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9000 Series
Getting Work / Keeping a Job

Teaching the basics of job-hunting and helping job seekers learn the attitudes that make them employable, is what we’ve been helping career and guidance counselors do for 20 years. The unemployed non-professional or W2W client needs more than just help completing an application, writing a resume, or developing a contact network. That’s why we offer help with a variety of issues: from developing a positive self-image, coping with the stress of unemployment, to what it takes to succeed at a new job. The 9000 series uses a nuts and bolts approach to help the non-professional with limited or no prior work experience get to work – and stay there. (See also Personal Improvement, Parenting, Career Skills, and Military Life & Issues.)

9001 Assessing Your Job Skills: Where Do You Stand? A skills inventory self-assessment tool for the person preparing to enter the workforce for the first-time, or after some time away from the job market. Using questionnaires, helps the job hunter take a personal inventory of aptitudes, skills, and preferences.		9002 You and Your Job: Making Your Future Work for You Helps the reader come to a basic understanding of the entry-level positions available in a variety of career fields. Provides a description of each field (nature of work, its usual hours, expected pay, personality characteristics required, the skills and/or training needed, future prospects, etc.). Stresses that the job you want tomorrow often starts with the job you take today.
9003 Job Leads: Who Can Help You Find a Job? This pamphlet empowers readers to connect with the resources that can help them prepare for and find employment. Included are both public and private resources: Job Corps, One-Stop Centers, state labor departments, placement agencies, and employer sponsored programs.	9004 Ways to Go, People to See: Getting Organized to Get a Good Job You have to find a job opening before you can get to work. To do that, you need to know where to start looking for work and then plan the time you’ll need to go about getting it. This pamphlet helps readers organize a successful job hunt, and shows how to use a variety of techniques to plan their job search.
9005 Letters for Job Seekers: The “Write” Way to a Job! Cover letters, thank you letters, referral letters... all of these play an important role in a successful job search. This pamphlet explains what these letters are, why they’re helpful, and how to write them.	9006 Three Steps to a Great Resume Answers the questions: What is a “resume”? and why do employers expect you to have one? Explains how companies use resumes to select job candidates they would like to talk to. Shows how to write a resume that gets an employer’s interest - even if you haven’t worked in a while.	9007 Applying for a Job: What to Expect The application process can be intimidating to a newcomer in the work world. Explores what to expect during the application process and how to prepare for it.
9008 Your First Interview: Making the Right Impression Helps the person with little or no work experience know what to expect during this first, critical meeting with an employer. Explains what information the employer is after (and why), as well as how the job seeker can better present themselves so as to make a favorable impression. Includes ten do’s and don’ts, tips on gathering references, and a walk-through of a typical interview.	9009 Making Contacts: Networking to Get Working Since as many as 7 out of 10 jobs are found “through the grapevine,” an effective personal network is a key element in a successful job search. Who you know can be as important as what you know. This pamphlet helps readers to build, use, and strengthen a network that will help them reach their goals.	9010 Look Sharp: Making Your Appearance Work for You at Work For the newly employed, presents the facts on grooming. Explains how to dress for success in any job - and why it’s so important.
9011 Fitting In: Finding Your Place on the Job Learning to be a part of the workplace team is important for success on the job. This pamphlet has practical, specific advice on getting off to a good start, including tips on understanding corporate culture and building good relationships with co-workers and supervisors.	9012 Coping at Work: How to Make the Best of a Difficult Situation Holding down a job isn’t always easy. It can be made difficult if work duties aren’t clear or co-workers aren’t easy to get along with. This pamphlet explores coping strategies and helps the reader assess his or her situation - and do something about it!
9013 Getting to Work: Taking the First Steps Entering the workforce, especially for people who have been long-term public assistance recipients, presents many challenges. This pamphlet provides useful advice and practical help, including a motivational/attitudinal assessment, and guidance in locating and using social services.	9014 Stick To It! Making Your Plans for Success Persistence. Perseverance. Doggedness. Whatever it’s called, the ability to stick to it is one of the most important ingredients in achieving success. This pamphlet helps readers to recognize, develop, and use this valuable trait to reach their goals in the workplace and in other areas of life.	9015 You Can Do It! How to Make Your Goals a Reality A positive attitude builds success in job-seeking, in the family, in personal relationships. This booklet gives the reader practical tips and down to earth techniques for developing that all-important healthy self-image and can-do attitude. Explores the values, habits, and attitudes needed to succeed in a job search - and on the job.
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9016 Workplace Diversity: Getting Along in Today’s Workplace Workers need to know more than how to do their job. They need to be able to work well with people who come from a wide variety of backgrounds, because that’s the multi-ethnic workplace of today. Provides pointers on creating a “good fit” for the reader and their co-workers.	9017 How to Get Along with Your Boss... Any Boss Some managers make it easy to cooperate and meet expectations; some don’t. Tension between a worker and a difficult boss could drive the employee out of a good job! This pamphlet helps the reader learn how to work with different styles of management and boost their career in the process.	9018 Making Ends Meet: The Basics of Family Budgeting Entry-level employees often have trouble stretching income to cover their needs and some of their wants. This pamphlet helps readers to make and follow a practical money management plan.
Need a floor stand display rack?	9019 You’re Important: On the Job and at Home! Answers the question: “If I don’t show up for work, would anyone notice?” in the affirmative. Emphasizes that individual employees do make a difference at home and at work. Reinforces the reader’s sense of self-worth by underscoring the importance of their contribution to the employer’s enterprise.	9020 Attitude: Make It Good! The right attitude is essential for workplace success, affecting not only the individual, but everyone else in the workplace. This pamphlet explores the elements that contribute to a good attitude, and offers practical tips for self-assessment and self-improvement.
9021 Whatever Your Job, You’re in Customer Service Customer Service is not just the responsibility of a few individuals who sit behind a desk with the nameplate. Successful companies - and successful individuals within them - know that everyone is in customer service. This pamphlet teaches the basics on how to provide both internal and external customers with the kind of service that keeps them coming back.	9022 The Work World... An Orientation Whether an employee works in an “office” or a “shop,” the worksite has rules, expectations, and customs. This pamphlet helps employees identify and learn the behaviors that project a good company image and help create a pleasant and efficient work environment.	9023 It’s about Time! Making Time Work for You on the Job In the world of work, time is money. A business-like attitude towards time and good time-management practices are key elements of workplace success. This pamphlet gives workers practical, proven tips for developing these two essentials.
9024 Telephone Skills: Getting and Giving the Right Message The telephone is the single most common business tool and its proper use is an essential skill in many jobs. Explains how correct use can either help or hurt business. Discusses proper use, techniques, courtesies, and message taking. Offers way to practice new skills.	9025 Teamwork! Solving Problems Together Today’s efficiency-conscious, down-sized workplace requires teamwork. The ability to work cooperatively in achieving goals and solving problems is important for getting and keeping a job. Here’s the specific information and encouragement that new entrants in the job market need to become effective “team players.”	9026 Good Work: Six Steps to Job Success Employers expect their employees to work within established norms - especially when it comes to attitude, timeliness, performance, dependability, professionalism, and consistency. Provides strategies for developing such principles. Includes self-assessments to chart progress.
9027 Finding Your Balance: Juggling Work and Family One of the biggest challenges for working parents is meeting the competing demands of the workplace and the home. This helpful booklet offers practical information about how working parents can go about addressing this difficult, but necessary, task.	9028 Managing Stress: At Work and at Home Those in transition from public assistance to work are going through a period of significant change in their lives; such adjustments are often accompanied by elevated levels of stress. Teaches how to understand the personal response to stress, learn new ways to cope with it, and create a personal stress-management plan.
9029 Your Career: Aiming for a Work Life You Can Love Entry-level employees naturally focus on the fact that they have a new job. But to be successful in the long term, their next step needs to be to focus on their career and what they’ll be doing next. Introduces the concept that having a career is different from having a job; explains how to plan for a satisfying work life. Includes self-assessments for career planning.	9030 How to Do Your Job Better Employees new to the work force usually want to do well, but don’t always know how to organize their activities so they can reach that goal. Explores how a development plan can improve on-the-job performance by helping the employee define goals and detail the steps necessary to reach them.	9031 How to Pass the Test... and Get the Job! A majority of large businesses require some sort of testing as a condition of hire. Previews likely tests and screenings; provides sample tests; details how to "pass" pre-employment tests, from drug-screening to skills assessments.
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9032 Temporary Jobs: A First Step in a Permanent Career Many good entry-level jobs are found in staffing services. Explains the advantages and disadvantages, how the temporary job market works, how to get into it, and how to make the most of it.	9033 Disability and Job-Finding: The Right Job is Accessible! People with disabilities face many challenges as they enter the workforce. This pamphlet spells out the legal protections for the worker with a disability; provides useful tips on job-hunting and job-choosing. A self-assessment for job readiness is included.	9034 On the Job with a Disability: It's Just the Beginning! Finding a job is only the first step for people with disabilities who are transitioning into the work world; next comes the task of making that job a success. Presents the likely problems and their realistic solutions; offers candid discussion of difficulties to be expected both inside and outside of work.
Is your professional organization hosting a conference or workshop? Let LSE help! We would be happy to provide complimentary catalogues and samples to qualifying organizations. If you have a special request or requirement, please call us to discuss them. To reach us just click.	9035 Oops - I Made a Mistake! What to Do When You've Done It Wrong Success at work requires knowing how to handle mistakes. Details specific steps for recognizing, reporting, and managing mistakes on the job; identifies situations in which mistakes are most likely and how they can be prevented.	9036 No Resume? No Problem! Practical advice for job seekers who, for reasons such as problematic personal history or lack of formal job experience, have no resume. Alternative strategies can lead to successful job searches; here's how to do it.
9037 First Step Up: Making the Most of Your Entry-Level Job Too many new workers just give up on their entry-level employment. This frank discussion of the problems and possibilities of 'starter' jobs explains the positive side of hanging on to a job you really don't enjoy, but still using it as a bridge to a brighter future.	9038 Self- Employment: Should You Be Your Own Boss? For many people new to the labor market, self-employment is the most promising option. Offers a candid look at the challenges; discussion of the personal traits required for success; and step-by-step advice on getting started.	9039 Time to Move On? Leaving Your Job... The Right Way Entry-level workers often quit their jobs before completing their first year of employment. Helps the employee examine the consequences of this decision; gives step-by-step direction on how to leave in a manner beneficial to both employer and employee.
9040 You're in Charge! What Do You Do Now? Within a few months of beginning their new jobs, employees may be asked to manage other, even newer, hires. Explains the role of the manager and specific ways for coping with the most likely challenges.	9042 It's Not Too Late to Learn: Now's the Time to Get Your Diploma or GED. You probably had good reasons for leaving school when you did. But now you know it’s hard to get anywhere at work without a diploma! This booklet gives you a look at what’s involved in getting your high school diploma or GED, and tells you step-by-step how to get started.
9044 Talking to Employers... When Your Past Is Less than Perfect You know it doesn’t look good on your record, but what do you do about it? Lie? Just pretend it didn’t happen and ignore it? Hope nobody asks you about it? This pamphlet answers the question: What can you do about information from your past that makes you look bad — and can keep you from getting the job you want. It will give you specific ways to handle the application and the interview, so you can help employers see that you’re ready to do a good job.	Need a countertop display rack?