Job Search Sucks! : Your Upfront Guide to Surviving the Hunt for Work

Deb Mowatt

ISBN 10: 1450216587 / ISBN 13: 9781450216586

Published by Iuniverse, 2010

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Job Search Sucks! If you are looking for work, will be looking for work, or have given up on the whole job hunting experience, you will know how true that is. But, if you want work, you gotta do the job search thing, so why not get a laugh or two and some great advice along the way Read it all Heard it all Don't be so sure. Being fired is a horrible experience. A layoff may sound less brutal, but in reality it's just a firing in camouflage; you are still being given the boot, only with benefits (sometimes). Just as crappy is having to reenter the workforce after an accident or illness has shattered your confidence, maybe even stolen your ability to do a job you loved and were good at. Or you have just graduated and have no clue what you really want to do with your life or who is going to hire you without experience. Whatever your story, the fact is, some horrific, brutal, or crappy event has forced you to look for work. You just might find a new idea or two in this frank and funny look at what we all know to be true-Job Search Sucks!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Job Search Sucks! : Your Upfront Guide to Surviving the Hunt for Work
• Publisher: Iuniverse
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1450216587
• ISBN 13: 9781450216586
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 222W x 145H x 14D millimeters 222 millimeters width by 145 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 390 grams

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Synopsis

Job Search Sucks! If you are looking for work, will be looking for work, or have given up on the whole job hunting experience, you will know how true that is. But, if you want work, you gotta do the job search thing, so why not get a laugh or two and some great advice along the way? Read it all? Heard it all? Don't be so sure. Being fired is a horrible experience. A layoff may sound less brutal, but in reality it's just a firing in camouflage; you are still being given the boot, only with benefits (sometimes). Just as crappy is having to reenter the workforce after an accident or illness has shattered your confidence, maybe even stolen your ability to do a job you loved and were good at. Or you have just graduated and have no clue what you really want to do with your life or who is going to hire you without experience. Whatever your story, the fact is, some horrific, brutal, or crappy event has forced you to look for work. You just might find a new idea or two in this frank and funny look at what we all know to be true-Job Search Sucks!

About the Author

For nearly two decades, Deb Mowatt has provided job search training and coaching to adults in community and adult education settings. She resides in Cambridge, Ontario, with her husband, Bill, their two youngest sons and assorted pets. Their four older children have provided six grandchildren to keep life full and exciting.