Career and Vocational

Sort Your Career Out: And Make More Money is your go-to guide for building a career that you love. Set concrete goals and create new opportunities for yourself. Upskill with essential tips and templates for resumes, cover letters, interviews, networking, and more Know when to take risks and how to handle setbacks like burnout and unemployment.

Technology has changed not only the way we do business, but also the way we look for work. The 2-Hour Job Search rejects laundry lists of conventional wisdom in favor of a streamlined job search approach that produces results quickly and efficiently. In three steps, creator Steve Dalton shows you how to select, prioritize, and make contact with potential employers so you can land that critical first interview.

In Get Hired Now!, ZipRecruiter founder and CEO Ian Siegel tells you exactly how to find a new job fast. With an insider's view of how over a million employers really make hires, Ian pulls insights from the data to give you step-by-step instructions for writing a resume that works, finding the right jobs to apply to, acing a job interview, and negotiating a job offer.

Lose the Resume, Land the Job shares the new rules of engagement: How you must think, act, and present yourself so you can win. Based on inner exploration drawn from the IP of the world's largest executive recruiting firm, the book gleans insights and stories (the good, the bad, and sometimes the ugly) from Korn Ferry recruiters across the globe who work with thousands of candidates each day. It helps you gain a deeper perspective on who you are, what you're passionate about, the cultures in which you fit, the kind of bosses you should work for, and where you can bring the most value to organizations. Includes assessments, questionnaires, and other tools.

Cover letters that get noticed, get read, and get the interview! In the newest edition of his classic cover letter guide, job search expert Martin Yate shows you how to dramatically increase your chance of landing an interview. The key, as Yate explains, is to use language drawn from the job posting itself, words that will send your application to the top of database searches.

In a competitive job market, first impressions are vital. To get an interview you're going to have to stand out and a well-executed cover letter is vital to ensure that you do not fall at the first hurdle.   This book takes you through all the essential rules and high impact strategies to ensure your cover letter makes you stand out from the crowd. It takes a detailed look at the fifteen most common cover letter mistakes to ensure you do not make the errors that the competition will be, and covers everysituation from email and fax to speculative letters, career-development letters and advert-response letters.

In The Elements of Résumé Style, you will be provided with more than 1,400 action words, statements, and position descriptions that help sell your skills and experience Hundreds of words, phrases, and vague claims to avoid Advice for handling employment gaps, job-hopping, and requests for salary history and requirements Sample résumés, response letter, inquiry letter, informational interview request letter, references, and surprising tips for acing the interview.

In this guide, you'll learn how to avoid wasted effort and excel in all areas by using tools such as: The FIT Model, which helps job seekers nail the answer to "Tell me about yourself" using principles from the world of screenwriting, the RAC Model, perfect for writing efficient cover letters and answering "Why this company or job?" in an interview, the CAR Matrix, designed to help you craft compelling interview stories and deploy them in the most powerful way.

Succeeding at a clinical interview is a critical hurdle you will face throughout your training requiring you to demonstrate confidence, professionalism, and strong communication skills. Deconstructing the Interview takes a fresh approach to passing interviews, by examining the processes which underline successful interview performances.

Developed for students reading at the most basic level, the books range in readability from 1.0-1.9 and have Lexile scores of HL130L to HL230L. Each book is actually two books in one, with a nonfiction side and a fiction side. The nonfiction side teaches students about an important life skills topic, and the fiction side helps them generalize the skills as they read about teens in real-world situations. JOB SKILLS: Build students job skills with this five-book set. Important aspects of jobs and managing basic skills on your own are explored in these nonfiction/fiction flip books. Topics include: preparing a resume, finding a job, job interview basics, how to act on the job, and employee rights.

An authentic, engaging, and practical guide to help college grads thrive personally and professionally. The rules have changed; the traditional workplace is dead. To BOOM in employment today, the secret is to alter the approach, and From Classroom to Career will tell you how. Gen Z and Millennials are asking for this value-led guide as they embark on careers. Entertaining, personal, and relatable, the voice of the book is purposely casual, as if speaking in a café. It's a voice everyone trusts. Reasonable, logical, and concrete advice for today's how-to: how to write a business email; how to successfully land and then stand out in an interview, including in a virtual world; how to ask questions that can be adapted to any job/role; how to write a CV with examples. Inspiring, surprising, real-life stories show empathy for what the readers are likely going through, so they'll forget it's a business book. From Classroom to Career integrates the personal and career. This is in fact the real reality of every human being: we're so much more than careerists. It's impossible to thrive career-wise if you are not happy outside of work. People are happier when they have a balance, enabling them to achieve personally and professionally. By helping readers to discover their own values, this guide gets them to think about their own career and who they want to be. This is entirely unlike any other business book out there.

One of the biggest myths that plagues the business world today is that our ability to network depends on having the "gift-of-gab." You don't have to be outgoing to be successful at networking. You don't have to become a relentless self-promoter. In fact, you don't have to act like an extrovert at all. The truth is that when introverts are armed with a plan that lets them be their authentic selves, they make the best networkers. Matthew Pollard, an introvert himself, draws on over a decade of research and real-world examples to provide an actionable blueprint for introverted networking.

Finding the right job can be a job in itself - but this one-stop-shop guide will take you through every step.Covering everything from looking for jobs online to making a fantastic impression at interview, Ultimate Job Search is everything the ambitious job hunter needs. Take the stress out of job-seeking with comprehensive advice on:-Designing your job-search strategy-Building an online profile-Writing a stand-out cv/resume-Sample cover letters to help you sound both authentic and impressive-Giving a winning interview performance-Dealing with rejections and offersNow in its 6th edition, Ultimate Job Search now contains new and up-to-date advice on the changing face of technology in job seeking; avoiding scams and other traps; developing resilience; and the future of work. Let this invaluable guide help you on your way to your next dream job.About the Ultimate series...The Ultimate series contains practical advice on essential job search skills to give you the best chance of getting the job you want. Taking you all the way from starting your job search to completing an interview, it includes guidance on CV or resume and cover letter writing, practice questions for passing aptitude, psychometric and IQ tests, and reliable advice for interviewing.