Second Chance : How Career Changers Can Find a Great Job

A certified career counselor provides practical tips and strategies to help midlife career changers identify the best career-change options, update their resumes, interview with confidence, and successfully find jobs. * 19 self-reflective career exercises and worksheets * 13 vignettes of successful career changers * Examples of work skills, job descriptions, and self-marketing scripts * Samples of resumes, cover letters, a follow-up call script, an acceptance letter, and an offer-decline letter * Summaries of studies and surveys from the Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons (AARP), the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), Bankrate, Inc, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, human resources, civic ventures, and Amy Wrzesniewski * A resource guide to 78 career, job-search, and educational websites