Career Ideas for Everyone--Get These Books and Change Your Life Now
Outliers: The Story of Success the hot new book by Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell about how genius is overrated, but persistence and opportunity matter in people's lives and careers.
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It -Can't miss book that is fun, upbeat, filled with exercises to move you forward with your career goals, even if you are starting out uncertain and confused. By Barbara Sher
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life -Proof that optimism and success (and health and popularity...) go hand in hand. Ideas on how you too can learn to be optimistic. By Martin Seligman
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LINKS--Career and Job Search Resources
CAREER INFO
US Government Summary of Careers and their Outlook -- Occupational Outlook Handbook
JOB SEARCH SITES
Twitter -- Job Search on Twitter
Facebook -- Job Search on Facebook
About.com Job Search (Allison Doyle) -- Variety of Job Search Sites/Tools
Jobfox -- Job search on Jobfox
PROFESSIONAL RESUME SITES
Tag Archives: job search
5 Questions about Your Resume
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What’s at the Top of Your Resume?
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Obama’s Online Portfolio–Visual Resume
Yesterday, I wrote about job search and related visual resumes or portfolios online, and today I see from Allison Doyle of about.com on Twitter that our new president, who’s team is always on the cutting edge of online things, has … Continue reading
The Emerging Social Media–Visual Resume/Portfolio Trend
As with everything else in the career and job search front, the expectations keep rising for what you can or should do online. That’s apparently becoming true of resumes. There are many sites to post your resume, usually with a … Continue reading
Career Coaching Mantra–Dig Deeper For Your Job Search
I just read a good article in Fortune about job opportunities. It spoke of possibilities in health care and green jobs, as everyone is. But what is great about this article is that it illustrates a principle I keep repeating … Continue reading