Featured in the fall 1996 issue of "Cosmopolitan's Life After College", this resource presents the scoop on more than 1,800 openings for the 17 million jobs in local, state, and federal government, in the U.S. and abroad. Also includes information on Internet and other online job databases. 90 illustrations.

A one-stop shopping center for jobs. Excellent resource for employment opportunities. --Community Jobs

This all new seventh edition offers job seekers all the necessary tools to land a high paying job with Uncle Sam, this country's largest employer. Discover where the jobs are, what jobs are available, and most importantly how to find them. This revised edition includes over 1,000 resources for exploring careers and locating job vacancies nationwide and overseas.Uncle Sam employees over 2,850,000 civilian workers and 56,000 students. The average salary exceeds $45,000 and over 300,000 job vacancies are filled annually at thousands of locations and in hundreds of occupations -- entry level to professional. Few employers can match the wide range of career opportunities that government offers.Today, simplified application forms and resumes are accepted by agencies and most agencies advertise jobs on the internet, fax back services, or take your application by phone. This all new seventh edition shows job seekers how to successfully land the job they want in government.

Presents an overview of the job market in engineering, science, and technology; and features profiles of over sixty careers, each with information on work characteristics, education and training requirements, job entry, advancement and employment outlook, working conditions, and earnings and benefits.

The book tells you everything you need to know to start an career or change the direction of your current career in politics, government, or activism.

Now in its third edition, Howard Figler's classic The Complete Job-Search Handbook puts you in the driver's seat, on the road to where the jobs really are. Figler's unique program has been revised and updated to let you not only decide what your ideal job may be, but also discover exactly where that job is. The program has been expanded to describe thirty lifetime job-hunting skills, as well as Twenty Lessons from the Front, a list of potential pitfalls for job seekers to be aware of. This third edition enables you to: - Determine what your true work and life values are - Pinpoint the job skills you already possess, even those you aren't aware of - Find jobs when there seem to be none - Learn how to be at your best in job interviews - Utilize a professional career counselor's advice to troubleshoot potential problems Figler writes for all stages of career development, with action plans for the first-time job seeker, the professional looking for a change, the suddenly laid-off, and the person returning to the workforce after a long absence. Howard Figler knows the right job is out there, and with clarity, humor, and reassuring good sense, he shows you how to find it.