First Jobs

Author: Merritt Watts
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 125006130X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
In First Jobs, reporter Merritt Watts collects real stories of early forays into the workforce from a range of eras and industries, and a diversity of backgrounds. For some, a first job is a warm welcome to the working world. For others, it's a rude awakening, but as these stories show, it's an influential, entertaining experience that should not be underestimated. A future mayor shining shoes, an atheist shilling Bibles, a housewife heading to work during World War II, a now-famous designer getting fired-we all got our start somewhere. A first job may not have the romance of the first kiss or the excitement of a first car, but more than anything else, it offers a taste of true independence and a preview of what the world has in store for us. This book transforms what we might think of as a single, unassuming line at the bottom of a résumé into a collection of absorbing tales and hard-earned wisdom to which we can all, for better or worse, relate.

When We Grow Up

Author: Melanie Walsh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406394481
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 25

Book Description

First We Quit Our Jobs

Author: Marilyn J. Abraham
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 9780440507574
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
A former editor in the publishing industry recounts the year after she and her husband quit their jobs and took to the roads in an RV, traveling throughout the United States and Canada.

Getting Your First Job For Dummies

Author: Roberto Angulo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119431468
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Find—and land—your first job! Finding a job can seem daunting, especially when it's a brand new experience. There's a lot to know, and often a lot of pressure. Written by the founder of AfterCollege.com, Getting Your First Job For Dummies is designed to take the stress out of the job search process and help you get an offer. In this book, you'll discover how to identify your talents and strengths, use your network to your advantage, interview with confidence, and evaluate an offer. Written in plain English and packed with step-by-step instructions, it'll have you writing customized resumes, conducting company research, and utilizing online job search sites, faster than you can say 'I got the job!' Determine what kind of job suits your interests and skills Write a compelling cover letter Know what to expect in an interview Effectively negotiate an offer Whether you're still in school or navigating the world as a recent graduate, Getting Your First Job For Dummies arms you with the skills and confidence to make getting your first job an exciting and enjoyable process.

First Jobs of College Women

Author: Jean Alice Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description

My First 40 Jobs

Author: Hugh Maguire
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475901380
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
This memoir takes the reader from March, 1966 to June, 2003; from Massachusetts to Connecticut, Hawaii to Oregon, South Carolina to California to Virginia; from reporting for a newspaper to Salvation Army Bell Ringer, National Park Service ranger to working for Fidelity Investments; 40 jobs spread throughout America that helped fill up a life, but was it worthwhile?

Getting Your First Job For Dummies

Author: Roberto Angulo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119431301
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Steve Jobs

Author: Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451648545
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 656

Book Description
Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

My First Dictionary

Author:
Publisher: Caillou
ISBN: 9782894506271
Category : Caillou (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A vocabulary of household and child-oriented items.

Lying

Author: Sam Harris
Publisher: Four Elephants Press
ISBN: 1940051010
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description
As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption—even murder and genocide—generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie. In Lying, best-selling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie. He focuses on "white" lies—those lies we tell for the purpose of sparing people discomfort—for these are the lies that most often tempt us. And they tend to be the only lies that good people tell while imagining that they are being good in the process.