So You Want to Find a Job: Career Search Steps is designed to help readers navigate the job search process and transition from the university setting to the working world. The anthology provides critical readings and foundational resources for emerging professionals in the process of discovering new jobs, articulating skills to potential employers, and engaging in the process of joining the workforce. The readings in the first half of this book have been carefully selected to help young professionals thrive in the job search by examining appropriate steps for beginning the process and then help them broaden skills for success in the search. The second half of the book focuses on joining the work culture and on career growth. Each of the four units features editor introductions and post-reading questions to contextualize the readings and provide opportunities for self-reflection and critical thinking. Written to inspire confidence and a greater level of self-awareness, So You Want to Find a Job is an ideal resource for courses that support students nearing graduation. It could also be used in student success programs and courses.

No doubt about it. The key to getting a federal job is how well applicants write a job-winning application. But times have changed and so have applications federal agencies will accept for employment. As the federal government continues to decentralise hiring to the agency level, it also has adapted hiring methods similar to those used by the private sector. While only a few months ago most agencies required applicants to complete the Standard Form 171 (SF 171), today agencies accept two other application forms OF 612 and federal-style resumes. If you want to get a federal job, you must understand how to put these unique applications together with maximum impact. Here is the perfect guide to understanding the federal hiring process as well as the key application forms now accepted by various federal agencies. Six chapters and eleven appendices outline: What federal employers look for on the SF 171, OF 612, and federal-style resumes; Major writing principles that grab the attention of evaluators; The best language to use (KSA's) for each section of your application; How to customise your application for each agency; How to best prepare a mail-in packet and follow-up appropriately; Which resources can help you get the right job. This book includes several examples of completed SF 171's, OF 612's, and federal-style resumes. Designed for both white- and blue-collar employees, this well-written, nuts-and-bolts guide should be in every federal job seeker's library.

This book features influential scholarly research and technical contributions, professional trajectories, disciplinary shifts, personal insights, and a combination of these from a group of remarkable women scholars within precision agriculture. The authors provide a holistic and critical overview of the field of precision agriculture (both crop and livestock), highlighting breakthroughs and impactful research led by women investigators including relevant technologies, decision making strategies, practices, applications, economics, opportunities and challenges. They discuss the urgent need for reduced cost, increased productivity, more optimal use of resources, and reduced impact on our environment. The leading female researchers contributing to this book are creating new technological advances that are revolutionizing agriculture. Focuses on advances in precision agriculture led by leading women researchers, scholars, and professionals; Provides insight into women's technical contributions in precision agriculture; Takes a holistic approach to precision agriculture, addressing both land and livestock applications.