| Your Next Step: The Many Paths You Can Take (Map) |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Grammar and Language Note |
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| Part I The Things School Never Taught Us About the Job-Hunt |
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Introduction: The Three Essential Life Skills |
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1. The Five Best Ways to Hunt for a Job |
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2. The Nature of the Job-Market |
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There Are Always Many More Vacancies Out There |
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Than You Think, and Here's Why |
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3. How Much Help Is the Internet? |
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly |
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4. How to Deal with Handicaps |
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Informational Interviewing: Enthusiasm or Passion |
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A Word to the Shy: Daniel Porot's PIE System |
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5. Resumes: How to Get in to See an Employer |
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Alternatives to Resumes: Cover Letters, Portfolios |
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Who or What Is a Contact? |
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The Person Who Has the Power to Hire You |
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6. Interviews: The Employer's Fears |
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Secrets for Conducting a Successful Interview |
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The Only Five Questions that Matter |
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7. Salary Negotiation: Getting Paid What You're Worth |
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The Six Secrets to Successful Negotiation |
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| Part II When The Unexpected Happens: How to Deal with Change |
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8. On This Restless, Unpredictable, Ever-Changing Earth: How to Pick A New Place to Live |
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What to Do When Disaster Strikes: Katrina, et al. |
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9. In This Restless, Unpredictable, Ever-Changing Job-Market: How to Choose a New Career |
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Developing A Picture of What You Want |
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Developing "A Career Choice Vocabulary" |
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10. In the Restless, Unpredictable, Ever-Changing Worklife of Yours: How to Start Your Own Business |
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The Secret: A minus B equals C |
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The Most Helpful Websites |
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Part-Time, Contract and Temp Work |
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Operating on a Shoe-String: Finding Help Overseas |
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| Part III Resuming the Search to Find Your Dream Introduction: The Reawakening |
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11. The Three Secrets to Finding That Dream Job of Yours |
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What Did You Come into the World to Do? |
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What the World Most Needs from You |
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Why People Fail to Find Their Dream Job |
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Brain Scientists' Findings |
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Example of Completed Flower What are Competencies? |
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Summary: How Do You Identify Your Dream Job? |
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Step One: WHAT Skills Do You Most Enjoy Using |
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A Crash Course on Transferable Skills |
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Example of A Story: The Stationwagon |
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Exercise: My Life Stories |
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Analyzing Your Story: 3 Sets of Skill Keys |
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Exercise: The Prioritizing Grid |
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The Building Blocks Pyramid |
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Exercise: Your Strongest Traits |
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Clinic: The Five Most Common Problems |
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Step Two: WHERE Do You Want to Use Your Skills? |
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Your Petal #1: Your "Fields of Fascination" |
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The Intuitional Way to Approach This |
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The Step-by-Step Way to Approach This |
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Exercise: Fields That Use Your Mental Skills |
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Exercise: Fields Dealing with People's Needs |
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"The People List" of Needs |
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Exercise: Fields Dealing with Things |
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Your Petal #2: Your Favorite Places to Live |
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Chart: "My Geographical Preferences" |
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Your Petal #3: Your Favorite People |
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"The Party" Exercise: John Holland's System, Helpful Websites |
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Your Petal #4: Your Favorite Values |
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Exercise: Your Testimonial Dinner |
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Your Petal #5: Your Favorite Working Conditions |
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Exercise: Distasteful Working Conditions |
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Your Petal #6: Level & Salary |
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Exercise: Estimated Monthly Expenses |
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Ideal Salary: Maximum and Minimum |
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Step Three: HOW Do You Put It All Together? |
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When A Light-Bulb Goes Off |
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Exercise: The Five Friends |
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Giving Your Flower A Name |
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Cutting Down the Territory |
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The Chart: Guide to Relations in Job-Hunting |
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Informational Interviewing Explained (Again) |
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How to Research Places Before You Go There |
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Identifying the Person Who Has the Power to Hire |
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Always Send A Thank-You Note |
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12. How To Find Your Mission in Life |
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| Appendix: A Guide to Choosing A Career Coach |
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| A Sampler |
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| Index |
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