(Part 2) Best job hunting & career guides according to redditors
We found 821 Reddit comments discussing the best job hunting & career guides. We ranked the 340 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
The nuclear launch chain is what scares the shit out of me the most about the constant decline in the quality of senior officers.
It takes critically thinking and principled people to reject an order like this.
The current officer system actively works against these type of people advancing.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0230391273/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481991815&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=bleeding+talent
TL;DR, this all works great in theory if we have capable officers. Unfortunately we don't.
Texts and Reference Books
Days in the Lives of Social Workers
DSM-5
Child Development, Third Edition: A Practitioner's Guide
Racial and Ethnic Groups
Social Work Documentation: A Guide to Strengthening Your Case Recording
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond
[Thoughts and Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life]
(https://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Feelings-Harbinger-Self-Help-Workbook/dp/1608822087/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3ZW7PRW5TK2PB0MDR9R3)
Interpersonal Process in Therapy: An Integrative Model
[The Clinical Assessment Workbook: Balancing Strengths and Differential Diagnosis]
(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0534578438/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_38?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ARCO1HGQTQFT8)
Helping Abused and Traumatized Children
Essential Research Methods for Social Work
Navigating Human Service Organizations
Privilege: A Reader
Play Therapy with Children in Crisis
The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives
The School Counseling and School Social Work Treatment Planner
Streets of Hope : The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood
Deviant Behavior
Social Work with Older Adults
The Aging Networks: A Guide to Programs and Services
[Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice]
(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415884810/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
Ethnicity and Family Therapy
Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook
DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents
DBT Skills Manual
DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets
Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need
Novels
[A People’s History of the United States]
(https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States/dp/0062397346/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1511070674&sr=1-1&keywords=howard+zinn&dpID=51pps1C9%252BGL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Life For Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Tuesdays with Morrie
The Death Class <- This one is based off of a course I took at my undergrad university
The Quiet Room
Girl, Interrupted
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Flowers for Algernon
Of Mice and Men
A Child Called It
Go Ask Alice
Under the Udala Trees
Prozac Nation
It's Kind of a Funny Story
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Bell Jar
The Outsiders
To Kill a Mockingbird
A blogger published a list of 509 “linguistically interesting” ways that results close to statistical significance (but not quite there) were described in peer-reviewed journals. For example:
“at the cusp of significance”
“flirting with conventional levels of significance”
“only a little short of significance”
“quasi-significant”
“remarkably close to significance” (p=0.05009 in this case)
“teetering on the brink of significance”
We wrote about this in our book Everydata which explains how scientific studies are misinterpreted in the media.
OMG, OMG, I've been a huge fan of Peter Thiel for years now.
Founder of Paypal, first investor in Facebook, investor/ Venture Capitalist in tons of businesses, get his start-up book:
https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/B00M284NY2
Is it possible to make a life out of traveling and WWOOFing? Yes.
Is college that important? It depends what is important to you. Are you interested in a field where you need further education that you couldn't get with "real life" experience, such as engineering, technology, medical, and so forth? Are your parents totally set on you going to college? If yes, would you be okay with their disappointment?
My story:
I had been attending a small, private university for a year. I was in a major that doesn't give one hopes of a high income career and realized I would spend many years of my life after graduating in debt. I had always wanted to travel for an extended period of time and decided to do it. My parents were very supportive of my plan; my mom was scared (I'm female) and my dad was jealous as he wanted to travel when he was younger but did not.
I found this book and spent a year saving up about $2,000 (USD). I would of saved more but I had my own apartment at the time. I spent the next four years traveling in Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Hawai'i, and various parts of the American bible belt. I WWOOFed, work-traded at hostels and music festivals, worked at a banana farm, worked at restaurants and much more.
I've since settled into a beautiful city and have been here for two years. I have a great garden, from all that WWOOFing experience. :) I still have the desire to travel but I think it'll mostly be visiting the farms and people I've already have connections with.
I learned way more about the world, myself and how to be a good person during my travels then I believe I would have in university.
There is a book that addresses this phenomenon:
http://www.amazon.com/Bleeding-Talent-Military-Mismanages-Revolution/dp/0230391273
https://www.amazon.com/Everydata-Misinformation-Hidden-Little-Consume/dp/1629561010
A very casual book. No math formulas at all.
I would first and foremost recommend a scientific writing guide, of which there are many. Scientific writing requires a very particular style that even senior scientists don't always master. Unfortunately, junior scientists often receive no formal training in this area, instead simply learning 'on-the-job' from their colleagues. Thinking critically about writing is absolutely imperative in science -- you are your papers and your grants. If you can't communicate your ideas, it doesn't matter how well you perform in the lab.
There are also a few excellent career-guide books for young scientists. For example:
Advice to a Young Scientist
Advice for a Young Investigator
Letters to a Young Scientist
Tech 101: Tesla is aiming to become the platform, not the product. Take a look at any Top 10 mkt cap company in the tech sector...they got there in an INSANELY fast time thanks to this very principal.
Google did the same thing during the smartphone revolution. We'll make the "fuel" (android), you guys (consumer electronics companies) whore yourselves to the bottom. Today, 85% of the world's smartphones operate on Android. While iPhone's insane hardware margins created a behemoth, their decision to be "closed" means they are becoming victim to the fad of consumer electronics, which cannibalizes their whole platform (iTunes = closed source ... no iphone? no more user revenue. Android doesn't give a fuck if you buy a Samsung, LG, Pixel, Huewaeieia, etc.)
Products (vehicles, in this case) are a really fucking shitty market to try and enter, as anything of success is ripped off, undercut, and a race to the bottom of the margin-pool. HTC was "the" android phone back in the day, now what? Tesla Motors Co. could easily become the "HTC" of smartphones (carry in the platform, and die as hardware mfg).
You cannot kill the competition in the automobile industry. It would be stupid to assume that TSLA is going to unseat the incumbents. If you have an opportunity to replace the tech & energy (fuel -> lithium) they all run on, you're onto something. This is why the tech is open-source, and this is why Tesla shareholders want competing EVs out there. It's not a coincidence that they are opening the world's largest battery factories across the globe.
This isn't science fiction, it's one of the basic principals of good tech investing. They weren't around 25 years ago, and very few will come around. We are living in a golden age of platforms. All the circle-jerk stocks are platforms. Dissecting them is fun. This is an opportunity to get in on a worldwide energy platform when the vehicular equivalent to the smartphone is being introduced & mainstream.
Everyone who follows these schools of thought is holding on no matter the quarterly earnings, because that's what you do in spaces that go from zero to "top 10 market cap" in under 15Y.
Ban me if Tesla (the parent company, not the inevitable Tesla Motors spinoff when the world is diluted with EV production) isn't at 500BN by 2030.
https://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Specialties-Career-Guides/dp/0159003911 I bought this one. It does a pretty good job of diving into what different specialties do, interviews with people that actually work in them, and suggestions for what to focus on in law school.
A phd is not enough
I don't work in the game industry, but maybe these books can help you out.
Books
Articles
Videos
Edit: Added more things to read and watch.
Buy the book Smart and Gets things Done. It's a really good read with some solid advice. The title says it all, you want someone is smart, but also pragmatic enough to get things done. A smart person who re-invents the wheel with every project or switches frameworks regularly is probably going to end up being trouble.
I interview a lot and here's a few things I've learned:
As for format, he's what I recommend:
Sorry for the lengthy post, but I hope this helped.
Edit: Forgot to mention. For internal candidates, you have to be a bit more careful. Be honest and talk to your boss about what you think. If the person can't cut it, you have a responsibility to say it now rather than live with the consequences later. If you pass an internal candidate and go with someone else, don't feel bad and he/she asks about it just refer them to your manager.
Hey, I've been where you're at. Consider going to school such as University to focus on a niche in the games industry. E.G: Comp Sci for programming, HCI, for design, etc. Or you can go to a specialized game school that teaches you everything. Albeit, these don't prepare you very well for the industry unless you work incredibly hard, and or are a wunderkind.
One thing that helped me is the book by Brenda Romero Breaking Into the Games industry. It's a pretty solid primer for your question.
https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Into-Game-Industry-Successful/dp/1435458044
Edit: misspelled Brenda
The real question is, how open are you to moving? You said that you have a job, and I assume you have your own kids in school. Finding a teaching job is hard enough, and finding a local teaching job requires incredible luck.
I just graduated with my M.Ed and finished my student teaching in May. I am from PA, which is a really rough state for teachers. I applied to at least 60 openings over four months. I subscribed to a service that scoured school websites and consolidated a listing of all of the openings. I was regularly spending $100+ at the post office sending out thick application packets to schools that required paper. I have at least 15 applitrack profiles for online applications. I used PAEducator and PAREAP to apply to schools who posted their jobs on those services.
All-in-all, I would say I got roughly one interview per eight applications. I made sure to go out and get myself a nice new well-fitting suit. I prepared heavily for my interviews, taking the advice of books like these on amazon.
book1 book2
I was rarely the sole interviewee. In the waiting rooms I often found myself sitting next to candidates with 20+ years experience.
Interviews happened more and more as we got closer to August. July was for sure my busiest month. I was still getting calls in August from desperate schools though. I even got one last week.
Even with all of my interviews, I was not able to secure a job in PA by the end of July. My interviews were often followed by rejection letters, even when I thought things went really well. I ended up accepting a position in Virginia, from a school I came into contact with at a career fair. It is possible I might have found something from one of the more desperate PA schools in August, but I wasn't willing to take the risk.
Even with all of the elbow grease I put in, I wasn't able to find myself a job in-state. I was applying to every district that had openings too. If I had limited myself to my local area, there would have been no hope.
Pretty sure you mean Joel Splosky
(warning: Amazon link!)
"Bleeding Talent" by Tim Kane.
Bleeding Talent: How the US Military Mismanages Great Leaders and Why It's Time for a Revolution https://www.amazon.com/dp/0230391273/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Ty5Nub1WYGYQX
What matters the most to me:
It's assumed that if you can program well in a couple languages, that you're capable of learning whatever toolset they use, especially for entry positions.
GPA, though? Maybe larger companies call and verify, but I've never bothered checking or requested a transcript. I've had people with 3.5's that weren't motivated or fast, and I've seen people with 2.5's that were brilliant. Corporate might care more than a small business.
I'd recommend grabbing a copy of Smart and Gets Things Done, which is targeted more at people hiring, but will show a lot of what to expect, and what the competition is.
Also, get an internship your senior year (or earlier, if you have the time). You don't need to plan to work there forever, but getting something on a resume, some professional references, and some perspective on what the industry will be like is incredibly valuable.
There is a book by a professor you may have heard of.
Its not easy getting into a specific niche that you want to do. Read the book and get ready to do non-traditional methods of job searching. Otherwise, there is nothing wrong with getting some experience under your belt and then transferring to aerospace. It is a very competitive field, with some of the best and brightest in the world.
Keep building skills while you are job hunting. Take some online excel courses, general MS office courses, build some code for a pet project, try to get a job with a professor at the university you graduated from, etc.
Good luck!
I picked this book up at a thrift store a while ago, it's pretty old, but it has some good tips in it.
Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute
A few major points I remember:
It's a good idea to try to let them tell you the salary first. Sounds like you already got that covered.
Also, many times managers don't have the ability to change salary, however, they often have more flexibility to negotiate benefits. If they won't budge on the salary, see if they can bump up the benefits.
As mai da doua referinte la un nivel mai macro-economic pentru cat de mult conteaza un ecosistem prietenes pentru afaceri, mai ales IMM-uri... Care Iohannis chiar a stimulat in sibiu.
Prima - Why nations fail - Modelul de guvernare PSD:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307719219/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=whynatfai-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0307719219
A doua:
http://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Miracle/dp/0446541478
Cum o tara fara resurse (okay cu ajutor american) si cu multe IMM-uri a ajuns putere economica.
I was in a similar place a couple of years ago. Had been a high school teacher, then a programmer. Was looking to switch to social work, but didn't exactly know what social work even was. I bought this book and found it very helpful -- just social workers in a variety of fields, describing a typical day for them:
https://smile.amazon.com/Days-Lives-Social-Workers-Professionals/dp/192910930X/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1540490741&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=days+in+the+lives+of+social+workers&psc=1
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Best of luck to you! I'm now in my second year of a three-year MSW program and definitely enjoying the classes and my field placement.
This book is a bit dated at this point but is a pretty good resource. It profiles about 30 practice areas and contains interviews from practicing attorneys in each area. You can pick up a used copy on Amazon or Ebay for very cheap.
Great question, because there's no simple answer. The Council on Foreign Relations published a book on this very question a few years ago. It's called Start Up Nation.
I read it a couple years ago. Many of the discovered reasons are a combination of culture, history, and circumstance.
That's a very rough breakdown of some of the main points. The book is a really great, quick read that I'd recommend to anyone because there are a lot of lessons that can be taken for anyone's application, no matter what the person's life circumstances.
Advice to Rocket Scientists: A Career Survival Guide for Scientists and Engineers - Dr. Jim Longuski, professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering at Purdue University.
I've read this fantastic (and short) book over and over at various points of my career--while earning my master's degree, in the workforce, and again while working on my PhD. Despite the title, this book contains great perspective on career planning for a wide variety of engineering disciplines and even the sciences. I've lent my copy to half a dozen people so far!
Career planning and maneuvering a workplace are two things that are not often taught in engineering school, so this book highlights these topics for technical people interested in careers in industry and/or academia.
To break into traditional publishing, you will need to first identify your book's audience. You said children's detective book. What age range? A middle-grade series is far different than young adult and you'd need to query a different set of agents.
Stage 1: Figure out what you wrote.
Stage 2: Write a good query letter.
Stage 3: Before you get overly excited and start submitting your query letter, SIT ON IT. You spent years working on your books; your query letter deserves at least a few edits. Workshop your letter in the same way you would workshop your book's first edit. This is your elevator pitch. Here are some good links to start.
An oldie but a goodie.
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2006/11/anatomy-of-good-query-letter.html
A great opening blog.
http://knightagency.net/manuscript_submissions/writing-a-solid-query-letter/
And one of my favorites, this is actually a blog dedicated to workshopping query letters. Read through a few months and you'll quickly get a sense of what makes a good letter.
http://queryshark.blogspot.com/
Stage 4: Start shopping around your query letter to agents. You can buy one of the Guide to Literary Agents as a good start.
I also suggest getting involved on AbsoluteWrite, which serves as a great place to find who's currently active and who's not as an agent.
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22
You can also find similar books to the ones you have written and research that author to find out THEIR agent.
REMEMBER: You are shopping around for a PARTNER. There are great agents and there are ones that are just starting out. Those two are NOT mutually exclusive; some of the more established agents would simply be too busy to take on you as a client properly; a young agent who is just getting great connections can be a boon to you because they are hungry, if you know what I mean.
Once you get an agent you trust, and you've vetted them via AbsoluteWrite, THEY will take over the submissions process on your behalf.
get the offer first, then negotiate.
Theres lot of free advice on negotiating salary but I bought this book and it was all I ever needed. I don't know that its the best out there but it worked for me and took maybe 75 minutes to read.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1580083102/
I am trying to listen to this podcase https://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/alex-kouts-art-negotiating-episode-326/ this week but I think this is more regarding on-going negotiating. but I heard its a must listen-to.
Not a book and I'm not a lead dev, but I've been watching a fair number of talks from The Lead Developer UK and The Lead Developer NY and their pretty good. I got turned on to these because my manager recommended me one about feedback and he's really solid manager.
Books that I've read that seemed decent:
It's also the subject of a book:
http://www.amazon.com/Bleeding-Talent-Military-Mismanages-Revolution/dp/0230391273
I second JohannQ on this. You might be interesting in reading this book: http://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Miracle/dp/0446541478/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410626536&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=startup+nation
It explains to you Israel's economy and how successful their IT sector is.
In the introduction to the book, Shimon Perez talks about AI being an important technology in the next 20 years.
I picked up Ace Your Teacher Interview and found it very helpful.
maybe check this book out? Its got a lot of stuff at the beginning to help you answer the initial questions and get a better feel for the interview process. Helped me a lot.
This really belongs in a different /r but this should help you get started. Loads of useful information in there, and it does have a section pertaining to coffee table books (aka photo books).
This is a pretty good book and is also only 4 months old, so very up to date.
I recommend this one a lot, but it really is my favorite: How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling by Frank Bettger. It doesn't require very much mental horsepower to apply the techniques that he presents to interpersonal and professional relationships, even if you're not in direct sales.
Days in the Lives of Social Workers
> Spend a day with social workers in 58 different settings, and learn about the many career paths available to you. Did you ever wish you could tag along with a professional in your chosen field, just for a day, observing his or her every move? DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS allows you to take a firsthand, close-up look at the real-life days of 58 professional social workers as they share their stories. Join them on their journeys, and learn about the rewards and challenges they face.
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> This book is an essential guide for anyone who wants an inside look at the social work profession. Whether you are a social work graduate student or undergraduate student, an experienced professional wishing to make a change in career direction, or just thinking about going into the field, you will learn valuable lessons from the experiences described in DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS.
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> The 4th edition includes four new chapters, a new appendix on social media and mobile apps, and features a foreword by Elizabeth J. Clark, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers.
The book you want is The Official Guide to Legal Specialties. My law school's CDO gave these out to all 1Ls, and I've found it a great way to learn about different areas of the law.
Edit: Further, I am a first year law student and studied political theory as an undergrad. I would recommend classes in economics, business, government, philosophy, and writing. Classes in all of these fields would be beneficial.
101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions
Have you tried "What Color is Your Parachute"? It's a book. It's quite helpful, especially at things like how to nail those tricky/silly interview questions like "what are your weaknesses?" or "If you were a tree.." sort of thing. It sounds like you might need some help in that area.
Bonus!: Amazon has it for a whole $12! Link!
Also check out the book "Letters to a Young Scientist" by E. O. Wilson https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Young-Scientist-Edward-Wilson/dp/0871403773
An excellent read on the topic is Startup Nation.
Check out this book!
http://www.amazon.com/Ace-Your-Teacher-Interview-Fantastic-ebook/dp/B007B6QGGI
It got me 2 job offers. I feel like I should work for the publisher since I push it so much, but it really is a great book with helpful advice. It helps you understand how to phrase your answers and talk during your interview. You might be able to find a free .pdf on a torrent site, but I really do recommend getting it. I've given it to two of my friends who got done student teaching recently.
http://www.amazon.com/Ace-Your-Teacher-Interview-Fantastic-ebook/dp/B007B6QGGI
I can't recommend this book enough, I recommend it to everyone, regardless of where they are in their career.
https://www.amazon.com/First-Days-Updated-Expanded-Strategies-ebook/dp/B00B6U63ZE
https://smile.amazon.com/Advice-Rocket-Scientists-Survival-Engineers/dp/156347655X?sa-no-redirect=1
Amazon smile link for those who want to buy it and support charity
How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling by Frank Bettger.
It's old but it is a story of an ordinary guy that managed to do remarkable things. While still being a good guy.
Our class got this book during orientation.
buy the book... what color is your parachute. great book to help identify your likes ad careers that fit your personality.
http://www.amazon.com/What-Color-Your-Parachute-2010/dp/1580089879
you could also take a personality profile test... there are several. i took one my senior yr. in college - best thing i ever did!
I'm not a sales guy but there's one great book on sales which I think everyone great with sales has read.
How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling
1.- [Man´s Search for Meaning] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080701429X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=whacrhogymabe-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=080701429X&amp;linkId=b7502d4b24e703179203783ca1aecf93) - Viktor Frankl
2.- [Brave World] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060776099/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=whacrhogymabe-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0060776099&amp;linkId=2f25c9c58432eb79d75d0301d7bfc15e) - Aldous Huxley
3.- 4 Hour Work Week - Tim Ferris
4.- [Start Up Nation] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446541478/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=whacrhogymabe-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0446541478&amp;linkId=1570aaf14626b3c83c80115430565640) - Dan Senor
I've lived in Japan for a couple years and Australia for one year. Assuming you're a U.S. citizen and not in school, your options are pretty limited. You can do a year-long working holiday in Australia or New Zealand, I know for Australia at least, you can apply online, and I got my response back in a a few hours. In Japan I got the job first and the company provided me with a visa. If you are in school, you should look into a study abroad program. As far as your other questions, you do need a visa to work in another country, you file your taxes like you always do (but with a different form, it's on the IRS web site), your citizenship and residency remain unchanged. There's a book called Work Your Way Around the World that you might look through to get some ideas, but it's not particularly relevant to US citizens, since we don't have much to choose from in the working holiday department. Finally, pack half what you think you'll need. Good luck!
This is the bible of publishing info for writers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1599635933
Never lie. That said I have been "unqualified/underqualified" for every position I have held if you look at measures like years of experience. This isn't a deal breaker. Put yourself in the hiring managers shoes. If you want to have a team that is working on bleeding edge technology and projects you have to make some compromises on experience. Particularly if you don't have a enormous budget to throw around. The critical things I look for are below.
Smart - I deal with complex problems everyday. A requirement for working with my team is that you can keep up.
Passion - Am I hiring someone who is passionate about the work and role. Do you work with this stuff in the spare time or just for a paycheck.
Ambition - If their is a gap in skills is the applicant going to work hard to fill the gap as quickly as possible. Would you read books and do research to learn the concepts.
Attitude - Are they a good fit for the team. Can I explain what needs to be done and count on you to solve problems and proactively tell if you are struggling.
Look for smaller companies where you will have the opportunity to wear as many hats as possible. The pay will be lower but your playing a long game with your career :) get the experience and find out which hat you like best.
Here is are two great books on the topic.
https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Gets-Things-Done-Technical/dp/1590598385
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1119087252/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1484396909&amp;amp;sr=8-6&amp;amp;pi=SL75_QL70&amp;amp;keywords=stretch+book
Good luck!
Oh and when you land that next position. This book will help get you off on the right foot.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1422188612/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1484397012&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;amp;pi=SL75_QL70&amp;amp;keywords=first+ninety+days
As two similar companies already exist, so I would recommend not to start a similar service unless you can offer something unique which differentiates your service remarkably from others. I had read a book called Zero to ONE which tells that success rates for business which go from 0 to 1 (starting something new) is much higher that one that tries to go from 1 to infinity (starting and improving something which already exists).
Buy this book
Its a game changer.
Finished grad a month ago and in different stages of talks with 7 places. Original plan was to coast through summer freelancing before ramping up the search in August when the hiring cycle is stronger. Because of this, I've been mostly uninvested and cocky which has never worked out so well before =)
A book that I've been reading that is super helpful is The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies For Getting Up To Speed Faster And Smarter. More geared towards management jobs, but the frameworks for analyzing and digging into companies/departments/context is pretty helpful so far.
There are plenty of books out there on interviewing as a teacher. I definitely went over them before I started. This is a good one.
https://www.amazon.com/Ace-Your-Teacher-Interview-Fantastic-ebook/dp/B007B6QGGI?ie=UTF8&amp;btkr=1&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=dp-kindle-redirect
I agree with your advice SolidCopper.
How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling
How to Win Friends and Influence People
What about a part-time job?
What about offering to work for free just for the opportunity to learn something new with someone around town?
Learn legal research?
Get a dog?
Start a business?
Learn to grow cannabis? I'm not saying to illegally grow it. I'm saying that you can read and learn, and that there is a market for skilled growers catering to the medical cannabis sector, especially, for example, those that suffer from epilepsy and want to try high CBD strains. So you could study up on all this, and then apply what you have learned after you graduate and have a good career helping others.
Prepare for the ASVAB and go to the Navy's Nuclear School?
Go outside and run.
Let books be your friends.
What I learned was that the folks that I thought were true friends in high school were not.
Spend your time on self-improvement.
Learn new things.
Learn new skills.
PT. Exercise.
Learn. Read. Read. Read. Read.
"When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and the ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a good book."--Christopher Morley
"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends, they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers."--Charles W. Eliot
"In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends imprisoned by an enchanter in paper and leathern boxes."--Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Reading early in life gives a youngster a multitude of 'friends' to guide intellectual and emotional growth."--Carroll D. Gray
"A book that [is] fitly chosen is a life long friend."--Douglas Jerrold
"Literature is my utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends."--Helen Keller
"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend, and inside a dog, it's too dark to read."--Groucho Marx
If I could be a senior in high school again, in good health...and know what I know now...I would seek out older men and women. I would ask for their advice. I would read and learn.
I graduated as high school valedictorian and had 7 high school superlatives. Once you're out of high school, this "friend" stuff in high school, it's not the same.
Ricky Gervais writes: "... I suppose I was cursed with some early success. I was smart. The smartest kid in my class. Then the smartest kid in the next class and so on. I actually used to pride myself on the fact that I didn't have to even try to pass exams. This is my greatest regret. It's a
disgusting attitude and potentially a waste of a life. Writing and directing "The Office" was the first thing I ever tried my hardest at. The reward was revelatory.
At 40 I was addicted. Not to success. I was addicted to trying my hardest. That's the reward in itself. It's what life's about. The struggle. It's the only way you can be proud. You can't be proud of
luck.
Born clever? So what? What are you going to do with it? Your best, I hope, and no less."
The Writer's Market lists all of the agents and publishers in the business. It will tell you which will take unsolicited or not and what sort of content they are looking for.
http://www.amazon.com/2013-Writers-Market-Robert-Brewer/dp/1599635933/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1371333793&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=writers+market+2013
Read this: http://www.amazon.com/Negotiating-Your-Salary-Minute-Revised/dp/1580083102
That's not a generous offer for NYC or any other metro area. Especially with crappy benefits. Try asking for more, but expect to be disappointed.
I know a few people who managed to live abroad more or less indefinitely by taking small jobs at backpacker hostels. There's a book out there somewhere called Work Your Way Around the World.
I'm amazed at the way other foreigners here in China waste money on things like taxis and "western" restaurants. The bus is basically free...maybe $0.15? And a bowl of noodles in an alley somewhere is still less than a dollar.
Plane tickets account for 90% of the money I spend annually and that's because my dates aren't flexible enough. If you don't really give a shit when you leave or when you come back you can save more money than you can believe. Sometimes the best bet is buying something months in advance; sometimes the best deal is getting a redeye flight that leaves tomorrow and the airline can't fill all the seats.
So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport of Study Hacks was a great read. I've been looking for more books that are similar.
A PhD Is Not Enough! is a good book for those in the sciences, as well as Letters to a Young Scientist by EO Wilson.
I've always heard the basic advice of "think of where you want to be, and try to figure out how others got there" (educational requrements et c.). However, for my personal journey, I'm just as lost as the next guy.
>https://www.amazon.com/Everydata-Misinformation-Hidden-Little-Consume/dp/1629561010
Elements for beginners? hmm
For Scientific careers: https://www.amazon.com/Advice-Rocket-Scientists-Survival-Engineers/dp/156347655X
Letters to a Young Scientist, by E.O. Wilson.
Check out the description on Amazon. I think that you’ll want this one.
https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Young-Scientist-Edward-Wilson/dp/0871403773
P.S. this was a favorite book of one of the most intelligent people I’ve known.
Thanks, for posting this Reddit. Uhm, what helped me out was this book called : "Breaking Into the Game Industry" Breaking into the Game Indusry
It's a really good book that makes great key points that are valid, and its a short read! It'll take you about two hours to read the entire thing. Check it out! :D
This book undoubtedly helped me land my job. It's a must for anyone who's interviewing.
My first instinct was to scream "OH GOD, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT." But I was once like you too, and I should know that wouldn't be helpful. So instead, I'll recommend that if you're going to choose this, you'd better get your head in the game. When I hear, "I'll work hard; I think it'll work itself out," that gets me worried. There's more to succeeding in grad school and beyond than just getting into the most prestigious school that you can and grinding away in lab, and I'd rather you realize and prepare for that now rather than at the end of your PhD like a lot of my former colleagues.
To start, these books may be helpful to you:
http://www.amazon.com/Getting-What-You-Came-Students/dp/0374524777/
http://www.amazon.com/PhD-Not-Enough-Survival-Science-ebook/dp/B004EHZDE8/
I'm going to reiterate what randoguy_16 says below. Be careful when you choose a lab and PI. Google tells me a lot has been written about the subject in general, so I won't get into this long topic. But regarding employment and since your long term goal seems to be getting into industry, I think his specific advice is spot on. Again, I saw and am seeing a lot of my former colleagues trying to get non-postdoc jobs, with PI essentially saying, "oh, that's nice, good luck!" Most of PI's connections (and interest) is in academia. Now to be fair, I don't have much data on how common that attitude/situation is, but I'd be wary of it.
This is a super short reply, but I hope it helps you out. Good luck.
I think the book you are referring to is the Writer's Market, which I originally confused with the website of the same name. As for the website of the same name--and one of the two possible vault door--their sign-up page makes it look like they have thousands of agent contacts. Are they tricking me about that fabled pile o' agents?
As for valuable free resources, I feel I should also make mention of New Pages and their call for submissions.
This book has helped a lot of people:
http://www.amazon.com/What-Color-Your-Parachute-2010/dp/1580089879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1251421356&amp;sr=8-1
There's a 2009 version out, but the link I gave you is to a 2010 edition coming out in a month.
Go find a copy of the current Writer's Market. Read it.
It's the aptly titled Guide to Literary Agents. I have the 2012 version. Here is the link to 2013 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1599635976
Edit:
/u/mogonzo in case this doesn't hit your inbox already.
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Legal-Specialties/dp/0159003911/