"Revised and updated"--Cover.

Includes index.

Your next step : the many paths you can take (map) -- Preface -- Grammar and language note -- pt. 1. The things school never taught us about the job-hunt -- Introduction : The three essential life skills -- 1. The five best ways to hunt for a job (and the five worst) -- 2. The nature of the job-market -- There are always many more vacancies out there than you think, and here's why -- 3. How to deal with handicaps -- Informational interviewing : enthusiasm or passion -- A word to the shy : Daniel Porot's PIE System -- 4. How much help is the Internet? -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- 5. Resumes & contacts : how to get in to see an employer -- Alternatives to resumes : cover letters, portfolios -- Who or what is a contact? -- The person who has the power to hire you -- 6. Interviews : the employer's fears -- Secrets for conducting a successful interview -- The only five questions that matter -- 7. Salary negotiation : getting paid what you're worth -- The six secrets to successful negotiation --

pt. 2. When the unexpected happens : how to deal with change -- 8. On this restless, unpredictable, ever-changing earth : how to pick a new place to live -- What to do when disaster strikes : Katrina, et al. -- 9. In this restless, unpredictable ever-changing job-market : how to choose a new career -- How much help are vocational test? -- Developing a picture of what you want -- Developing "a career choice vocabulary" -- How women can earn more -- 10. In the restless , unpredictable, ever-changing worklife of yours : how to start your own business -- The secret : A minus B equal C -- The most helpful websites -- Part-time, contract and temp work -- Operating on a shoe string : finding help overseas -- 11. In this restless, unpredictable, ever-changing long life of ours : entering the world of 50+ -- 12. In this restless, unpredictable, ever-changing brain of ours : how to get "unstuck" --

pt. 3. Resuming the search to find your dream -- Introduction : the reawakening -- 13. The three secrets to finding that dream job of yours -- What did you come into the world to do? -- What the world needs from you -- Why people fail to find their dream job -- Exercise : Who am I? -- Brain scientists' findings -- The flower exercise -- Example of completed flower -- What are competencies? -- Summary : How do you identity your dream job? -- Step one : WHAT skills do you most enjoy using -- A crash course on transferable skills -- Example of a story : the stationwagon -- Exercise : my life stories -- Analyzing your story : three sets of skill keys -- Exercise : the prioritizing grid -- The building blocks pyramid -- Exercise : your strongest traits -- Clinic : the five most common problems --

Step two : WHERE do you want to use your skills? -- Your petal #1 : your "fields of fascination: -- The intuitional way to approach this -- The step-by-step way to approach this -- Exercise : fields that use your mental skills -- The "subjects chart" -- Exercise : fields dealing with people's needs -- "The people list" of needs -- Exercise : fields dealing with things -- "The things phone book" -- Your petal #2 : your favorite places to live -- Chart : "My geographical preferences: -- Your petal #3 : your favorite people -- "The party" exercise : John Holland's system -- Helpful websites -- Your petal #4 : your favorite values -- Exercise : your testimonial dinner -- Your petal #5 : your favorite working conditions -- Exercise : distasteful working conditions -- Your petal #6 : Level & salary -- Exercise : estimated monthly expenses -- Ideal salary : maximum and minimum -- Other rewards --

Step three : HOW do you put it all together? -- When a light-bulb goes off -- When you haven't got a clue -- Exercise : the five friends -- Chart : the job families -- Giving your flower a name -- Cutting down the territory -- Expanding the territory -- Informational interviewing explained (again) -- The chart : guide to relations in job-hunting -- How to research places before you go there -- Identifying the person who has the power to hire -- Always send a thank you note -- 14. How to find your mission in life -- appendix. A guide to choosing a career coach -- A sampler -- Index.