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• A step-by-step plan for landing your first job
• Samples of resumes and cover letters that really work
• A comprehensive list of online job-hunting resources
• The latest information on the best career paths
• "Inside" information for making the most of career fairs and university job resources
• How to match your qualifications to employers' needs This book tells you how to write winning cover letters and resumes, with dozens of samples covering most fields of study--including new and growing interdisciplinary fields such as biochemistry and international studies/language. There's more--learn important interviewing skills and how to negotiate a job offer!

Earn green by going green with your career choice!

You've worked hard for that environmental studies degree. Now what? Sometimes the choice of careers can seem endless; the most difficult part of a job search is narrowing down your options.

Great Jobs for Environmental Studies Majors will help you choose the right career out of the myriad possibilities at your disposal. It provides detailed profiles of careers in your field along with the basic skills necessary to begin a focused job search. You'll soon be on the fast track to landing a job that satisfies your personal, professional, and practical needs.

Great Jobs for Environmental Studies Majors will help you:

• Determine the occupation that's best suited for you
• Craft a résumé and cover letter that stand out from the rest
• Learn from practicing professionals about everyday life on the job
• Become familiar with current statistics on salaries and trends within the profession

Go from environmental studies major to:
conservation scientist * naturalist * legislative advocate * consultant * environmental planner * biologist * park ranger * compliance officer

Written for people planning their future, searching for their first job, or considering a career change, Fletcher's book reveals the five tools one must develop to find their calling in the world of work. She gives a step-by-step guide for enhancing these tools and building a foundation for future success. Readers will also find engaging stories of other people who have done what's right (and sometimes what's wrong) in their job search and the working world.

Without a job and support network to help meet the immediate needs of food, housing, health care, and transportation, and often saddled with financial obligations, many ex-offenders soon fall back on old habits, relationships, and temptations that lead them back to the prison doors.

While many employers may not want to hire someone with a criminal record, others are willing to give ex-offenders a second chance and help them get back on their feet and move ahead with their lives.

Indeed, we live in a society that both admires and supports people who can pick themselves up, change their lives, and go on to achieve their dreams.

But what should ex-offenders do in order to land a good job? Where should they go to find a job they do well and enjoy doing?

Here's the book that provides important answers to many re-entry questions facing ex-offenders. Beginning with an examination of 20 myths/realities and 22 principles for success, two of America's leading employment experts reveal 10 steps to job and career success:
- Examine and change your attitudes
- Conduct research on jobs and communities
- Seek assistance and become proactive
- Write effective resumes and letters
- Select appropriate job search approaches
- Network for information, advice, and referrals
- Assess your skills and identify your MAS
- Develop winning job interview skills
- State a powerful objective
- Negotiate salary and benefits like a pro

A final chapter goes one step further in examining what to do once you've landed the job - how to survive and prosper on the job as well as advance your career.

Rich in insights and filled with practical examples, exercises, and resources, here's the book that can make a big difference in the lives of ex-offenders. Follow each step and you'll begin meeting employers who will want to hire you because of your unique talents and your new attitudes and motivations.