Student's Federal Career Guide: How to Write a Federal Resume for New Grads and New Entry Candidates - eBook by Kathryn Troutman; Paul BinkleyDo you want to turn your passion for food into a career? Take a bite out of the food world with help from the experts in this first-of-its-kind What Color Is Your Parachute? for food related careers.Maybe you're considering culinary school, maybe you're about to graduate, or maybe you're looking for an exciting career change. How can you translate your zest for flavor into a satisfying profession? Should you become a chef or open a specialty foods shop, write cookbooks or try your hand at food styling? Culinary careers are as varied as they are fascinating-the only challenge is deciding which one is right for you. Filled with advice from food-world pros including luminaries such as Alice Waters, Chris Kimball, Betty Fussell and Darra Goldstein Food Jobs will set you behind the stove of your dream career.Chalmers provides essential information for getting started including testimonials from the best in the field (Bobby Flay, Todd English, Gordon Hamersly, Francois Payard, Danny Meyer, Anthony Bourdain and more).
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Find Your Federal Job Fit by J. RuckMatch Yourself to the Right Federal Job and Agency With this book, you learn how to Assess your strengths and talents for federal job direction. Create a vision, goals, and plan for your ideal federal career. Match your interests, skills, and values to federal jobs and agencies. Discover and develop the skills needed for federal jobs that interest you most. Excel at Every Step in the Hiring Process Move to the front of the federal hiring line with this guide's help: Analyze vacancy announcements to determine your job fit. Tailor your resume and application materials to highlight your job qualifications. Use creative networking strategies to uncover leads in the federal job market. Prepare for all types and all stages of federal job interviews. Book jacket.
Call Number: DVC - Pleasant Hill Library - Stacks JK716 .R85 2012 and eBook
Jobs That Matter: Find a Stable, Fulfilling Career in Public Service - eBook by Heather KrasnaJobs That Matter provides job seekers with the tips they need to land a great job in government (including local, state, and federal), nonprofit, or corporate organizations serving the public good. This book helps you pinpoint the right public service career for your interests and talents, and then helps you land it with key research, networking, resume, cover letter, and interviewing techniques.
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Generation NextAt community resource centers across the country, young people like Brian Marroquin, a recent graduate of VCU, are deferring their careers to focus on community service. PBS NewsHour correspondent Judy Woodruff examines the trend. Original broadcast date: June 22, 2009
Association of Bay Area GovernmentsABAG was created by local governments to meet their planning and research needs related to land use, environmental and water resource protection, disaster resilience, energy efficiency and hazardous waste mitigation, and to provide risk management, financial services and staff training to local counties, cities and towns.
California State JobsGetting a job with the State of California is now simpler than ever. Start by creating a CalCareer account. With an account, you can take state civil service examinations, store different versions of your application, apply for vacancies at 150 departments, track your application status and save your resume all in one place.
Call Number: DVC - Pleasant Hill Library - Reference HF5381 .E52 2015
ISBN: 9780816085033
Publication Date: 2014-03-01
This unparalleled resource is essential for exploring and planning a career at all levels of experience. Fully revised and updated to provide detailed facts and current statistics about 120 key career fields and industries as well as more than 820 occupations, this resource presents a wealth of information about employment statistics, growing and declining industries, earnings, employment prospects, educational requirements, tips for getting a job, and much more.
Occupational Outlook HandbookThe Federal government's premier career guidance publication is used by millions of people including, counselors, students, jobseekers, employment training specialists, and researchers.
At DVC, our courses, certificate and degree programs are organized into what we call Interest Areas. Interest Areas are groups of related programs. They help you find a path to reach your educational and career goals.
Education/training requirements, job duties, working conditions, job outlook, average earnings for hundreds of different types of jobs/careers. Includes the full text of the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
The O*NET database, contains hundreds of occupation-specific descriptions on almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated from input by a broad range of workers in each occupation.