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Authors: Carol Christen,Jean M. Blomquist,Richard N. Bolles

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RICHARD N. BOLLES
has been a leader and the #1 celebrity in the career development field for more than thirty-five years. He was trained in chemical engineering at M.I.T.; in physics at Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude; and in New Testament studies at the General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City, where he earned a master’s degree. He is the recipient of two honorary doctorates, is a member of MENSA, and is listed in
Who’s Who in America
and
Who’s Who in the World
. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Marci. You can contact him through his website,
www.jobhuntersbible.com
.

JEAN M. BLOMQUIST
is a freelance editor and writer with experience as a college admissions counselor.

INDEX

A

AmeriCorps

Apprenticeships

Attitude, importance of

B

Book clubs

Boss, ideal

C

Career assessments

Career coaching

Career planning,
itr.1
,
5.1

Career portfolios,
5.1
,
5.2

Careers

awareness of possibilities for
jobs vs.
STEM
sustainable
tracking trends in

CEOs, traits of

Class assignments

Clients, ideal

College

admission to
“business plan” for
career goals and
choosing,
5.1
,
app1.1
community
cost of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
app1.1
,
app1.2
debt and,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
determining necessity of,
5.1
,
app1.1
experience of
selecting major in,
4.1
,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
training vs.
transfers

Communication skills

Community, ideal,
3.1
,
3.2

Community colleges

Contacts

benefits of
cultivating,
6.1
,
9.1
examples of

D

Debt,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3

Discouragement

Dream job

definition of
discovering
as entrepreneur
exploring potential,
4.1
,
4.2
financial sustainability and
good job vs.
Holland Code and
steps to
transferable skills and

E

Economics

Education.
See also
College
;
High school

as an investment
need for
types of

Email

address for
thank-you notes by

Employers

in hiring interviews
interviewing,
6.1
,
9.1
qualities and skills desired by

Entrepreneurs,
4.1
,
4.2

Extracurricular activities

F

Fields

Finances.
See also
Salary

college education and,
6.1
,
6.2
,
app1.1
job search and
sustainability and

G

Gap year

Geographic location, ideal,
3.1
,
3.2

Giving up

Goal setting

GPA,
6.1
,
6.2

Green jobs

H

Help, asking for

High school

academic choices in
class assignments
creating plan during,
5.1
,
5.2
extracurricular activities
importance of
life after
transitioning from
working during

Hiring interviews

clothes for
ending
first impressions in
mistakes in
preparing for,
9.1
,
9.2
questions in,
9.1
,
9.2
thank-you notes after
tips for
transportation for

Holland, John,
2.1
,
2.2

Holland Code,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3

Honesty

I

Information interviews

benefits of,
4.1
,
9.1
clothes for
conducting,
6.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
examples of,
9.1
,
app2.1
in person vs. on the phone
practicing
questions for,
4.1
,
9.1
rating jobs in
setting up
subjects for
thank-you notes after,
4.1
,
9.1
transportation for
at work

Integrity

Intelligence, types of

Interests

favorite,
1.1
,
4.1
skills and

Internet.
See
Email
;
Social networking sites
;
Web

Internships,
4.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
9.1

Interpersonal skills,
1.1
,
1.2
,
6.1

Interviews.
See
Hiring interviews
;
Information interviews

J

Job Corps

Job detectives

Job journals

Job Meter

Jobs.
See also
Careers
;
Dream job

acting as if owed
careers vs.
in demand
green
number of, in lifetime
part-time,
5.1
,
5.2
rating
STEM
summer
vacant,
9.1
,
app.1

Job search

advisory board for
developing skills for
effectiveness rate of, by method
essentials for
finances and
as a full-time job,
9.1
,
10.1
giving up on
help in
learning about
length of,
9.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
luck and
mentors for
multiple targets in,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1
techniques for
time spent on,
10.1
,
10.2
tips for
unending nature of

Job shadowing,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1

L

Life

envisioning ideal
mission in
philosophy of

LinkedIn,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1

Luck, role of

M

Mental skills,
1.1
,
1.2

Mentors,
5.1
,
5.2
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1

Mirror Theory

Mission in life

Mistakes, most common

N

National Job Shadow Coalition

Nemko, Marty

Networking

benefits of
contacts and,
9.1
,
9.2
definition of
green career sites for
informal vs. formal
social media sites for,
8.1
,
9.1

O

Organizations

researching
small
targeting,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3

P

Parachute, image of

Parachute diagram

blank, v
filling in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
7.1

Part-time work,
5.1
,
5.2

Party exercise,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3

Peace Corps

People

favorite types of,
2.1
,
2.2
researching,
8.1
,
9.1
skills with,
1.1
,
1.2
,
6.1

Persistence, importance of

Physical skills,
1.1
,
1.2

Pitch, practicing

Prioritizing

R

References

Research

on organizations
on people,
8.1
,
9.1

Resumes

lack of effectiveness of
online
updating

Role models,
12.1
,
12.2

S

Salary

ideal
information on,
3.1
,
9.1
of recent college graduates

Self-Directed Search (SDS)

Skills

communication
definition of
desired by employers
enjoyable
identifying,
1.1
,
1.2
interests and
interpersonal (with people),
1.1
,
1.2
,
6.1
job-search
mental (with information),
1.1
,
1.2
physical (with things),
1.1
,
1.2
self-management (personal traits)
specific knowledge (work content)
STEM
teamwork
transferable (functional),
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3

Skill TIPs,
1.1
,
1.2

Social entrepreneurs

Social networking sites

with a business focus
career exploration through
characteristics of
possibilities of
safety and,
8.1
,
9.1
Twitter
types of

Start-up metaphor

State Conservation Corps

STEM skills

Student loans,
6.1
,
6.2

Study abroad

Summer work

Sustainability

T

Teamwork skills

Tech Prep classes

Telephone calls

best times for
number of

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