Job search and career checklists : 101 proven time-saving checklists to organize and plan your career search / by Arlene S. Hirsch.

Revised edition of: VGM's careers checklists. c1991.

Includes index.

Section 1. Key skills in career planning and decision-making. 1. The ten commandments of career satisfaction and success -- 2. Seven rules for a more successful career -- 3. Knowing what you do best -- 4. How motivated are your skills? -- 5. What do you like to do? the power of interests -- 6. A second look at your interests -- 7. 25 work-related values -- 8. Personality type -- 9. Working conditions -- 10. Some things you need to know about career testing -- 11. Choosing the right test -- 12. Brainstorming for job ideas -- 13. Researching the job market through informational interviewing -- 14. Questions to ask in informational interviews -- 15. Informational interviewing worksheet -- 16. Tapping into the Internet for occupational information -- Section 2. Resumes and cover letters. 17. Building blocks of a good (chronological) resume -- 18. Your resume in action : verb(alizing) your accomplishments -- 19. One size does not fit all : choosing the best resume format -- 20. The brave new world of electronic resumes -- 21. From good to great : making your resume stand out -- 22. Putting your education to work -- 23. Sample profiles -- 24. Keywords are winning words -- 25. What can you do for us? The power of accomplishments -- 26. Sample resumes -- 27. Resume planner -- 28. Cover letters : why you need them -- 29. How to wreck a cover letter -- 30. Rules of the cover letter writing road -- 31. Cover letter greatness -- 32. Cover letter worksheet -- 33. Sample cover letters -- 34. Cover letter template -- Section 3. A-job-hunting we will go. 35. Testing your readiness IQ -- 36. Job hunting while still employed -- 37. Seven job search myths -- 38. Company research -- 39. How to recover from involuntary terminations -- 40. The Psychological challenge -- 41. Where the jobs are -- 42. Help wanted -- 43. Is anybody home? -- 44. Taking advantage of career fairs -- 45. The recruiter connection -- 46. Recruiter worksheet -- 47. Can an employment agency help you? -- 48. Employment agency worksheet -- 49. More job search myths -- 50. Networking strategies for success -- 51. Network in action -- 52. 8 ways to manage the reference process -- 53. Job search insanity -- 54. Do you need a career counselor? -- 55. What career counselors do -- 56. Finding the right counselor for you -- 57. Long-distance job hunting -- 58. Working globally -- 59. Managing your finances during a job search -- 60. Time management for job hunters -- 61. Job search checklist -- 62. Secrets of a successful job search -- Section 4. The interview. 63. Interviewing : what employers look for -- 64. The art and skill of preparation -- 65. Body English -- 66. Interview do's and don'ts -- 67. Listening skills 101 -- 68. Expecting the unexpected -- 69. "Food, glorious food" and other challenges of mealtime interviews.

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The thought of looking for a job is daunting to some people where do they start? So imagine how helpful it would be to have a series of checklists to help them get started and organize their time and tasks. Job seekers gain immediate confidence by following these "to do" checklists. They know they've covered all their bases which leaves them more time to concentrate on important skills and tasks such as networking and interviewing. Whether starting a new career or analyzing present job progress, readers will find this book a great tool for assessing needs, gaining confidence in all job-hunting.

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