Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians

Lindsey Pollak

Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World

How do you get a job without experience and get experience without a job? It's the question virtually every college student or recent graduate faces. In "Getting from College to Career," Lindsey Pollak offers the first definitive guide to building the experience, skills, and confidence you need "before" starting your first major job search. Her 90 action-oriented tips include strategies ranging from the simple to the expert, including: Avoid the biggest mistake in career prep and job hunting Subscribe to a daily newspaper E-mail like a professional Make every event a networking success Practice the eight essentials of internship achievement Perform five minutes of stand-up Overprepare for interviews Persist "Getting from College to Career" gives you the essential information and guidance you need to get your foot in the door of the real world. Don't start your first job search without it!

Chris Durban

The Prosperous Translator

Some of the Web's pithiest advice on building a successful translation practice. Translation is the grandest, most foolhardy enterprise that humans can engage in. Done right, it can also be a lucrative and intellectually satisfying career. Fire Ant & Worker Bee (Chris Durban and Eugene Seidel) have over five decades' combined experience in the translation business. They firmly believe that skilled translators benefit from adopting an entrepreneurial outlook, sharing insights and experiences, and investing in themselves. In their column in the Translation Journal, they have dispensed no-nonsense advice since 1998 on topics ranging from successfully navigating the freelance/agency divide to finding direct clients, raising prices, kicking implicit content into explicit shape, mastering office clutter and translating in the nude. Readers from translation company owners to students just starting out have found Fire Ant and Worker Bee's advice invaluable. See comments at www.prosperoustranslator.com

Carole Martin

Interview Fitness Training a Workout with Carole Martin the Interview Coach

"Interview Fitness Training" is a complete training and workout program for anyone who is about to enter into the world of job search and interviewing. It is guaranteed to give candidates an unfair advantage over the competition. The advice and techniques it contains will supercharge the job searcher's mind with confidence and the skills needed to have a successful interview. The reader will learn - How to answer difficult questions - How to overcome interview anxiety - How to negotiate a better offer - How to stand out from the rest of the candidates by demonstrating their unique skills and qualities - How to bond with your interviewers, even if they've already decided not to hire you (first impressions are deceiving, but you can easily turn the situation around ) - How to dress appropriately for an interview (overdressing or looking too casual may hurt your chances of getting the job) - What to do after the interview is complete to increase your chances of getting a call back. This is humorous self-help book written in a quick, easy read format - for instant results.