Job Search And Career Checklists: 101 Proven Time-saving Checklists To Organize And Plan Your Career Search,9781593571184

Job Search And Career Checklists: 101 Proven Time-saving Checklists To Organize And Plan Your Career Search

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ISBN13: 9781593571184
ISBN10: 1593571186
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher(s): Jist Works
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Summary

Job Search and Career Checklists will contain 101 checklists (1 to 3 pages).

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: Key Skills in Career Planning and Decision-Making
1(38)
The Ten Commandments of Career Satisfaction and Success
2(1)
Seven Rules for a More Successful Career
3(2)
Knowing What You Do Best
5(6)
How Motivated Are Your Skills?
11(2)
What Do You Like to Do? The Power of Interests
13(1)
A Second Look at Your Interests
14(2)
25 Work-Related Values
16(1)
Personality Type
17(1)
Working Conditions
18(1)
Some Things You Need to Know About Career Testing
19(2)
Choosing the Right Test
21(1)
Brainstorming for Job Ideas
22(10)
Researching the Job Market Through Informational Interviewing
32(2)
Questions to Ask in Informational Interviews
34(2)
Informational Interviewing Worksheet
36(1)
Tapping into the Internet for Occupational Information
37(2)
SECTION 2: Resumes and Cover Letters
39(46)
Building Blocks of a Good (Chronological) Resume
40(2)
Your Resume in Action: Verb(alizing) Your Accomplishments
42(2)
One Size Does Not Fit All: Choosing the Best Resume Format
44(2)
The Brave New World of Electronic Resumes
46(1)
From Good to Great: Making Your Resume Stand Out
47(2)
Putting Your Education to Work
49(1)
Sample Profiles
50(2)
Keywords Are Winning Words
52(4)
What Can You Do for Us? The Power of Accomplishments
56(2)
Sample Resumes
58(12)
Resume Planner
70(4)
Cover Letters: Why You Need Them
74(1)
How to Wreck a Cover Letter
75(1)
Rules of the Cover-Letter-Writing Road
76(2)
Cover Letter Greatness
78(1)
Cover Letter Worksheet
79(1)
Sample Cover Letters
80(3)
Cover Letter Template
83(2)
SECTION 3: A-Job-Hunting We Will Go
85(52)
Testing Your Readiness IQ
86(2)
Job Hunting While Still Employed
88(2)
Seven Job Search Myths
90(2)
Company Research
92(2)
How to Recover from Involuntary Terminations
94(1)
The Psychological Challenge
95(2)
Where the Jobs Are
97(2)
Help Wanted
99(1)
Is Anybody Home?
100(1)
Taking Advantage of Career Fairs
101(1)
The Recruiter Connection
102(2)
Recruiter Worksheet
104(1)
Can an Employment Agency Help You?
105(1)
Employment Agency Worksheet
106(1)
More Job Search Myths
107(2)
Networking Strategies for Success
109(1)
Network in Action
110(8)
Eight Ways to Manage the Reference Process
118(2)
Job Search Insanity
120(2)
Do You Need a Career Counselor?
122(2)
What Career Counselors Do
124(1)
Finding the Right Counselor for You
125(2)
Long-Distance Job Hunting
127(2)
Working Globally
129(1)
Managing Your Finances During a Job Search
130(2)
Time Management for Job Hunters
132(2)
Job Search Checklist
134(2)
Secrets of a Successful Job Search
136(1)
SECTION 4: The Interview
137(40)
Interviewing: What Employers Look For
138(2)
The Art and Skill of Preparation
140(2)
Body English
142(1)
Interview Do's and Don'ts
143(2)
Listening Skills 101
145(1)
Expecting the Unexpected
146(2)
``Food, Glorious Food'' and Other Challenges of Mealtime Interviews
148(1)
Typical Questions
149(2)
``Tell Me About Yourself.''
151(1)
``Where Do You Want to Be Five Years from Now?''
152(1)
The 25 Most Popular Behavioral Questions
153(2)
Strategies for Dealing with Behavioral Questions
155(1)
The Consultative Selling Approach to Interviewing
156(2)
Problem-Solving Questions
158(1)
``What Are Your Weaknesses?''
159(1)
Red Flags: Dealing with Employer Objections
160(2)
Overcoming Objections
162(1)
Know Your Rights
163(1)
Handling Illegal Questions
164(1)
Your Turn to Ask
165(2)
Closing Moves
167(1)
The Global Factor: Interviewing with Foreign Companies
168(2)
Salary Negotiations
170(2)
Evaluating Job Offers
172(1)
Say Goodbye to Your Job
173(2)
The Counteroffer
175(2)
SECTION 5: Career Development Across the Life Span
177(17)
Career Planning: Taking the Time to Do It Right
178(2)
What Do You Want to Be Now That You're Grown Up?
180(1)
Is a Career Change Right for You?
181(1)
Taking a Professional Survey
182(1)
Going Back to School (At Any Age)
183(1)
Planning Your Career Change Strategy
184(2)
Job Search Strategies for Career Changers
186(1)
The Self-Employment Option
187(1)
Building Greater Security
188(2)
Evaluating Your Job Security
190(1)
Quitting Your Job Cold Turkey
191(1)
The Downside of Downsizing
192(1)
Your Career Progress Report
193(1)
Index 194

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