A guide for helping students to understand the many options available to them as they approach the end of their school years, including education options (academic as well as vocational training), gap years, the world of work, and practical issues such as finances, debts and insurance.
Through pedagogical techniques, self-assessment and personal reflection, this book provides students and graduates with a comprehensive guide to work experience, placements and internships. It offers essential support for every stage of the experience journey, from finding appropriate opportunities, to using the experience to further a career.
A fully updated edition of the working travel handbook, explaining how to find temporary work around the world both in advance and while travelling. Inside is a country-by-country guide to available opportunities, details on seasonal work and information on all the main industries offering temporary work.
Presents a powerful model for career reinvention that reverses conventional wisdom. This book includes case studies of personal and professional reinventions - from literature professor to stockbroker, from psychiatrist to Buddhist monk, and from investment banker to fiction writer, among others.
If you're looking for a new job or just need a hand getting on the career ladder then You're Hired: Total Job Search is your one-stop-shop for landing the job of your dreams. Packed full of practical exercises and handy tips, this totally up-to-date, helpful guide will take you through the entire recruitment process.