The Ultimate Job Hunter’s Guidebook - Softcover

Greene, Susan; Martel, Melanie C.L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618302980 ISBN 13: 9780618302987

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2003

Synopsis

Offering concise coverage of essential job-hunting and career strategies, this flexible, how-to book can supplement any business course or serve as the foundation of a career development class. The Fourth Edition features increased technology coverage and strategies for long-term career success. Exercises develop students' skills in goal setting, interviewing, assessing values, and writing both resumes and cover letters.

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Greene is the owner and president of Greene Marketing and Advertising. She has been a professional copywriter and marketing consultant for over 20 years. She currently lives in Orlando, Florida where she specializes in writing corporate web sites and brochures. Throughout her career she has served as an adjunct professor teaching job hunting skills at various colleges and technical schools. Susan has a BS in journalism from Syracuse University and an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University.

Melanie Martel has been teaching college students about job-hunting since 1985. She has worked as career counselor, Liberal Studies Department Chair, and Associate Professor of English at New Hampshire Technical Institute. She has also worked with the New Hampshire Job Training Council, assisting job hunters of all ages, including recent graduates, women in transition, and retirees embarking on new career paths. In addition to co-authoring the Contemporary Business Communication Study Guide (Houghton Mifflin, 1994), Ms. Martel has written for several local newspapers and worked as a corporate trainer. Ms. Martel received her BA in English from Tufts University and M.Ed. from Notre Dame.

Review:

I. Setting Your Course 1. Planning Your Job Search 2. Conducting a Self-Assessment 3. Targeting Potential Employers 4. Have You Considered...? 5. Backdoor Your Way into a Job II. Gathering Your Tools 6. Preparing Your Resume 7. Writing Cover Letters 8. Obtaining References and Assembling a Portfolio III. Beginning the Search 9. Organizing and Surviving the Job Hunt 10. Taking Your Job Hunt Online 11. Filling Out Job Applications 12. Interviewing 13. Passing the Test IV. Getting to Work 14. Evaluating Job Offers 15. Getting to Work 16. You Can Do It!

About this edition

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0618302980
• ISBN 13: 9780618302987
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 272