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7046 Using Social Media to ‘Net’ a Job“
"Linking up,” “connecting,” “friending,” “tweets,” “following”… there’s a new vocabulary in job search today and it’s being driven by something called social media. If you’re looking for work, you need to know how to use some or all of these methods to help you find the job you’re looking for… and to help the right employer find you!
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7047 Linking Up Online: Finding Employers, Helping Them Find You
When it comes to finding your next job, it’s not just who you know but also who knows about you. The Internet can create networks that not only help job seekers find employers but also help employers find job seekers… if the job seeker has put themselves where they can be found. This booklet serves as a guide to LinkedIn, a web service that helps job seekers do exactly that.
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7009 How to Develop Job Resources
Offers job-seekers a variety of proven methods to develop job leads: Help Wanted and other advertising, news stories, phone listings, and much more.
Offers job-seekers a variety of proven methods to develop job leads: Help Wanted and other advertising, news stories, phone listings, and much more.
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7014 Coping with Unemployment
Offers a variety of goal-setting strategies, successful coping techniques, and realistic job-hunting tips.
Offers a variety of goal-setting strategies, successful coping techniques, and realistic job-hunting tips.
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7018 The Mature Résumé: The Résumé with Experience
Someone who’s been working 10 years or more should have a résumé that looks very different from that of a person who is looking for his or her first job. Provides guidelines and examples of how to focus that experience and make it more attractive to employers.
Someone who’s been working 10 years or more should have a résumé that looks very different from that of a person who is looking for his or her first job. Provides guidelines and examples of how to focus that experience and make it more attractive to employers.
7021 Making It at Work: How to Succeed in Your First Real Job
Helps new employees understand: employer expectations; the importance of on-the-job learning; the advantages of teamwork and good communication. Covers the basics of office etiquette and explains how to deal appropriately with everyday workplace problems.
Helps new employees understand: employer expectations; the importance of on-the-job learning; the advantages of teamwork and good communication. Covers the basics of office etiquette and explains how to deal appropriately with everyday workplace problems.
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9004 Ways to Go, People to See: Getting Organized to Get a Good Job
You have to find a job opening before you can get to work. To do that, you need to know where to start looking for work and then plan the time you’ll need to go about getting it. This booklet helps readers organize a successful job hunt, and shows how to use a variety of techniques to plan their job search.
You have to find a job opening before you can get to work. To do that, you need to know where to start looking for work and then plan the time you’ll need to go about getting it. This booklet helps readers organize a successful job hunt, and shows how to use a variety of techniques to plan their job search.
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9006 Three Steps to a Great Résumé
Answers the questions: What is a résumé? and why do employers expect you to have one? Explains how companies use résumés to select job candidates they would like to talk to. Shows how to write a résumé that gets an employer’s interest - even if you haven’t worked in a while.
Answers the questions: What is a résumé? and why do employers expect you to have one? Explains how companies use résumés to select job candidates they would like to talk to. Shows how to write a résumé that gets an employer’s interest - even if you haven’t worked in a while.
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9008 Your First Interview: Making the Right Impression
Helps the person with little or no work experience know what to expect during this first, critical meeting with an employer. Explains what information the employer is after (and why), as well as how the job seeker can better present themselves so as to make a favorable impression.
Helps the person with little or no work experience know what to expect during this first, critical meeting with an employer. Explains what information the employer is after (and why), as well as how the job seeker can better present themselves so as to make a favorable impression.
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9010 Look Sharp: Making Your Appearance Work for You at Work
For the newly employed, presents the facts on grooming. Explains how to dress for success in any job - and why it’s so important.
For the newly employed, presents the facts on grooming. Explains how to dress for success in any job - and why it’s so important.
9013 Getting to Work: Taking the First Steps
Entering the workforce, especially for those who have been unemployed for a long time, presents many challenges. This booklet provides useful advice and practical help, including a motivational/attitudinal assessment, and guidance in locating and using social services.
Entering the workforce, especially for those who have been unemployed for a long time, presents many challenges. This booklet provides useful advice and practical help, including a motivational/attitudinal assessment, and guidance in locating and using social services.
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9020 Attitude: Make It Good!
The right attitude is essential for workplace success, affecting not only the individual, but everyone else in the workplace. This booklet explores the elements that contribute to a good attitude, and offers practical tips for self-assessment and self-improvement.
The right attitude is essential for workplace success, affecting not only the individual, but everyone else in the workplace. This booklet explores the elements that contribute to a good attitude, and offers practical tips for self-assessment and self-improvement.
9025 Teamwork! Solving Problems Together
Today’s efficiency-conscious, down-sized workplace requires teamwork. The ability to work cooperatively in achieving goals and solving problems is important for getting and keeping a job. Here’s the specific information and encouragement that new hires need to become effective team players.
Today’s efficiency-conscious, down-sized workplace requires teamwork. The ability to work cooperatively in achieving goals and solving problems is important for getting and keeping a job. Here’s the specific information and encouragement that new hires need to become effective team players.
9030 How to Do Your Job Better
Employees new to the workforce usually want to do well, but don’t always know how to organize their activities so they can reach that goal. Explores how a development plan can improve on-the-job performance by helping the employee define goals and detail the steps necessary to reach them.
Employees new to the workforce usually want to do well, but don’t always know how to organize their activities so they can reach that goal. Explores how a development plan can improve on-the-job performance by helping the employee define goals and detail the steps necessary to reach them.
9033 Disability and Job-Finding: The Right Job is Accessible!
People with disabilities face many challenges as they enter the workforce. This booklet spells out the legal protections for the worker with a disability; provides useful tips on job-hunting and job-choosing. A self-assessment for job readiness is included.
People with disabilities face many challenges as they enter the workforce. This booklet spells out the legal protections for the worker with a disability; provides useful tips on job-hunting and job-choosing. A self-assessment for job readiness is included.
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7001 How to Choose a Career: A Guide to Self-Assessment
To make a good career choice, job seekers need to know their: values, interests, personality, skills. Coaches readers through exercises that help them sort out what’s important to them, what they do best, what they can offer, and what they might hope to offer employers in the future.
To make a good career choice, job seekers need to know their: values, interests, personality, skills. Coaches readers through exercises that help them sort out what’s important to them, what they do best, what they can offer, and what they might hope to offer employers in the future.
2083 Making Do: Life on a Shoestring
For the person facing hard times, the ability to change and adjust to a new reality is crucial. Discusses the mindset that favors successful coping; provides tips on managing everything from food to debt when money is scarce.
