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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Career Book

I'm considering writing a career guidance book that I would self publish online through Amazon. While there are many good career books I think the Australian ones could be better. So far these are the chapters it will have:

  • Building a positive self image.
  • Identifying your strengths, transferable skills and selling points. 
  • What employers want and how do your past employers see you?
  • Finding a suitable career.
  • Disability, age or gender - Why these things don't have to matter. 
  • Why there is no such thing as a free lunch!
  • Education and entry points into industries. 
  • Traineeships and Apprenticeships
  • Graduate Programs and Internships
  • Goal setting: planning your path into your new career. 
  • Jobsearching: Networking, social media, recruitment companies and applying online. 
  • Selling yourself: Coverletters, Resumes and Selection Criteria. 
  • Selling yourself: Develop your elevator pitch and cold canvassing. 
  • Selling yourself: Phone Interviews
  • Selling yourself:: Job Interviews 
  • You've got the job now what? 
This is just a rough outline of the areas I will cover. I may start by writing articles on each of these subjects for this blog that can later be developed into chapters for a book. 

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