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great advice!, August 1, 2005
This review is from: How to Get Any Job with Any Major: A New Look at Career Launch (How to Get Any Job: Career Launch & Re-Launch for) (Paperback)
I bought this book based on the title since my children have liberal arts majors. After reading it I bought copies for both my children (so I could keep my copy!) and have highly recommended it to my friends.
Mr Asher has many years experience counseling college students on career choice and career launch. "Most college students want a job when what they should really want is career development. What is career development? Career development is conducting a process of self-discovery and then matching what is discovered with the career marketplace." p 3 The book describes the process of selecting careers to research, how to research them, and then how to look for opportunities in those areaa.
What I particularly liked is that Mr Asher gives very detailed instructions on what to do, how to do it, and why to do it. For example, here is how to develop a list of companies to call, here is how to make contact and get interviews, and here is the number of interviews you need per week to get "traction" and land a job within 6 months.
While this book is specifically aimed at college grads it would be very useful for anyone looking for a new job.
I also highly recommend "The Play of Your Life: Your Program for Finding the Career of Your Dreams - And a Step-by-step Guide to Making It a Reality" by Colleen Sabatino. It is geared toward workers with experience who want to change jobs but the assessments are very useful for first-time job hunters. It has more specific advice on resumes and cover letters.
Another book I highly recommend is "They Don't Teach Corporate in College: A Twenty-Something's Guide to the Business World" by Alexandra Levit. The business world functions very differently from college and that can be a tough transition for students. Written by a 28-year-old who figured it out successfully, it's a great introduction for students entering the work world.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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College student says two thumbs up!, April 6, 2006
This review is from: How to Get Any Job with Any Major: A New Look at Career Launch (How to Get Any Job: Career Launch & Re-Launch for) (Paperback)
I've never reviewed anything on Amazon before, but considering how great this book is, I decided it deserved it.
I'm a college junior who has been scouring the many rows of career-related books at her campus library for weeks now as part of my quest to figure out what the best career path for me would be. And after reading (or at least skimming) 30-ish books, this one has proved to be the most helpful and informative by far.
Asher's book will not only show how to better figure out what your values are so that you can choose a career to meet all of your "threshold needs," but also help you figure out how to conduct an effective job search once you've made your choice.
This book is the total package- if you're only going to buy one resource to help with your career choice/job hunt, make it this one! Trust me, it's way better than all of that "What Color is Your Parachute?" stuff.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Failure to launch?, April 10, 2006
This review is from: How to Get Any Job with Any Major: A New Look at Career Launch (How to Get Any Job: Career Launch & Re-Launch for) (Paperback)
After I stopped laughing/sobbing because this title is much too applicable than chance should allow, I started reading what has become a very great book! This book won't find a job for you, but it will give you a tremendous amount of help in finding a career. From the onset, you will be warned that this is not a book to be passively absorbed. This book challenges you to analyze your beliefs, your values, and your skills; which is then combined with dozens of other soul searching exercises aimed at getting recent graduates or soon to be grads going in the best suited direction. This amazing resource is well researched and careful not to be pushy or authoritative in in approach, it merely guides the reader through their own soul-searching process. This one of the most practical and applicable books that any college graduate, basement bound or not, can read!
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