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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: What is “life launch” and how is it different from getting a job? Why do employers hire people like you? Which skills do employers value most? (They’re not what you think!) How do non-tech people get hired and thrive in tech companies? How do you set yourself up to get promoted? How do you prove you have skills that don’t show up on your transcripts? How do you get experience if you can’t get a job, or have the “wrong” major? How can you get famous and influential people to help you? How do you hit restart if you get stuck in a dead-end job out of college? What should you do if you’re a graduate and living in your parents’ basement? What should you do if you’re a junior to make sure you don’t end up in that basement? Whether you’re twenty and still in college or twenty-nine and still wondering how to start your life, HOW TO GET ANY JOB offers the most creative and innovative thinking on life launch to date. It is used by college career centers nationwide. DONALD ASHER is one of America’s premiere career consultants and is the author of The Overnight Resume, Cool Colleges, Graduate Admissions Essays, and Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn’t, and Why. He speaks at over 100 colleges and universities every year. Contents PART 1 You Need to Reconsider Everything You Know about Your Employment Interests 1 Life Planning versus Getting a Job 3 2 Yes, It’s All about You 20 3 What Gets You Excited? Your Top Five Issues in This World 31 4 A Little Future Visioneering 43 5 Advanced Issues in Life Planning: More than Enough Ideas 53 6 A Different Kind of Choice 74 Part 2 Finding Out about Your Interests in the Real World 7 Prepare to Learn More 85 8 Are You Ready for Networking? 93 9 Volunteer and Internship Opportunities 107 10 Summer Jobs, and “The Most Important Summer of Your Life” 119 11 More Education 134 12 How about High-Risk Choices? 143 Part 3 Now It’s Time to Actually Get a Job CASE STUDY: How I Got My First Job 158 13 Start with a Job Target 161 14 Visualize the Job You Want 171 15 Troubleshooting Your Job Search 184 16 The Job Interview 203 In Conclusion 227 Index 229 About the Author 234
