The Harvard Guide to Careers - Softcover

"Geared toward both the recent liberal arts graduate and the career-changer, this handbook guides users through the entire career process, from identifying and researching a career to securing a job. Career field profiles provide information about advertising, banking, education, government, and politics, high tech, management consulting, and public service. The new edition (previous in 1987) contains expanded annotated bibliographies of descriptive literature and directories, updated sample letters and resumes, and a new section on financial planning."< DD> Readable and well laid out... This book has a thorough table of contents and an index of resources by career field. A good update of the series of books which began in 1982. This book is particularly strong on resources (books, directories, etc.) and provides an excellent overview of the kinds of things that one does with a college degree. It reads well and is highly attuned to the kinds of things that are on the minds of graduating seniors. Geared toward both the recent liberal arts graduate and the career-changer, this handbook guides users through the entire career process, from identifying and researching a career to securing a job. Career field profiles provide information about advertising, banking, education, government, and politics, high tech, management consulting, and public service. The new edition (previous in 1987) contains expanded annotated bibliographies of descriptive literature and directories, updated sample letters and resumes, and a new section on financial planning. Readable and well laid out...[This book] has a thorough table of contents and an index of resources by career field.

Geared toward both the recent liberal arts graduate and the career-changer, this handbook should guide the reader through the entire career process, from identifying and researching a career to securing a job. It includes chapters on career exploration, self-assessment, letter writing, resumes, interviewing and graduate study. Career field profiles provide information about advertising, banking, education, government and politics, high tech, management consulting and public service. This edition has expanded annotated bibliographies of descriptive literature and directories, updated sample letters and resumes and a new section on financial planning. An index of resources by career field and an index of titles provide quick and easy access to the items listed in the bibliographies.