Job Superbook #1 Book 1. Career Exploration Job Guide (What Can I do that's Interesting?)

It’s always hard times everywhere for most professions and unskilled workers for a number of reasons like:

automation
oversupply of skilled workers in most fields
corporations move to the cheapest place as the result of free trade agreements
our money masters squeeze the money supply to make money scarce and cause austerity because this gives them more control over the unruly masses

At the same time, it’s like Charles Dickens said in the first sentence of A Tales of Two Cities, these are the best of times and the worst of times. If you’re motivated, upbeat, confident, believe you have worthy skills and are relentless in your pursuit of a job in your field or any unskilled job, you’ll find one because the unwritten rule of the work world is that every boss is always looking for a new good worker. If you show up everyday knocking on doors looking for work, you’ll get a job. You might not get one if you send out resumes and application forms on the internet and wait. People like people who show up, ask to meet the boss then ask face-to-face if there are any jobs. They might be caught off guard but they’ll remember you when an opening comes up.

There are at least 30 or more career aptitude tests out there, some for free and some charging $50 or more claiming to be able to give you a good feel for what your career aptitude is. I don’t go for tests much because you are already what you are in your soul. Tests might measure what you’re good at but not what you like to do naturally. That’s why I’m telling you not to let yourself get brainwashed into a career when they give you an aptitude test somewhere like at a government career center or in the military. Stick to your guns as to what you want to do.

The biggest thing in life for most people aside from personal relationships and health is to earn a living. This comes down to several things:

1.) Education, skill
2.) Your ability to know where to look for the jobs
3.) Your ability to be nice around people
4.) Your ability to show up everyday
5.) Your ability to do what you’re told
6.) The brownnose factor, how to play job politics
7.) Your motivation and desperation for work

These are all huge areas. I cover them all somewhere through all these job superbooks.

At the library, related books are at:

jobs, #331
college, career education, #378
looking for a job, job prep, #650.14 or HF5382
business books, #650-659
money, #332
companies, #338

Go to bls.gov for lots of free career descriptions.

Try publications.usa.gov for free practical knowledge.

These are what I consider to be the best job websites out there:

rileyguide.com
quintcareers.com
job-hunt.org
transitionsabroad.com, world jobs
khake.com
monster.com, lists jobs, no links to niche job boards or professional/ trade organizations.
indeed.com
careerbuilder.com
employmentspot.com

The Job Superbook is the best job book ever created in the world but I got no publicity machine backing me up like the big publishing companies do so if you think this book helped you and the price was right, I would appreciate it if you pass my sweat and love on by telling your friends about it.

The American government's attempt at a championship job book is the Occupational Outlook Handbook, a 600 page book which describes over 200 different types of jobs with a little blurb about each one then trade organization addresses and websites of where to go for more information, all of which are listed in this book but the point is that if you want a verbal description of career possibilities, the OOH is the book to go to.

It’s free.

bls.gov/data/sa, stats.bls.gov, labor statistics, you can see what occupations are hot and which are not.

bls.gov/oco
bls.gov/oco/cg, bls.gov/oco/cgi/home.htm, career guide to industries.

careeronestop.org, u.s. dept of labor career website.

careeronestop.org/jobseeker/jobseekers_info.asp
stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
stats.bls.gov/emphome.htm