Job Searcher's Handbook, The Plus MyLab Student Success -- Access Card Package

by Robbins, Carolyn R.

• ISBN13: 9780134136066
• ISBN10: 0134136063
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2015-04-02
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This book is designed to provide simple, step by step instructions to help the student through the entire job searching process. Completely up-to-date, the book offers more information on the global workplace environment, electronic resumes, and Internet resources than any other text on the market.  Its easy to follow, direct approach makes this book an effective tool for the job search. Hands-on exercises allow students to determine their individual needs, skills, and direction for securing the job that is right for them; sequentially-arranged chapters guide instructors in a logical process to the successful completion of a course.

Author Biography

Carolyn Robbins is a private career counselor, seminar leader, and author who has been involved in the field of Career Development for over 25 years.  Acting as a college job placement director, she consistently maintained 85 to 95 percent placement of students and clients in many technical, business and professional fields.  Robbins is a member of the University of Colorado at Denver Alumni, has served on the board, authored job search articles, and conducted workshops on resume writing, interviewing, and women re-entering the workforce.  Robbins is also the author of an English composition textbook, Beyond the Blank Page: Steps to Writing Well. She is currently designing and teaching Adult Education Classes at the Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte, NE.  Robbins's widely used texts are known for their straightforward, succinct explanations and practical orientation.

Table of Contents

1. Taking Inventory.

    Personal Values

    Values Mountain

    Attitude

    Interests, Wants, Needs

    Success Through Goal Setting

 
2. Documenting Yourself. 
   Resume Preparation

    Resume Styles

    Writing the First Draft

    The Final Draft

    Functional Skills Inventory

    Sample Resumes

    Cover Letters

    Follow-up Letters

    The Application for Employment

 

3. Organizing and Planning.

    Organizing

    Planning

 
4. Interviewing Made Almost Easy.

    How Not to Interview

    Successful Interview Preparation

    Benefits You Can Sell to the Employer

   The Bottom Line

    How Interviews are Conducted

    What Employers are Really Looking For

    Conduct in the Interview

    Questions You Could be Asked and How to Answer

    Your Turn to Question

    Legal and Illegal Pre-Employment Questions

   

5. Closing the Job Search Process

   Getting and Keeping the Job

    Keeping the Job

 

Appendixes:

·         Postal Service Guidelines

·         Figuring Monthly Income and Expenses

·         Monthly Income and Expense Form

·         Post-Interview Self Evaluation

·         Attire/Grooming Tips

·         Sample I-9 Form

·         Sample Resumes and Cover Letters

·         Works consulted

·         Index