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

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.

Each volume focuses on a different career area and contains approximately 700 job profiles, including job summary, job description, and up-to-date salary information.

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.

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.

Presents information and lists further resources on jobs in health, covering earnings and benefits, outlook, working conditions, and education and training requirements; and provides tips on ršumš, applications, interviews, and networking.

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.

Guiding MBAs into the Nonprofit Sector As interest in nonprofit sector careers grows among MBA students and MBAs further along in their careers, the number of interesting opportunities and the need for MBA skills in this sector also continues to spiral upward. Yet MBA students and alums have experienced frustration with the job search process in this field. The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in the Nonprofit Sector is a great resource for newly minted MBAs and alums interested in entering the nonprofit sector - whether as full-time managers, board members, or volunteers. Tapping the career histories of thirty-four Harvard Business School alums who have carved out successful and personally rewarding lives in the nonprofit sector, Stephanie Lowell has created a resource that is both inspirational and practical. Topics covered include: nonprofit subsector overviews with descriptions of key roles and positions for MBAs the pros and cons of a nonprofit career managing expectations salary expectations cultural differences the job search process as it applies to nonprofits an extensive bibliography of resources Reflecting the depth and breadth of the nonprofit sector, the HBS Guide covers management careers in arts and culture, community economic development, education, environment, foundations, government, health care, international aid and economic development, social services, social purpose businesses, and socially responsible business/corporate community relations.