INDEX

A

Achievements, documenting

Ads

answering

researching salaries through

Agencies. See Employment agencies; Governmental agencies

Aging

American Job Centers, 1.1, 6.1, app2.1

“A minus B equals C” method

Anger

Appearance, importance of

Assessments, vocational. See Tests

Attitudes

during interview

toward aging

toward yourself (self-esteem)

Azrin, Nathan

B

Behavioral Interviewing

Benefits, job

Blogging

Blue-collar occupations

Bridge-people (contacts)

asking for job-leads from

definition of

finding

importance of

for salary research

Brown, Barbara

Buechner, Fred

Building-block diagram of skills, 7.1, 7.2

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Business, creating your own. See also Self-employment

Business Owner’s Idea Café, The

Business Owner’s Toolkit

C

Calling, one’s. See also Mission in life

Career-change

cautions about

frequency of, in lifetime

as fun

Informational Interviewing and

job-market needs and

online resource for

school and

self-inventory and

step-by-step process for, with Flower Exercise

testing and

two-step process for

Career clusters, 7.1, 11.1

Career counselors/coaches

choosing

contracts with

degrees held by, app4.1, app4.2

dishonest, app4.1, app4.2

fees of, app4.1, app4.2, app4.3

free workshops by

groups run by

Mission in life and

operating by Internet or telephone

religious

sampler list of, app4.1, app4.2, app4.3

success rate of

Career Interests Game

CareerOneStop, 1.1, 6.1, app2.1, app2.2

Career portfolios

Checkster

Classified ads. See Ads

College degrees, failure in getting a job with

Companies. See Employers; Organizations

Competency-based interviewing. See Behavioral Interviewing

Computer skills, acquiring, 1.1, app2.1

Considerateness, importance of

Contacts. See Bridge-people

Contracts

with career counselors/coaches

with employers

Control, finding something within your

Counseling. See Career counselors/coaches; Spiritual counselors

Cover letters, importance of

Co-workers, preferred

Crystal, John, 9.1, 9.2, app1.1, app5.1

Curricula vitae (c.v.). See Resumes

D

Data, skills dealing with

Day laborers

Decision making, tips about

Depression (emotional)

Diagrams

A minus B equals C

Building Blocks of Transferable Skills

Combining Three Fields

Cutting the Territory Down

Distasteful Working Conditions (chart)

Favorite People Chart

Favorite Subjects Matrix (sorting box)

Fears Behind Employers’ Questions (chart)

Flower Diagram (example)

Flower Diagram (to be filled in)

Geographical Preferences (chart)

Healthy Religion vs. Unhealthy Religion (chart)

List of 246 Skills as Verbs

Model of Bad or Good Career Planning

Parachute Skills Grid

Party Exercise

PIE (Porot)

Preferred Methods for Filling Vacancies (employers’ vs. job-hunters’)

Preliminary Outline of The Flower

Prioritizing Grid for 10 Items or Less, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

Prioritizing Grid for 24 Items, 7.1, 7.2

Sample Resume

Search for a Good Career Counselor (chart)

Setting Your Salary Range

Systematic Breakdown and Building Up to Define a Career

Ten Commandments for Job-Interviews (tablet)

Ten Greatest Mistakes Made in Job Interviews (tablet)

Three Types of Career-Change (heart diagram)

Traditional Way vs. Parachute Way (two columns)

Transferable Skills (Sidney Fine’s diagram)

What You Can Do, What You Can’t (chart)

When to Negotiate Salary

Worksheet of Favorite Knowledges

Dictionary of Occupational Titles, The (D.O.T.), 7.1, 10.1

Discrimination in hiring

Distance-counseling

Dreams, pursuing your, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1

E

Education

career-change and

for veterans

worthless degrees

See also Learning

Egotism

E-mail

sending resumes by

sending thank-you notes by

Employees, skills of highly sought

Employers

bad-mouthing previous

contacting interesting

diversity among

“foreign country” analogy for

hiring-fears of, 4.1, 4.2, app2.1

new

over-screening by

preferred methods for filling vacancies vs. job-hunters’, 1.1, 1.2

questions likely to be asked by, at interviews, 4.1, 4.2

size of

targeting particular, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

type of employee sought by

See also Organizations; Person-who-has-the-power-to-hire-you

Employment agencies

success rate for

temporary (temp agencies), 5.1, 8.1, 8.2

Employment interviews. See Hiring-interviews

Enthusiasm

importance of

lack of

shyness vs.

Executive counseling firms, app4.1, app4.2

Ex-offenders (Dick Gaither’s materials)

Expenses, estimating

Experience Unlimited Job Clubs

F

Facebook, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 8.1, 10.1

Faith. See Mission in life; Religious beliefs

Family

asking for job-leads from

self-employment and

Fear

employers’, 4.1, 4.2, app2.1

job-hunters’, of talking with others

Feller, Rich

Fields of interest, 7.1, 8.1

50-50 rule during job interviews

Fine, Sidney, 7.1, app1.1

Flower Diagram (self-inventory)

blank form

career-change and

as complete picture of self

example of filled-in form

finding a name for your

geographical preferences (petal 6)

goal, purpose, or mission in life (petal 7)

knowledges or fields of interest (petal 1)

overview of

people to work with (petal 2)

reasons for success of

salary and level (petal 5)

transferable skills (petal 3)

working conditions (petal 4)

Foreign editions

Fraud, perpetrated on you, 11.1, app2.1, app4.1, app4.2

Free Agent Nation

Freelancing. See Self-employment

Friends

asking for job-leads from

career counselors/coaches used by

renewing contact with old

researching organizations through, 4.1, 8.1

See also Bridge-people

Fringe benefits at work

G

Geographical preferences

God

belief in, app1.1, app1.2, app3.1

reestablishing contact with, app1.1, app3.1

Google

as resume

search history on

Governmental agencies, 5.1, 6.1, app2.1

Gratitude list, making

H

Haldane, Bernard

Handicaps, 2.1, 9.1, 9.2

Happiness, money and

Health, employers’ questions about

Hiring-interviews

for already-filled vacancies

asking for feedback after

bad-mouthing previous employers during

bringing evidence of skills to

characteristics of

dating as a metaphor for, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2

employers’ fears during, 4.1, 4.2

ending, 4.1, 4.2

50-50 rule during

importance of first two minutes of

length of answers during

mistakes made in

obtaining, 2.1, 2.2

personal appearance and conduct at

preparing for

questions asked by employer at, 4.1, 4.2

questions asked by job-hunter at, 4.1, 4.2

researching organization before

role-playing

salary negotiation and

ten commandments of

thank-you notes after, 4.1, 4.2, 9.1, 9.2

as two-way conversation, 3.1, 4.1

See also Behavioral Interviewing; Person-who-has-the-power-to-hire-you

Hobbies

Holland, John, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 10.1

Holland Codes, 7.1, 7.2

Home businesses

Human Metrics Test

I

Income. See Salary

Independent contractors. See also Self-employment

Informational Interviewing

to find out about organizations

job offers during, how to handle

naming your Flower Diagram through

PIE Method and, 9.1, 9.2

thank-you notes following, 8.1, 9.1

trying on careers through

Instagram, 2.1, 2.2

Interests. See Fields of interest

Internet

access to, 1.1, 2.1

career-change and

job-hunting on, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 6.1, app2.1

posting resumes on, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 6.1

researching on, 5.1, 8.1

testing and counseling on

your presence on

See also E-mail; Social media; Websites

Interviews. See Behavioral Interviewing; Hiring-interviews; Informational Interviewing; Practice Interviews

J

Job beggar vs. helpful resource, 2.1, 4.1, 6.1, 9.1

Job clubs, 6.1, app4.1, app5.1

Job-hunting

approaches to

as art, not science

best and worst methods for

conservation of energy in

as continual activity

groups, 6.1, app4.1

importance of alternatives in, 7.1, 11.1

on the Internet, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1

length of

life-changing

recent changes in

reexamining approaches to, 6.1, 6.2

“right” vs. “wrong” ways of

skills, advanced

social media and

targeting small organizations

tax deductions for

time devoted to

Traditional Way vs. Parachute Way

unchanging essence of

unsuccessful, 1.1, 3.1, 6.1, 6.2

See also Career-change

Job-hunt.org (recommended site)

Job-interviews. See Hiring-interviews

Job-leads

Job-markets

approaching multiple

projections of

See also Unemployment; Vacancies

Job offers, 4.1, 5.1, 8.1

Job portfolios

Jobs

creation of

dream, 7.1, 8.1

families of

hot

length of

part-time, 5.1, 8.1

trying on, 8.1, 8.2

Jobstar.org (recommended site)

Job-titles, 2.1, 8.1

JOLT (Job Openings and Labor Turnover)

Joyce, Susan

K

Keirsey Temperament Sorter

Keywords

Knowledges, favorite, 7.1, 8.1

L

Large organizations

definition of

small vs.

Learning

unemployment and

unlearning and

See also Education

Letter of agreement

Level at work, 5.1, 7.1

LinkedIn, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, app2.1

M

Meditation

Mission in life

career counseling and

definition of

first stage, app1.1, app1.2, app1.3

on the Flower Diagram

as intersection

job-hunting and

nine kingdoms of

second stage, app1.1, app1.2, app1.3

secret of finding

third stage, app1.1, app1.2, app1.3

unlearning and learning

Money. See Salary

Mosquitoes (metaphorical) killing a job-interview

Moving (to another place)

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

MyPlan.com

N

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans

Nervous mannerisms during interviews

Networking

importance of

Informational Interviewing and

social media and

veterans and

See also Bridge-people

Newspaper ads. See Ads

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes

O

Occupational Outlook Handbook, The, 5.1, 10.1

Occupations. See Jobs

Offers. See Job offers

Older job-hunters

O’Neil, Tom

O*Net Online (Occupational Information Network), 7.1, 10.1, 11.1, app2.1

Online job-hunting, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 6.1, app2.1

Organizations

making list of

researching, 4.1, 8.1

websites of

See also Large organizations; Small organizations

Overseas jobs

P

Parachute Skills Grid

Part-time work, 5.1, 8.1. See also Temp agencies/temporary work

Party Exercise, 7.1, 7.2

Pay. See Salary

People

favorite to work with

skills dealing with

as sources of job information

as sources of salary information

See also Bridge-people; Family; Friends

People-environments, jobs treated as, 7.1, 7.2

Personality types

Person-who-has-the-power-to-hire-you

fears of, 4.1, 4.2

interview with

in large vs. small organizations

See also Employers

Philosophy of life. See also Mission in life

Physical environment, effects of

Physical fitness

Pie Method

Pinterest, 2.1, 2.2

Plan B, importance of having, 7.1, 11.1

Plaxo

Pleasure interviews. See Practice Interviews

Porot, Daniel, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, app5.1

Portfolio, approaching employers with your

Powerlessness, feelings of

Practice Interviews

Prayer websites

Prejudices, employers’

Prioritizing Grid, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

R

Raises

References

Rejection, dealing with

Religious beliefs

career counseling and, app1.1, app5.1

definition of

healthy vs. unhealthy

importance of

prevalence of, app1.1, app1.2, app1.3

unemployment and

websites on

See also Mission in life; Spirituality

Research

prior to hiring-interviews

on the Internet, 5.1, 8.1

on organizations, 4.1, 8.1

on salary

on self-employment

Resource person vs. job beggar, 2.1, 4.1, 6.1, 9.1

Resumes

acknowledgment of, by employers

alternatives to

contents of

e-mailing

employers’ vs. job-hunters’ views of

first impression from

format and style for

good example of

Google as

handicaps and

inaccurate

keywords in

posting online, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 6.1

purpose of, 2.1, 2.2

references in

success rate for

targeting particular employers with, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

tips for writing

for veterans

Retirement, 5.1, 9.1

Rewards, favorite

RIASEC system. See Holland Codes

S

Salary

desired

fringe benefits and

happiness and

level and

negotiating

older job-hunters and

raises

ranges, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1

researching

time to discuss

Salary.com

SalaryExpert.com

School. See Education

Search firms

Search history

Self-confidence/self-esteem, importance of, 4.1, 9.1

Self-Directed Search (SDS, John Holland), 7.1, 7.2, 10.1

Self-employment

“A minus B equals C” method

case histories of, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

creating list of ideas for

evaluating readiness for

family and

home businesses

motivations for

researching

Self-inventory. See Flower Diagram

Self-knowledge, importance of

Seven Stories exercise (to identify transferable skills)

Shadow professions

Shyness

Skills, transferable (functional)

dealing with data (mental)

dealing with people (interpersonal)

dealing with things (physical)

evidence of

identifying, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 9.1

inventory (grid)

levels of

as list of 246 verbs

prioritizing

sought by employers

traits vs.

of veterans

Sleep, importance of

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Small Business Expert, A

Small organizations

definition of, 4.1, 6.1

job creation at

large vs.

targeting

Smoking, hiring-interviews and

Social media

editing

sites, popular

See also individual websites

Spiritual counselors

Spirituality, app1.1, app3.1. See also Religious beliefs

Style. See Traits

Subjects, favorite

Success stories, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

Suicidal thoughts

Surroundings, effects of

T

Tardiness, for job-interview appointments

Taxes

Telephone

area codes

counseling by

See also Yellow Pages

Temp agencies/temporary work, 1.1, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2

Temperaments

Ten Commandments for Job-Interviews

Tests

of traits

vocational

Thank-you notes, tremendous importance of

after hiring-interviews, 4.1, 4.2, 9.1, 9.2

after Informational Interviewing, 8.1, 9.1

after Practice Interviewing

“That One Piece of Paper” exercise. See Flower Diagram

Things, skills dealing with

Traditional approach to job-hunting

Traits, 7.1, 7.2

Turnover, job-market

Twitter, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 10.1

Types, personality

U

Unemployment

employer prejudice and, 1.1, 9.1

feelings during

length of

national statistics on

as opportunity, 7.1, app1.1

religious beliefs and

Union hiring halls

Uniqueness, identifying your, 4.1, app1.1

V

Vacancies

existence of

hidden

number of

preferred methods for filling, employers’ vs. job-hunters’, 1.1, 1.2

Values, importance of

Veterans

college credit for

emotions and, app2.1, app2.2

employers’ attitudes toward, app2.1, app2.2

fraud and

job-boards for

job-hunting approaches of

language and, 2.1, app2.1

networking and

number of

questions to think about

resumes for

skills of

support groups for

transitioning to civilian life, app2.1, app2.2

Videos

Vocation. See also Mission in life

Vocational tests

Volunteer work, 2.1, 8.1, 8.2, app3.1

W

Want ads. See Ads

Websites

for career information

of organizations

on religious beliefs

on salaries

for self-employment

See also Internet

Working conditions

Working Solo, 11.1, 11.2

Wounded Warrior Project

Y

Yellow Pages

calling employers from

career counselors/coaches in

using, to make list of organizations

YouTube, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 11.1