Beginning Your Career Search
A Hands-on Approach to Building Your Career Portfolio
3rd Edition
Published on 22. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-13-100802-1 (ISBN)
Description
Students build their individualized career portfolio through the process of self-assessment, matching career opportunities, initiating the job search, using the latest Internet-based search vehicles, preparing all job-search related documents, and building interview skills. Upon completion of this workbook, students will have a career portfolio they can use and build on as their career progresses.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Width: 280 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-100802-1 (9780131008021)
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Content
Introduction.
1. Assessing Yourself.
2. Your Personal Statement.
3. Your Resume.
4. Employment Correspondence.
5. Researching the Companies You Most Want to Work for.
6. Marketing Yourself Online.
7. Interviewing for a Job.
8. The Day of the Interview.
9. When You're Offered a Job.
References.
Case Study 1: Looking for Work after Graduation: One Woman's Story.
Case Study 2: The Recruiting Process at Ford Motor Company.
Case Study 3: The Ethics of Resumes and Recommendations: When Do Filler and Fluff Become Deception and Lies?
References.
Appendix A: Letters of Application/Cover Letter.
Appendix B: Thank-You Letters and Letters of Acceptance.
Appendix C: Undergraduate Resumes.
Appendix D: Graduate Resumes.
1. Assessing Yourself.
2. Your Personal Statement.
3. Your Resume.
4. Employment Correspondence.
5. Researching the Companies You Most Want to Work for.
6. Marketing Yourself Online.
7. Interviewing for a Job.
8. The Day of the Interview.
9. When You're Offered a Job.
References.
Case Study 1: Looking for Work after Graduation: One Woman's Story.
Case Study 2: The Recruiting Process at Ford Motor Company.
Case Study 3: The Ethics of Resumes and Recommendations: When Do Filler and Fluff Become Deception and Lies?
References.
Appendix A: Letters of Application/Cover Letter.
Appendix B: Thank-You Letters and Letters of Acceptance.
Appendix C: Undergraduate Resumes.
Appendix D: Graduate Resumes.