Book Review: The Ultimate Job Hunter’s Guidebook - 7th edition

I just finished this non-fiction book by Cengage publishers called The Ultimate Job Hunter’s Guidebook 7th edition, written by Susan Greene and Melanie Martel (ISBN: 978-1285868103). I highly recommend it for students who will graduate soon or who have already graduated and are looking for a job (also, best of luck in these difficult #pandemic times!)

So here goes:

Offering concise coverage of necessary job-hunting and also job approaches, this flexible, how-to ebook can supplement any type of company course or serve as the structure for a career advancement class. The 7th version remains to focus on real-world applications through experiential exercises and also hands-on tasks designed for individual or team use. New material in this version describes the most up to date online work and also occupation advancement online sites and exactly how to use them finest. New chapter-ending Success Stories focus on people who have actually utilized their initiative to shift from one job to an additional. The authors employ a laid-back, student-friendly tone.

New stuff in the latest edition

A completely rearranged tabulation extra accurately reflects the actions from considering what kind of task you want and also are matched to, through looking for settings, to making an application for a job, to assessing work offers, to negotiating terms, to what to do once the job begins.

A totally brand-new chapter, "Social Networking as well as Your Online Reputation," covers service and also social networks (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and so on) and also how these can be used to gather details, obtain skilled advice, and also locate offered openings. This chapter additionally has important guidance for handling your image online.

Chapter Six, "Developing a Portfolio or Individual Web site," describes thoroughly and also supplies workouts for how to develop a personal website consisting of history details and also instances of your job.

 

Additional Features

Every chapter opens with "What Do You Know," inquiries to trigger users' anticipation regarding the product covered in the phase and to make them knowledgeable about what they do not that will certainly be addressed in the following chapter. A Chapter Emphasis section clearly define the six to ten major ideas that will be covered in the phase.

Success Stories at the close of each chapter attribute real-world instances of people who have actually made the shift from one occupation to an additional. Topics are varied in their fields as well as experiences, as well as consist of examples from a stay-at-home mom transformed artist, to a volunteer turned worker, to a dissatisfied employee changed.

Experiential workouts as well as hands-on activities add to the user-friendly personality of the textbook. Subjects for discussion and also testimonial consist of determining character staminas, testing résumé abilities, and completing task applications.
 
It retails on Amazon for $43, however, you can download the digital (PDF) version at a discounted price of only $10 from here (tip: you can use their share feature to get an additional 10% discount, so that'll make it $9).