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electronic resumes in 1995

The latest in job searching: Email!

August 9, 2017 Mary Kelly Making a Living 8 comments

Electronic Resumes that Get Jobs Potter 1996 Are you looking for a job? Here is your handy guide to the world of computer based job hunting. Lots of discussion of that new thing called “electronic email.” (It is in quotes

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resume writing cover

Resumes Gone Wrong

January 3, 2017 Holly Working 9-5 6 comments

Resume Writing: A Comprehensive How-To-Do-It Guide 4th Edition Bostwick 1990 Submitter: Resume Writing is an informational book geared at assisting job seekers with creating winning resumes to help them get the job. [We] thought this might make a good addition

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complete job finders guide for the 90's

Job Tips for the 90’s

June 9, 2016 Holly Working 9-5 13 comments

Complete job finder’s guide for the 90’s : marketing yourself in the new job market McDonald 1993 Submitter: I found this at a local college’s career collection. We all loved some of the totally inappropriate questions you might be asked

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Law Enforcement Employment Guide cover

Cop Jobs

May 10, 2016 Holly Working 9-5 2 comments

Law Enforcement Employment Guide Stern 1989 Submitter: This book was found in a medium-large academic library. It’s obviously a very dated choice for today – see the salary range and the utter lack of email addresses and web sites. I’ll

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How (Not) to Interview

August 25, 2015 Holly Making a Living 14 comments

How to Interview and Hire Productive People McQuaig 1988 Submitter: I recently weeded this from the public library where I work. The majority of the book consists of suggested interview questions that managers can ask to assess job applicants’ “hidden qualities”. However,

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Career Guide Handbook

Ye Olde Career Guide

July 13, 2015 Mary Kelly Making a Living 10 comments

Career Guide Handbook Including a directory of personnel consultants National Association of Personnel Consultants 1987 This book is still in a public library collection as of this writing. This manual is mostly a listing of personnel consultants by state, and

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Hook Up, Get Hired!

July 3, 2014 Holly Working 9-5 12 comments

Hook Up, Get Hired!: The Internet Job Search Revolution Kennedy 1995 Submitter: I just weeded this lovely specimen from the 650s at my midsize public library. The statistics say that it circulated within the last two years and over 12

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Quality Interviewing cover

Do You Like to File?

May 28, 2014 Holly Working 9-5 5 comments

Quality Interviewing Maddux 3rd ed., 1994 Mary loves to tell the story about the time I, along with another person, interviewed her for her first Library Clerk position. It was somewhere around the year 1998 or 1999. We all hit

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