Cool Careers For Dummies - Softcover

Nemko, Marty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764553453 ISBN 13: 9780764553455

Publisher: For Dummies, 2001

Synopsis

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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Review:

Looking for a job? Thinking about a career change? Dreading it? Well, Cool Careers for Dummies promises not only to help you find jobs you never knew existed, but to make it fun! From enologist (that's winemaker, dummy) to attorney specializing in outer-space issues, career specialists Marty Nemko and Paul and Sarah Edwards have compiled over 500 interesting, offbeat, and just plain cool jobs. But that's just the first step.

After the short descriptions of cool careers--thoughtfully separated in their own yellow-pages section--the authors present a smart, funny, well-organized guide to choosing and nabbing the perfect job, even jobs that don't make the "cool" list. Filled with practical advice such as using e-mail to reach potential employers (it's more likely to get answered), Cool Careers for Dummies is a sure cure for the interview jitters. Important tips and pitfalls are highlighted with bold icons, making this useful as a handy reference as well as a career guide.

Sections on résum&eacutes, interviews, and salary negotiation round out the package, making this the perfect companion for the first-time job hunter or the seasoned professional looking for a change--after all, you don't have to be a dummy to need a little help. A word of warning: if you think you're satisfied with your career, be careful with this book--you might find yourself longing to be a newborn photographer or a dating coach! --Rob Lightner

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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About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0764553453
• ISBN 13: 9780764553455
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 456