Cool Careers For Dummies� - Softcover

Nemko PhD, Marty

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9780764553455: Cool Careers For Dummies�

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ISBN 10: 0764553453 ISBN 13: 9780764553455

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

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Sure, some people enter preschool knowing what they want to be when they grow up. But most of us aren′t so lucky, and we don′t get much help. Some parents say things like, "It′s your life, you decide." Other parents go to the other extreme, expecting you to follow in their footsteps. In high school, you take a career test, but many high school students laugh at their test results: the utterly useless, "You could pursue a wide range of careers."

This revised edition of Cool Careers For Dummies provides insight into landing a job for anyone who doesn′t know where to look, doesn′t have time to look, or doesn′t want to suffer through a long back–to–school stint. It′s designed for people of all walks of life to uncover rewarding, viable careers or get in on the ground floor of the next Big Things. What′s more, this guide even offers tips to make even a humdrum job much better.

Clearly organized by specific topic areas, you can easily find the topics that appeal to you. You′ll uncover information like

Finding the right career for you, whether you′ve never had a career before or want to dump your old career for a new and improved one
Getting smart about choosing, and making the most of, a career
Landing the job you want even if the thought of networking gives you the creeps and you don′t have a 500–name Rolodex
Customizing your career to make any job better by tailoring it to your strengths and using wise approaches to your boss and co–workers

And, you′ll find a fast yet substantive introduction to more than 500 good careers, including many unlikely suspects!

Despite taking career tests, plowing through fat career guides, and spending hours of reflecting, many people end up falling into their careers more by chance than by choice. Not a good way to ensure career happiness. There is a better way. Read all about it, in Cool Careers For Dummies.

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From the Author:

The Cool Careers For Dummies approach really works!
As a career counselor, I got frustrated with the standardcareer counseling methods. So, 12 years ago I set out to develop a better method for finding a good career and landing a job that fits each individual's goals and aptitudes. Now, over 1,000 clients and many refinements later, the approach is working wonderfully. This book adapts what I do with my clients every day into a self-help version that anyone can use to find the right career for them and then land the job. My co-authors add great ideas on how to become successfully self-employed.

My favorite part is the "Cool Careers Catalog," which consists of quick reviews of 512 fine careers, including many that most people haven't even heard of. I also especially like the chapter "29 Extra-Strength Cures for Procrastination" and the advice on how to use the Web in a job search. The Internet can be overwhelming and this book makes it an accessible career resource.

Other guides tend to make the process unnecessarily complicated: you have to fill out dozens of pages of worksheets just to figure out your skills, interests and values; and after all that, you're left on your own to figure out which careers fit. Cool Careers For Dummies makes career-finding much easier. It also simplifies the process of LANDING the job. I've found that many people aren't good at the very things that job search guides recommend: networking and cold calling. This book shows you how to land the job even if you're shy and don't have a 500-person rolodex.

Developing the approach in this book has been my obsession for the last dozen years and I'm excited to see it in print. I really believe it will help people and it's fun to read!

From the Back Cover:

"From finding the well–suited job to customizing it, this book is full of smart advice" USA Today "A career guide that really works thorough, reliable, and amazingly helpful." James C. Gonyea, host, Gonyea Online Career Center on AOL Praise for Cool Careers For Dummies� "Something for everyone. a comprehensive listing of jobs you never thought of plus space devoted to figuring out your dream job, and making your current job better." Men's Fitness "Anyone who dreads the 9–to–5 rut will embrace Cool Careers For Dummies." Dave Murphy, Career Editor, San Francisco Chronicle

Get the scoop on 500–plus intriguing careers

Is your career path unclear? Are you stuck in a job you hate? Don't worry! Now revised and updated, this friendly guide helps you think outside the box and find a job you'll actually like. Written by a trio of renowned job–counseling experts, it's like having your very own dream team of career coaches!

Discover how to: Locate and land terrific jobs Get the training you need Locate jobs, even if you hate networking Become an employer's #1 job candidate Make a humdrum job better

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