authoritative sources of data and information on law schools-the LSAC, which administers and LSAT, and the ABA, which accredits the law schools-have teamed up to provide a comprehensive law school guide featuring data and admission profiles that are available nowhere else.
This guide contains essential information for anyone considering a legal education, including:
In addition to the four pages of text and data provided annually by each law school, the ABA/LSAC Official Guides to ABA-Approved Law Schools contains details on taking and preparing for the LSAT, choosing a law school, completing your law school applications, and professional options.
The Official LSAT PrepTest with
Explanations
Detailed explanations for a real LSAT written by the test experts at the Law School Admission Counsel.
Kaplan’s LSAT: 2001 thru 2003
Kaplan’s LSAT comes complete with a comprehensive review of all the material on the exam, plus Kaplan’s test-taking strategies to maximize your score. This powerful combination is a highly effective way for you to score higher on the LSAT and make your application competitive for law school admissions.
Cracking the GMAT (2002 Edition)
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the GMAT is very different than getting straight As in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about math and English-only the techniques you’ll need to score higher on the exam.
In Cracking the GMAT, we’ll teach you how to think like the test makers and:
Study the techniques and strategies in this book, and then practice them on more than 155 practice questions inside. We’ll also show you how to go online and take 4 full-length simulated GMAT exams with instant score analysis. Our practice test questions are just like the ones you’ll see on the actual GMAT, and we fully explain every solution.
GRE Power with Test on Disk
The test prep of tomorrow is here today with this exciting book-disk version of GRE Power from the Cambridge Review. This total self-study program gives you hot new test-prep strategies from America’s top campus-based review course, plus sample exams on disk that are as close to the real computer-adaptive GRE as you can get.
The Best Business Schools: 1998 Edition
What makes The Best Business Schools the leading business school guide?
The largest annual student survey: This book contains the results of the largest annual business school student survey. More than 18,000 students told what they think, and their comments have been included here in the most comprehensive and definitive guide ever produced.
All the information you need to make a crucial decision: The updated 1998 edition of The Best Business Schools advises you of the positive attributes and possible drawbacks of the top 71 business programs. Each profile includes information on the curriculum, faculty, workload, admissions and financial aid, and job placement statistics, as well as the addresses and telephone numbers you’ll need to apply. We even tell you how to research business schools online.
As well as:
· Putting together a winning application
· Exclusive rankings in sixty categories
· More than just facts and figures
Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in
the United States
This is the 11th edition of Directory of Foreign Firm Operating in the United States. First published in 1969, it has been an authoritative and valuable source of information for corporations, agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals involved in many forms of international commerce or investment. The current edition contains 2,800 foreign firms in 79 countries and over 7,200 businesses in the US that they own, wholly, or in part. Only the American headquarters and selected locations of each branch, subsidiary or affiliate are listed.
The Career Guide (1995) /Dunn’s
Employment Opportunities Directory
The Career Guide is designed to ease the job search dilemma confronting recent college students (including those with Associates degrees), as well as persons with employment experience who are contemplating a change. It was developed based on the premise that serious, qualified applicants need definitive, authoritative sources of employment information.
The Career Guide/Dun’s Employment Opportunities Directory is intended for reference use in public and college libraries, in college placement offices, in public and private high school counseling offices, and by professional and executive search firms. Moreover, it is meant to serve employers as a public relations and recruiting tool through widespread exposure of detailed information about their companies and the types of new-hire options available.
The Career Guide for Creative and
Unconventional People
Don’t give up your dreams to live in the “real
world.” Too many artists,
writers, dancers, and creative people of all kinds give up the work they love in
order to pay the rent. In The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, now in its
second edition, career counselor and free spirit Carol Eikleberry shows you how
you can use your talents to make money and support your creative expression
Unique feature include: An inside look at the creative personality; unusual tools for self-evaluation; real-life success stories; over 240 creative jobs described.
The College Senior’s Survival Guide to
Corporate America
Here at last is the tell-it-like-it-is guide to the real world of corporate America. Cubicle dweller turned stand-up comedian, Fred Pollack points his stinging wit at every facet of corporate life, including the commuter train, the 401K plan, the IT department, and the Christmas Party.
Between the laughs, Pollack show college seniors not merely how to survive but how to beat the system. The book is filled with practical, hard-nosed advice on such tactics as padding an expense report, kissing the boss’s butt, and hiding that game of computer solitaire. Outspoken and irreverent, The Survival Guide to Corporate America will delight office veterans as much as it will enlighten the soon-to-be initiated.
The 101 Toughest Interview
Questions…and Answers That Win the Job!
Nothing can provoke anxiety like a crucial job interview—that nerve-wracking finish to an arduous job search. Fortunately, the right preparation and practice can help you keep your cool. 101 Toughest Interview Questions offers the most concise and effective preparation techniques available. Its unique approach gives you everything you need to calm your nerves and face even the most nail-biting interview with confidence and poise.
Career expert, Daniel Porot, lists the 101 of the toughest questions and arms you with the kind of can’t-miss, sure-hire answers interviewers need to hear. Best of all, the compact flashcard design helps you prepare for the interview and win that coveted job with unprecedented ease.
Job-Hunting for the So-Called Handicapped
or People Who Have Disabilities
Since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the nature of the “job-hunt” has changed for people with disabilities. Though the ADA may guarantee disabled job-hunters certain accommodations in the process, it doesn’t exempt candidates from observing the standard rituals of job-hunting—that is, determining what you want to do, where you want to do it, and how to get the job.
Richard Bolles’s, What Color Is Your Parachute?, has helped millions of readers find their path in life, and now his creative approach to job-hunting is brought to bear on the specific challenges faced by job-hunters with disabilities. In this book Bolles and Dale Susan Brown guide readers through the often frustrating, but ultimately rewarding process of securing independence in their lives and personal satisfaction in their careers. The authors begin by demystifying the intricacies of the ADA, describing in clear terms what the act does and does not guarantee disabled job-hunters, and then move on to job-hunting strategies tailored specifically to people with disabilities. Thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the contemporary job market, this is an indispensable resource for the next generation of job-hunters with disabilities.
The New Job Security
Remember when job security meant staying with one company until retirement? Well, the rules have changed. There’s a new type of job security in today’s work world, and you get it by actively managing your career—moving between companies to build contacts, expand skills, and raise your visibility and salary along the way.
In The New Job Security, executive career-management consultant Pam Lassiter teaches early- to mud-career professionals five new strategies for achieving long-term work success, from marketing yourself while benefiting others to seeking out opportunities rather than traditional jobs. Whether you’re looking for ways to take control of a current job, or struggling to manage the transitional period between jobs, Lassiter’s proven advice will show you how to navigate the new work environment to stay competitive and reach your professional goals.
Kick Start Your Dream Business
It’s okay if you don’t have MBA or $50,000—or if you’ve never done it before. To get your own business off the ground into the marketplace, all you need is passion, support, and some small-business know-how. In this equally informational and inspiring start-up guide, Romanus Wolter, a contagiously enthusiastic leader in small-business development, walks you each step of the way to both business and personal success. Wisely, your first stop is an assessment of your motivation and its compatibility with your business idea. Then, from brainstorming to bookkeeping, prototyping to patenting, Wolter thoroughly and energetically guides you the rest of the way to getting your business started… and keeping it and you going.
Filled with empowering stories from real entrepreneurs and ready-to-implement techniques, Kick Start Your Dream Business gives you the encouragement and the knowledge to transform your dream business into a reality.
The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job
Adventures
From internships to seasonal work to volunteer jobs and adventures abroad, this best-of-the-best guide from short-term job expert Michael Landes offers a comprehensive list of more than 1,000 life-enriching opportunities like river guiding in Alaska, restoring a medieval castle in the south of France, or contributing to a sustainable farm. Whether you’re looking for a summer job, avoiding the post-college cubicle life, or trying to reinvigorate or redirect a stalled career, a short-term job adventure may be just what you need.
In this full-revised, hand-sized fourth edition, Landes has extensively updated all listings to provide the most current information, and added 150 completely new entries. Why wait and wonder? Seize your life and career path in both hands (it will take both to lift this book!) and step through the back door. The world awaits!
A Foot in the Door
Open the door to career success!
Because more than 80 percent of job openings go unadvertised, career counselors tout “networking” as the most effective means of uncovering hidden career opportunities. Whether you’re looking for a first job, a new job, or a whole new career, networking reigns supreme as the surest path to success.
In A Foot in the Door, best-selling author and career expert Katherine Hansen proves that networking is a far cry from the cliché of bigwigs shaking hands at cocktail parties. Detailing networking’s nut and bolts in concrete, practical terms, Katherine maps out a clear, step-by-step approach that works for anyone-from college students to executive career-changers.
Nice Job!
Are you bored with your job? Tired of asking “Want fries with that,” or already mastered the intricacies of faxing and filing? Wondering if there might not be, well, a bit more to life? Something more exciting…or just plain weird? Nice Job! might be just the remedy you’ve been searching for. Packed with over 80 detailed, fun-to-read profiles of the world’s most interesting and unusual professions, Nice Job! delivers jaded job searchers from the depressing daily grind into a world and wonderful job market of inspiring possibility.
To create this book, the Lookout Media team spent two years on one of the grandest vocational reconnaissance missions ever, tracking down mercenaries, bounty hunters, and Bigfoot researchers; peeking backstage into the world of erotic dancing and film; and trekking to wild land firefighting outposts. The result is the most creative and entertaining career guide available, proving once and for all the “work” doesn’t have to be a four-letter word.
10 Things Employers Want You to Learn In
College
You’ll learn a lot of things in college, but there’s one thing the textbooks won’t teach you: how to acquire marketable job skills before you graduate.
Award-winning college professor and student advisor Bill Coplin has been developing skill-based liberal arts curricula for more than thirty years, and has helped thousands of students get great jobs. Here, he lays down the essential skills you need to survive and succeed in today’s job market, based on his extensive interviews with college grads. Going beyond test scores and GPAs, Coplin teaches you how to develop real-world know-how in ten crucial skill groups: Work ethic; Physical performance; Speaking; Writing; Teamwork; Influencing people; Research; Number crunching; Critical thinking; Problem solving.
Mastering these 10 Things, you’ll earn not only your degree but also the skills you need to impress employers and land your dream job right after college.
How to Get Any Job with Any Major
Alan Greenspan was a music major, Lisa Kudrow was a biology major and Albert Einstein was a high-school drop-out. So where do the great jobs that lead to career success come from? Donald Asher, America’s career guru, believes that success comes from an alignment of passion with preparation. In How to Get Any Job with Any Major Asher explains step-by-step how to discover your passion while getting the preparation you really need. It is the first book that definitively answers the following questions and any many more.
How to Get Any Job with Any Major offers the most creative and innovative thinking on career launching to date.
Major in Success
Wow – a book that actually answers the important questions about being a successful student! How do I figure out what career I’d truly love? How do I pick the best major for me? How do I get and stay motivated? What are some shortcuts to success? How do I get past the fears that hold me back? What will give me a competitive edge? With so much at stake during you college years – your career, your success, your future, your happiness – you need smart, savvy, and inspiring ideas to ensure you excel.
Whatever your dream, whatever your major, whatever your age, Major in Success is the answer.
Inside
you’ll discover:
The Wizard of Work: 88 Pages to Your Next
Job
There’s nothing magical about looking for a job.
But when consultant and trainer Dick Gaither steps in to help out
job-hunters, the results he gets are so amazing it’s no wonder satisfied
clients have dubbed him “The Wizard of Work.”
In almost two decades of wizardry, he’s learned a lot about what
employers of all kinds want, and how to sell yourself to them.
This punchy, practical, plain-talk guide distills the best of his
secrets.
Dick knows that most unemployed people would rather be out there finding a job than reading a book on how to do so. So he’s eliminated the extraneous stuff that fills up most job manuals – no jokes, long personal anecdotes, or analysis of the world economy, just useful tools.
The quickest way to a hiring manager’s heart is an attention-getting resume that proves your value. In The World’s Greatest Resumes, career coach Robert Wm. Meier explains how to turn your resume into the perfect job-seeking device. Using the world’s first Resume Rater, Meier teaches you to evaluate your résumé’s power rating and then find your Resume Quality Index score, a quality standard for resumes similar to the academic GPA. Designed to gauge how well existing resumes elevate the job seeker above the competition, the Resume Rater will show you how to grade and improve your resume based on your ability to prove your value, to show that you accomplished corporate goals, and to demonstrate that your career is progressing.
Detailing how to create a cohesive, objective, and effective resume, this practical guide also features dozens of before-and-after resume samples, the ten rules of a power resume, and the success stories for Meier’s career-counseling business. With straightforward advice for sculpting skills and experience into a compelling document, The World’s Greatest Resumes will help you stand out from the pack, shorten your job search, secure more job offers, and earn a higher salary.