The Ultimate Job Hunters Guidebook 5e or World of Fairs

The Ultimate Job Hunters Guidebook 5e

Author: Susan Green

Offering concise coverage of essential job-hunting and career strategies, this flexible, how-to book can supplement any business course or serve as the foundation for a career development class. The Fifth Edition continues to focus on real-world applications through experiential exercises and hands-on activities designed for individual or group use. New chapter-ending Success Stories focus on individuals who've used their initiative to transition from one career to another.

Table of Contents:

Note: Each chapter begins with Strategies in Action and concludes with Success Stories. I. Setting Your Course 1. Planning Your Job Search Job Search Step One: Set Your Course Job Search Step Two: Gather Your Tools Job Search Step Three: Hire an Employer Job Search Step Four: Begin the Search 2. Conducting a Self-Assessment Know Yourself Choose the Right Job for You Set Career Goals Try Informational Interviewing and Job Shadowing 3. Planning and Organizing the Job Hunt Make Job Hunting Your New Job Organizational Tools for Job Hunters Managing Your Job Hunting Files, Documents and Notes Managing Your Attitude During the Job Hunt II. Gathering Your Tools 4. Preparing Your Résumé How to Write a Résumé Types of Résumés What to Do About Gaps in Your Job History FAQs for Experienced Job Hunters Résumé Alternatives Résumé Software How to E-Mail Your Résumé 5. Writing Cover Letters Elements of the Cover Letter The Write Stuff Alternative Letter-Writing Strategies An Old Marketing Trick: Use a P.S. to Make Your Case E-Mail vs. Postal Mail Types of Cover Letters Sample Cover Letters 6. Obtaining References and Assembling a Portfolio References Available Upon Request Assemble a Portfolio III. Hunting for an Employer 7. Targeting Potential Employers Generate Job Leads Turn Dead Ends into Live Contacts Read the Classifieds Making Contacts at Job Fairs Research Potential Employers Informational Interviews Long-Distance Job Hunting 8. Taking Your Job Hunt Online Pounding the Virtual Pavement E-mail Etiquette Searching the Internet The Right Site Put the Internet to Work for You 9. Have YouConsidered...? Federal Jobs Working for a Nonprofit Corporation Working for a Small Company Starting Your Own Business Taking a Different Job Path Further Education 10. Backdoor Your Way into a Job Part-Time Jobs Working in a Related Position Temping Freelancing Entry-Level Positions Internships Volunteer Work IV. Beginning the Search 11. Filling Out Job Applications The Application Form Completing the Application Form Typical Application Questions 12. Interviewing Preparation: The Key to Interview Success Before the Interview During the Interview After the Interview Nontraditional Ways to Get an Interview Reasons for Unsuccessful Interviews Handling Rejection Ask for What You Want 13. Evaluating Job Offers Choose the Best Job for You Negotiate Your Salary The End Is in Sight 14. Learning Your New Job Your First Few Days on the Job Your First Few Weeks on the Job Your First Year on the Job Tips for Working with Your Manager Managing Relationships on the Job Finding a Mentor The Importance of Staying Current How You Will Be Evaluated Advice from Those Who Have Made It An Invitation to Share

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World of Fairs: The Century-of-Progress Expositions

Author: Robert W Rydell

In the depths of the Great Depression, when America's future seemed bleak, nearly one hundred million people visited expositions celebrating the "century of progress." These fairs fired the national imagination and served as cultural icons on which Americans fixed their hopes for prosperity and power.
World of Fairs continues Robert W. Rydell's unique cultural history—begun in his acclaimed All the World's a Fair—this time focusing on the interwar exhibitions. He shows how the ideas of a few—particularly artists, architects, and scientists—were broadcast to millions, proclaiming the arrival of modern America—a new empire of abundance build on old foundations of inequality.
Rydell revisits several fairs, highlighting the 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial, the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition, the 1933-34 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, the 1935-36 San Diego California Pacific Exposition, the 1936 Dallas Texas Centennial Exposition, the 1937 Cleveland Great Lakes and International Exposition, the 1939-40 San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition, the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, and the 1958 Brussels Universal Exposition.

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Continues the author's cultural history begun in All the World's a Fair, this time focusing on the interwar exhibitions, the purposes of their organizers and the visions of America they signify. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)