Cool Careers for Dummies

Author - Marty, PhD Nemko ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from For Dummies was reviewed on 25-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Cool Careers for Dummies by For Dummies. LIES that appear in this book:

-If Clinton/Obama wins the White House, we will have socialized medicine.
-There is widespread, profound disagreement in the scientific community about the causes of global warming.
-The US government is Anti-Christian and Pro-Islam.
-The US government spends a significant portion of its budget on social services for undocumented immigrants.
-Employment in the bloated government-sponsored social services sector will most likely *increase* in the near future.

You can take the time to research these incendiary claims at your own leisure. I assure you, they are false. If I´m watching Fox News, I expect this brand of misguided, reactionary, talk-radio-inspired "conservative" agenda...no surprise there. But you´d think that career guides would be free of this sort of claptrap.

I am a professional career counselor and, having read this book, I can recognize the obvious talent and expertise of Mr. Nemko in that field. That having been said, readers beware of his laughable Rush Limbaugh political agenda. That, and the writing style is pretty darn shoddy.
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2) Paperback Book Cool Careers for Dummies by For Dummies. Cool Careers is written in a very user-friendly way, and can be applied to most career paths and considerations. There is a lot of very practical advice that can help clear up any clouds of job confusion. I enjoyed reading it as if it were a novel. I recommend it to anyone thinking about a big career shift, and also to those just entertaining the idea of finding an alternate way to pay the bills.¤

3) Paperback Book Cool Careers for Dummies by For Dummies. I am torn about giving this book 4 stars, and here´s why:
I cannot stand the whole "for Dummies" series, I think the title is so demeaning -why would I want to read a book where the publisher just assumes I´m an idiot?
However, I did pick this one up while I was in the middle of a career crisis. And guess what? It worked. I had the book lying around for a while, and finally one morning I picked it up and started flipping through and landed on something that looked really interesting. I did further research and found a school in my area focusing only on this career, and I´m now attending the school happily.
So would it work for you? Maybe. Did it work for me? Heck yes.¤

4) Paperback Book Cool Careers for Dummies by For Dummies. The book sets out an approach that considers what the job seeker truly wants in work.¤

5) Paperback Book Cool Careers for Dummies by For Dummies. I came across this book when advising a friend´s college-age child who was researching careers and was using this book.

On the plus side, the book does contain info on basic job search skills. I would say that most (if not all of it) is now widely available via the internet.

Very troubling was the inaccurate guidance regarding specific careers - some of it was just outdated, but some of it was inaccurate to the point of being "dangerous" for a reader with little knowledge or experience, and who would choose to spend time/effort pursuing a career based on the info in this book. I would have to recommend against using this book as a key source for making a career choice.¤

6) Paperback Book Cool Careers for Dummies by For Dummies. Sure, some people enter preschool knowing what they want to be when they grow up. But most of us aren´t so lucky, and we don´t get much help. Some parents say things like, "It´s your life, you decide." Other parents go to the other extreme, expecting you to follow in their footsteps. In high school, you take a career test, but many high school students laugh at their test results: the utterly useless, "You could pursue a wide range of careers."

This revised edition of Cool Careers For Dummies provides insight into landing a job for anyone who doesn´t know where to look, doesn´t have time to look, or doesn´t want to suffer through a long back-to-school stint. It´s designed for people of all walks of life to uncover rewarding, viable careers or get in on the ground floor of the next Big Things. What´s more, this guide even offers tips to make even a humdrum job much better.

Clearly organized by specific topic areas, you can easily find the topics that appeal to you. You´ll uncover information like

• Finding the right career for you, whether you´ve never had a career before or want to dump your old career for a new and improved one
• Getting smart about choosing, and making the most of, a career
• Landing the job you want even if the thought of networking gives you the creeps and you don´t have a 500-name Rolodex
• Customizing your career to make any job better by tailoring it to your strengths and using wise approaches to your boss and co-workers

And, you´ll find a fast yet substantive introduction to more than 500 good careers, including many unlikely suspects!

Despite taking career tests, plowing through fat career guides, and spending hours of reflecting, many people end up falling into their careers more by chance than by choice. Not a good way to ensure career happiness. There is a better way. Read all about it, in Cool Careers For Dummies.¤

7) Paperback Book Cool Careers for Dummies by For Dummies. Looking for a job? Thinking about a career change? Dreading it? Well, Cool Careers for Dummies promises not only to help you find jobs you never knew existed, but to make it fun! From enologist (that´s winemaker, dummy) to attorney specializing in outer-space issues, career specialists Marty Nemko and Paul and Sarah Edwards have compiled over 500 interesting, offbeat, and just plain cool jobs. But that´s just the first step.

After the short descriptions of cool careers--thoughtfully separated in their own yellow-pages section--the authors present a smart, funny, well-organized guide to choosing and nabbing the perfect job, even jobs that don´t make the "cool" list. Filled with practical advice such as using e-mail to reach potential employers (it´s more likely to get answered), Cool Careers for Dummies is a sure cure for the interview jitters. Important tips and pitfalls are highlighted with bold icons, making this useful as a handy reference as well as a career guide.

Sections on résumés, interviews, and salary negotiation round out the package, making this the perfect companion for the first-time job hunter or the seasoned professional looking for a change--after all, you don´t have to be a dummy to need a little help. A word of warning: if you think you´re satisfied with your career, be careful with this book--you might find yourself longing to be a newborn photographer or a dating coach! --Rob Lightner¤

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