How to get any job : life launch & relaunch for everyone under 30 (or how to avoid living in your parents' basement) / Donald Asher.

"Rev. ed. of: How to get any job with any major : career launch & re-launch for everyone under 30, or, how to avoid living in your parent's basement . 2004"--Publisher provided.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. You Need to Reconsider Everything You Know about Your Employment Interests. 1. Life Planning versus Getting a Job --- 2. Yes, It's All about You --- 3. What Gets You Excited? Your Top Five Issues in This World --- 4. A Little Future Visioneering --- 5. Advanced Issues in Life Planning: More than Enough Ideas --- 6. A Different Kind of Choice ---- PART II. Finding Out about Your Interests in the Real World. 7. Prepare to Learn More --- 8. Are You Ready for Networking? --- 9. Volunteer and Internship Opportunities --- 10. Summer Jobs, and "The Most Important Summer of Your Life" --- 11. More Education --- 12. How about High-Risk Choices? ---- PART III. Now It's Time to Actually Get a Job --- CASE STUDY: How I Got My First Job --- 13. Start with a Job Target --- 14. Visualize the Job You Want --- 15. Troubleshooting Your Job Search --- 16. The Job Interview ---- In Conclusion.

Donald Asher, America's career guru, believes that success comes from an alignment of passion and preparation. First tip: Your college major has very little to do with your job options. In fact, you can get to virtually any life-goal destination from virtually any starting point. Stephen Colbert was a philosophy major. Chad Hurley, billionaire founder of YouTube, was an art major. And while we're at it, Albert Einstein was a high-school drop-out. Still think your college major will determine your life path? Think again. HOW TO GET ANY JOB is the first book that definitively answers the following questions, and many more: A- What is "life launch" and how is it different from getting a job? --- B- Why do employers hire people like you? --- C- Which skills do employers value most? (They're not what you think!) --- D- How do non-tech people get hired and thrive in tech companies? --- E- How do you set yourself up to get promoted? --- F- How do you prove you have skills that don't show up on your transcripts? --- G- How do you get experience if you can't get a job, or have the "wrong" major? --- H- How can you get famous and influential people to help you? --- I- How do you hit restart if you get stuck in a dead-end job out of college? --- J- What should you do if you're a graduate and living in your parents' basement? --- K- What should you do if you're a junior to make sure you don't end up in that basement? -- Back cover.