Playing the Job-finding Game: A rule book for ex-offenders
Business & Finance, Career Planning & Job Hunting, Resumes, Job Hunting, Careers
| Author: | Terry Pile | ISBN: | 9780989803816 |
| Publisher: | Career Advisors Resource Center | Publication: | October 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Terry Pile |
| ISBN: | 9780989803816 |
| Publisher: | Career Advisors Resource Center |
| Publication: | October 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
If you have ever looked for a job, you know employers don't always pick the most qualified or experienced job candidates. Having a criminal record is an additional barrier that can make finding a job an insurmountable challenge...unless you know the rules of the game.
Playing the Job-finding Game: A Rule Book for Ex-offenders offers a strategic approach to obtaining employment regardless of past transgressions. It is based on advice from a veteran career counselor and the collective wisdom of hundreds of ex-offenders she has successfully coached over the years. It will help your clients:
· Think like an employer
· Identify marketable skills
· Develop a game plan for job-finding
· Craft effective resumes and cover letters
· Select appropriate job-finding strategies
· Respond to difficult interview questions
· Score a new job
Filled with how-to advice, examples, exercises and success stories, this book will help anyone who has been in trouble with the law get into shape for the job-finding game and come out a winner.
Terry Pile, MS/GCDF, is the principal consultant for Career Advisors, providing career development and outplacement services since 2000. She is the author of numerous e-books and news articles on career issues. Playing the Job-finding Game is her second book.
If you have ever looked for a job, you know employers don't always pick the most qualified or experienced job candidates. Having a criminal record is an additional barrier that can make finding a job an insurmountable challenge...unless you know the rules of the game.
Playing the Job-finding Game: A Rule Book for Ex-offenders offers a strategic approach to obtaining employment regardless of past transgressions. It is based on advice from a veteran career counselor and the collective wisdom of hundreds of ex-offenders she has successfully coached over the years. It will help your clients:
· Think like an employer
· Identify marketable skills
· Develop a game plan for job-finding
· Craft effective resumes and cover letters
· Select appropriate job-finding strategies
· Respond to difficult interview questions
· Score a new job
Filled with how-to advice, examples, exercises and success stories, this book will help anyone who has been in trouble with the law get into shape for the job-finding game and come out a winner.
Terry Pile, MS/GCDF, is the principal consultant for Career Advisors, providing career development and outplacement services since 2000. She is the author of numerous e-books and news articles on career issues. Playing the Job-finding Game is her second book.
