Find Your First Professional Job: A Guide for Co-ops, Interns and Full-Time Job Seekers - Softcover

Scott Weighart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0962126497 ISBN 13: 9780962126499

Publisher: Mosaic Eye Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

This book reviews all of the need-to-know topics for first-time professional job seekers, whether you are looking for a co-op job, internship, or your first full-time job after graduation including:
* Tips on planning for your first professional job experience, including understanding how employer needs and the job market affect your options
* Specific advice about how to write an effective resume -- even if you have absolutely no previous professional experience
* Tried and tested guidance on how to interview strategically
* Insights regarding the keys to on-the-job success, emphasizing how to prevent problems from arising at work
* Thoughts on making sense of your first professional job experience once you return to the classroom.

About this title

About the Author

Scott Weighart is the first-ever Director of Learning and Development at Bates Communications, a consulting firm specializing in leadership communication. For over two decades, he has worked in experiential learning, both in the private sector and in higher education, including many years at Northeastern University. He has critiqued over 500 interviews and helped roughly 2,000 young professionals in their efforts to obtain meaningful co=op jobs, internship, and full-time jobs. He also has worked as a professional recruiter, manged numerous interns, written five books, and delivered workshops on experiential learning across the U.S. and Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mosaic Eye Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0962126497
• ISBN 13: 9780962126499
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 260