Hired! The Job-Hunting / Career-Planning Guide

Hired! is a practical, life-career planning guide designed to reach a variety of audiences. It is a resource that can be used in life-career decision making courses in any setting. This edition enables readers to actively explore how to thrive in today's fluid and dynamic working environments. Unlike other books, Hired! focuses on helping readers develop an ongoing, flexible portfolio of information about themselves and work in order to prepare them for satisfying and productive lives in an ever-changing world. The exercises and writing activities encourage readers to take a proactive role in creating their futures, motivating them to become personally responsible for their life and to become an active participant in its process. This third edition focuses on the changing nature of work-including trends in the marketplace and a turbulent post 9/11 world. Other main topics include portfolio development, resume writing, and developing decision-making, job search, self-assessment, and interview skills. For training professionals, facilitators, and others in business, industry, and nonprofit organizations.