The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Third Edition
The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Third Edition

Author: Carol Eikleberry

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2010-11-03

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0307768503

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You don't have to stifle your creative impulses to pay the bills. For anyone who's ever been told, "Don't quit your day job," career counselor Carol Eikleberry is here to say, "Pursue your dreams!" Now in its third edition, her inspiring guide provides knowledgeable career guidance, real-life success stories, and eye-opening self-evaluation tools to help artistic individuals figure out how to remain different, unconventional, and hard-to-categorize while finding work they love. The revised third edition of the popular guide for offbeat individuals seeking work that suits their unique skills, talents, and passions. Updated throughout, including new inspiration and tips for keeping a creative job notebook. Descriptions of more than 270 creative jobs, from the mainstream (architect, Web designer) to the unexpected (crossword-puzzle maker, police sketch artist). Previous editions have sold more than 60,000 copies.Reviews“What a great manual for young rebels and older freethinkers who are plotting their next career move.”—Boston Globe From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Fourth Edition
The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Fourth Edition

Author: Carol Eikleberry, Ph.D.

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2015-09-08

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1607747847

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A practical career guide for creatively inclined job seekers of all ages, with tips and counsel on how to use your independent and innovative talents and passions to make money, express yourself, and find a job you love. This new edition of the popular guide for individuals seeking work that suits their unique skills has been completely revised and updated to reflect the freedom offered by the new work order, delve more deeply into freelancing as a career, explore social media as it relates to creative job searches, provide new success stories, and bring all salary information up to date. It also includes descriptions of more than 270 creative jobs, from the mainstream (architect, web designer) to the unexpected (crossword-puzzle maker, police sketch artist). With knowledgeable career guidance, real-life success stories, and eye-opening self-evaluation tools, the fourth edition of The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People helps unique individuals find work that supports and compliments their personalities and passions.

What Color Is Your Parachute? For Teens, 2nd Edition
What Color Is Your Parachute? For Teens, 2nd Edition

Author: Carol Christen

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2011-08-10

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1607743302

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In today’s über-competitive climate, you can’t just wing it when you graduate and count on finding a great job (or a great job finding you). It pays to figure out your interests early, so you can decide what additional schooling—and tuition debt—makes sense for your chosen field. In What Color Is Your Parachute? For Teens, career authorities Carol Christen and Richard N. Bolles not only help you plan for these decisions, but also help you define the unique passions that will lead you to your dream job. With new chapters on social media and sustainable jobs—along with all-new profiles of twentysomethings who’ve found work in solar energy, magazine writing, and more—this new edition has all the nitty-gritty details you need to get started now. Most importantly, it’s packed with the big-picture advice that will set you up to land the job that’s perfect for who you are—and who you want to be. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Finding a Job Worth Having, 4th Edition
Finding a Job Worth Having, 4th Edition

Author: Vicki Lind, MS

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-06-29

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1105906558

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This expanded handbook will help people find a meaningful career direction in Portland's bustling job market. If you are wanting to explore a brand new career, this book is for you! Appendices give special attention to creative, health care, education, social justice, and sustainability communities.

The Complete Guide to Getting a Job for People with Asperger's Syndrome
The Complete Guide to Getting a Job for People with Asperger's Syndrome

Author: Barbara Bissonnetee

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1849059217

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Finding a job is a confusing and anxiety provoking process for many individuals with Asperger Syndrome (AS) who may not know what they are qualified to do and may struggle to communicate their value to employers. This book describes exactly what it takes to get hired in the neurotypical workplace.

The Alcalde
The Alcalde

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Published: 2004-07

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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As the magazine of the Texas Exes, The Alcalde has united alumni and friends of The University of Texas at Austin for nearly 100 years. The Alcalde serves as an intellectual crossroads where UT's luminaries - artists, engineers, executives, musicians, attorneys, journalists, lawmakers, and professors among them - meet bimonthly to exchange ideas. Its pages also offer a place for Texas Exes to swap stories and share memories of Austin and their alma mater. The magazine's unique name is Spanish for "mayor" or "chief magistrate"; the nickname of the governor who signed UT into existence was "The Old Alcalde."

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2016
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2016

Author: Richard N. Bolles

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1607746638

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What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world’s most popular job-hunting guide, revised and updated annually, with more than ten million copies sold. This 2016 edition features the latest studies and perspectives on today’s job-market, including proven strategies for finding jobs even when everyone tells you there are none. Career expert Richard N. Bolles reveals surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results. This helpful manual shares proven tips for writing impressive resumes and cover letters, as well as guidance for effective networking, confident interviewing, and the best salary negotiating possible. But it goes beyond that by helping you to zero in on your ideal job—and life—with its classic Flower Exercise. Whether you’re searching for your first job, were recently laid off, or are dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? will guide you toward fulfilling and prosperous work. From the Hardcover edition.

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2019
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2019

Author: Richard N. Bolles

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2018-08-14

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0399581707

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With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2019, tailoring Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers. In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work—and which don't. This revised edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated tips on social media and search tactics. Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.