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How to get any job : life launch & relaunch for everyone under 30 (or how to avoid living in your parents' basement) / Donald Asher.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley [Calif.] : Ten Speed Press, c2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781580089470
  • 158008947X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 650.14 22
LOC classification:
  • HF5382.7 .A839 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
PART I. You Need to Reconsider Everything You Know about Your Employment Interests. 1. Life Planning versus Getting a Job --- 2. Yes, It's All about You --- 3. What Gets You Excited? Your Top Five Issues in This World --- 4. A Little Future Visioneering --- 5. Advanced Issues in Life Planning: More than Enough Ideas --- 6. A Different Kind of Choice ---- PART II. Finding Out about Your Interests in the Real World. 7. Prepare to Learn More --- 8. Are You Ready for Networking? --- 9. Volunteer and Internship Opportunities --- 10. Summer Jobs, and "The Most Important Summer of Your Life" --- 11. More Education --- 12. How about High-Risk Choices? ---- PART III. Now It's Time to Actually Get a Job --- CASE STUDY: How I Got My First Job --- 13. Start with a Job Target --- 14. Visualize the Job You Want --- 15. Troubleshooting Your Job Search --- 16. The Job Interview ---- In Conclusion.
Summary: Donald Asher, America's career guru, believes that success comes from an alignment of passion and preparation. First tip: Your college major has very little to do with your job options. In fact, you can get to virtually any life-goal destination from virtually any starting point. Stephen Colbert was a philosophy major. Chad Hurley, billionaire founder of YouTube, was an art major. And while we're at it, Albert Einstein was a high-school drop-out. Still think your college major will determine your life path? Think again. HOW TO GET ANY JOB is the first book that definitively answers the following questions, and many more: A- What is "life launch" and how is it different from getting a job? --- B- Why do employers hire people like you? --- C- Which skills do employers value most? (They're not what you think!) --- D- How do non-tech people get hired and thrive in tech companies? --- E- How do you set yourself up to get promoted? --- F- How do you prove you have skills that don't show up on your transcripts? --- G- How do you get experience if you can't get a job, or have the "wrong" major? --- H- How can you get famous and influential people to help you? --- I- How do you hit restart if you get stuck in a dead-end job out of college? --- J- What should you do if you're a graduate and living in your parents' basement? --- K- What should you do if you're a junior to make sure you don't end up in that basement? -- Back cover.
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HF5382.5.U5.A7185 2017 You can do anything : HF5382.5.U5.V57 2018 Launching careers: HF5382.7.A839 2009 How to get any job : HF5382.7.B64 2019 What color is your parachute? : HF5382.7.K368 2010 The smart new way to get hired : HF5382.7.K46 2009 The job coach for young professionals :

"Rev. ed. of: How to get any job with any major : career launch & re-launch for everyone under 30, or, how to avoid living in your parent's basement . 2004"--Publisher provided.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. You Need to Reconsider Everything You Know about Your Employment Interests. 1. Life Planning versus Getting a Job --- 2. Yes, It's All about You --- 3. What Gets You Excited? Your Top Five Issues in This World --- 4. A Little Future Visioneering --- 5. Advanced Issues in Life Planning: More than Enough Ideas --- 6. A Different Kind of Choice ---- PART II. Finding Out about Your Interests in the Real World. 7. Prepare to Learn More --- 8. Are You Ready for Networking? --- 9. Volunteer and Internship Opportunities --- 10. Summer Jobs, and "The Most Important Summer of Your Life" --- 11. More Education --- 12. How about High-Risk Choices? ---- PART III. Now It's Time to Actually Get a Job --- CASE STUDY: How I Got My First Job --- 13. Start with a Job Target --- 14. Visualize the Job You Want --- 15. Troubleshooting Your Job Search --- 16. The Job Interview ---- In Conclusion.

Donald Asher, America's career guru, believes that success comes from an alignment of passion and preparation. First tip: Your college major has very little to do with your job options. In fact, you can get to virtually any life-goal destination from virtually any starting point. Stephen Colbert was a philosophy major. Chad Hurley, billionaire founder of YouTube, was an art major. And while we're at it, Albert Einstein was a high-school drop-out. Still think your college major will determine your life path? Think again. HOW TO GET ANY JOB is the first book that definitively answers the following questions, and many more: A- What is "life launch" and how is it different from getting a job? --- B- Why do employers hire people like you? --- C- Which skills do employers value most? (They're not what you think!) --- D- How do non-tech people get hired and thrive in tech companies? --- E- How do you set yourself up to get promoted? --- F- How do you prove you have skills that don't show up on your transcripts? --- G- How do you get experience if you can't get a job, or have the "wrong" major? --- H- How can you get famous and influential people to help you? --- I- How do you hit restart if you get stuck in a dead-end job out of college? --- J- What should you do if you're a graduate and living in your parents' basement? --- K- What should you do if you're a junior to make sure you don't end up in that basement? -- Back cover.

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