Returning to Work: A Guide to Re-Entering the Job Market

by Sally Longson

Written by an experienced careers advisor, this book shows how to assess your skills and interests and match them to the employment opportunities available.
CONTENTS:
Moving on
- considering your lifestyle
- dealing with barriers
- getting ready for action
- analysing your skills
- the sort of person you are
- what work do you want to do?
- researching your future
- starting back through study
- getting up to date with the workplace
- improving your skills through voluntary work
- hunting for opportunities
- producing your CV
- writing to apply
- handling interviews
- coping with those initial weeks
- managing your new lifestyle
- how far do you want to go?
About the author
Sally Longson is an experienced careers adviser. She has written this book for those who have been out of the workplace for some time - particularly for women who have stopped work due to family commitments. In "Returning to Work," she shows you how to assess your skills and interests and match them to the employment opportunities available.

224 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2004