An insider’s guide that shows ambitious students how to optimize their college career, completely revised and updated for today’s academic landscape. I WISH I’D KNOWN THAT IN COLLEGE. Your time as an undergrad has the potential to be incredibly fun, …
Indeed, each year nearly 700,000 ex-offenders exit prison for the free world. Within three years of release, two-thirds return to prison where they each cost taxpayers between $25,000 and $210,000 a year to experience questionable justice and retribution…
Successful re-entry into the free world requires strong job interview skills. Indeed, while ex-offenders face numerous barriers to employment, the key to getting a job is how well...
Despite negative rap sheets, most ex-offenders should be able to go on to rewarding jobs and productive careers. But many don’t – their rap sheet becomes their resume! Once released.…
Transitioning to the civilian work world is filled with challenges. It's especially difficult for those who lack a powerful one- or two-page resume crystalizing what they want to do next with their li…
A modern guide for students on how to choose a major, create a four-year plan, make the most of your college experience, land an internship, and successfully secure your first job.
Used as the key text in the State of Ohio's innovative new offender re-entry program, this companion workbook for The Ex-Offender's Job Hunting Guide is filled with practical…
Millions of individuals face employment barriers. While a few barriers may be caused by other people (discrimination) or beyond one’s control (health), most barriers are self-inflicted…
Here's the first resume and letter guide designed to assist ex-offenders in finding rewarding employment. Written by two of America's leading career experts, the book addresses…
Finding a job may be the hardest, most frustrating, and ego-bruising work you ever do. Depending on how you approach the process, it also can be an extremely educational.
Misunderstanding job market realities, job seekers make numerous mistakes that frequently result in self-fulfilling prophecies. Two of America's leading career experts…
With new sections on the impact of social media on the job hunt! The unemployment rate in the United States is currently hovering at 9.2 percent, and shows no visible sign of dramatically decreasing (U.S. Department of Labor). 35 percent of hiring ma…
The new edition of this companion workbook draws on the latest ideas in What Color Is Your Parachute? and provides a place where job-hunters can record and explore the details of their job-search. Career giant Richard N. Bolles presents this revised …
Using the trailblazing advice and enduring guidance of What Color Is Your Parachute?, job-hunters and career changers will have the tools to discover—and land—the work, and life, most meaningful to them.
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…
In the newest edition of his classic cover letter guide, job search expert Martin Yate shows you how to dramatically increase your chance of landing an interview. The key, as Yate explains, is to use language drawn from the job posting itself...
