Job Searcher’s Handbook, The

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With over 25 years in the career placement field, Robbins offers a phenomenal hands-on and complete guide to the job search process.  After a thorough assessment, the job seeker is fully equipped with every tool regarding employer preferences, successful resume writing, networking, interview techniques and more.  

The fourth edition of The Job Searchers Handbook offers the most up-to-the-minute information available on: 

–          the global workplace environment

–          fluctuations and trends in the modern job market

–          electronic resumes and Internet resources

–          ideas and advice from field experts

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NEW – Addresses issues around the globalization of the workplace and the world, and how transition to global environments could now be a requirement

• Expands student’s understanding of the workplace thus preparing them to adjust and cope with the inevitability of change

NEW–Updated with the latest material on electronic résumés, websites, and Internet resources—Examines the most recent technological advances while still maintaining its simple, direct approach.

• Provides students with a technological advantage in such a manner that even the novice Internet user can apply it.

NEW – Content reflects major fluctuations in the modern job market.  Examples include corporate outsourcing and job-hunting retirees, as well as other factors.

• Gives students insight into the world of  work and how to prepare for an ever-changing work place and still advance in a job.  

NEW — Current ideas and advice from field experts–Includes instructions for both the student and the instructor

• Gives students practical advice; provides instructors with fodder for class discussion.

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For courses in Job Search Techniques (Skills), Career Development, and Career Skills.

This text is designed to provide simple, step by step instructions to help the student through the entire job search process. Completely up-to-date, this edition 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 text 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.

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

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.

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.

Begins with Assessment — Stresses the importance of beginning with an assessment of student’s values, skills and interests as well as goal setting as a first step in a job search.

• Focuses students to make wise and realitic choices in  seeking a job suited to them. Ex: Chapter 1 Assessment

“The Paper Trail”: examples and instruction on resumes and correspondence – includes explicit instruction on how to write an attention-getting resume, letters, application, and follow-up communication.

• Helps students avoid being disqualified in the screening process, or lost in the follow-up process thus increasing their chance at an interview and ultimately job offers.

“Organizing, Searching, and Planning” section–Focuses on creating a plan; includes the arrangement of contacts and interviews.

• Directs students on how to plan and develop effective job search strategies.

 Networking & Job Leads – Detailed guidelines on how to network effectively to acquire job leads.

•  Teaches students to generate more job leads which is proven to be the most expedient method of securing job offers.   

“Interviewing Made Almost Easy” section–Designed to minimize the fear and anxiety of interviewing; includes extensive guidelines and advice on how to conduct oneself and what employers are looking for.

• Walks students through all phases of the interview process, with tips on what to do before, during, and after the interview

Practical hands-on applications–Provides simple and easy-to-follow instruction, pertinent to job-seekers of all ages, educational levels, or skill levels.

• Offers students a universal approach to the job search.