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SMASH YOUR JOB MARKET COMPETITION: Career Volunteering Strategies for Landing Your Dream Job and Eye-Opening Insights for Creating a Successful Future

by Mark Stefanick

134 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-0896; ISBN 1-4120-0527-2; US$16.00, C$19.00, EUR13.00, £9.50

Maximize your career potential by volunteering smarter, not harder. A comprehensive guide to gaining valuable real world experience while making a difference and doing some problem BASHING in your community.

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About the Book Beat out Straight A students · Add quality achievements on your resume · Obtain valuable character references · Save yourself from what could be a lifetime of frustration in a job or industry that does not meet your expectations · Volunteer smarter, not HARDER and do some problem BASHING! · You deserve a copy of this book! "If you're serious about landing a career and being successful, then make sure to read this book. Every school in America should make this book mandatory reading for their students!" - James Malinchak, Contributing Editor Best-Selling Book CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE COLLEGE SOUL Project Sledgehammer, a project of Career Volunteering is a mix of inspiration, motivation, personal stories & goal setting guidelines that offers young adults Career Volunteering opportunities in pursuit of "self-directing" their lives and maximizing their career potential. "Project Sledgehammer is a unique opportunity every student should explore to decide on their field before graduating!" - Tanya Brown Nicole Brown Simpson's Youngest Sister Co-founder, Nicole Brown Charitable Foundation Professional Speaker: Specializing in Life Solution and Relationship Violence Prevention College Student Career Volunteers gain valuable real world experience, resume experience and important character references. If you have experience on their resume, aren't you more likely to get hired?! While doing Career Volunteer work pertaining to your curriculum, add a quality achievement to your resume and beat out students with higher grades! "How important is it for students to get internships, volunteer, or co-op, BEFORE they graduate? Basically, I believe it's more important than graduating with honors or at the top of your class. So, my advice to you is get an internship, volunteer, and/or co-op immediately, like Career Volunteering!" - Joe Martin, America's Top Motivational Professor Author of the Top Selling Books TRICKS OF THE GRADE DECIDE OR DIE: Mastering The Five Most Critical Decisions Of Your Life With all of the negativity bearing down on young adults these days, Stefanick's first book captures why America's youth should contribute and make a difference in their college and hometown communities. Many Career Volunteering opportunities actually save lives. "Project Sledgehammer has DEPTH!" - "Extreme Mike" McKeller, Nationally Recognized Speaker Host: Emmy Nominated Adventure Shows that aired on PBS Mark's decided that involving young adults as everyday heroes with Project Sledgehammer can prod the human race to evolve ONE person at a time. Take a step into a larger world. Read this book & rally to a cause inspired by "FIGHT CLUB!"

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About the Author Mark Stefanick grew up in a small farm town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was a marksman on his high school rifle team. During college, he developed a "Career Volunteering" program for his fraternity. The program continued on campus even after he graduated with a degree in marketing. His career has seen a steady growth of responsibility from a customer service position, to a project management position, to maintaining a national non-profit Career Volunteering placement service for students. He has helped match scores of student Career Volunteers with staff hungry non-profits through this national grassroots volunteer movement. His Non-profit public service announcement has aired in 16 major cities across the country. Stefanick, a "Sometime Actor" on the feature film in production, Our Lady Of Sorrow (www.OurLadyOfSorrow.com), is now touring college campuses across the country, lecturing on the contents of his new book. "A magnificent first! Our Lady of Sorrow will send people out into the world very frightened." - Chuck Palahniuk (author of the novel then movie, FIGHT CLUB, starring Brad Pitt).

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Sample Excerpts

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgements

Foreword By Joe Martin, America's Top Motivational Professor

Introduction

Chapter One: A Lesson On Your Life's Direction. (Contributing Author: Extreme Mike McKeller)

Chapter Two: A Lesson On Initiative And Focus.

Chapter Three: A Lesson On Contributing.

Chapter Four: A Lesson On Better Questions. (Contributing Author: Tanya Brown, Nicole Brown Simpson's Youngest Sister)

Chapter Five: A Brief Lesson On Frustration.

Chapter Six: A Lesson On Doing Something. Career Volunteer As HARD As You Can.

Chapter Seven, Part A.: A Lesson On Finding An Organization To Work For.

Chapter Seven, Part B.: A Lesson On Contacting An Organization To Career Volunteer For.

Chapter Seven, Part C.: A Lesson On Career Volunteering Examples To Suggest During Your Non-Profit Interview.

Chapter Seven, Part D.: A Lesson On Organizing Your Thoughts To Get Started.

Chapter Eight: Rules - Starting A Project Sledgehammer Group. Become a Project Sledgehammer Leader. Mentor others in or out of your curriculum to Career Volunteer as a group.

Chapter Nine: A Call To Action

Chapter Ten: A Lesson On Doing Some Problem Bashing In Your Curriculum With These National And International Organizations, Such As United Way Agencies. They Are Organized By Curriculum.

Chapter Eleven: A Lesson On A Few Interviewing Tips

Closing Remark

Career Volunteering Action Checklist

Career Volunteering Survey

Bibliography

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Catalogue Information

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