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Classified advertisements, 129–131 Education (see Training and
“Cold” telephone calls, 142 education)
described, 146–147 Empathy skills, 23–24
making, 147–152 Employment development
perserverance and, 152–153 department (EDD), 80–81
purpose of, 149 Encyclopedia of Associations, 141
template for, 148 Entrepreneurship, 77–78, 165–174
Community (two-year) colleges: combined with other strategies,
short-term education and, 71 111–113
strategic education and, 62–66, defined, 77
79–85 as fast-track strategy, 77–78,
Compassion skills, 23–24 111–113
Confirmation letters, 153, 154 financial issues in, 110, 112,
Consultant’s Guide to Publicity, The 172–173
(Franklin), 110 nature of, 165
Cover letters: opportunities with start-up
sample, 144 companies, 131
use of, 143 planning for, 170–172, 173–174
pros and cons of, 166–167
Deadlines, in goal-setting, 119–120 resources for, 112, 172–173
Degree programs, 62–63, 81–85 self-assessment for, 167–172
Depression, and need for career success stories based on, 111–113
change, 1 Exhaustion, and need for career
Design skills, 20–21, 27 change, 1
Detail skills, 24 Expert image, 110
Direct contact, 99–100, 131–153
“cold” telephone calls in, 142, Failure, fear of, 4–7
146–152 Fast-track strategies, 59–78
interviews in, 153–162 combining, 78
making, 149–152 entrepreneurship, 77–78, 111–113
objections in, 149, 150–152 internship, 67–70, 78, 106–107
perserverance in, 152–153 Just Dive In! method, 75–77
résumés and, 131–143 on-the-job training, 66–67, 98–100
screening-out questions in, 149, short-term education, 70–73, 78,
150–152 92–94, 100–103
steps for making, 147–148 strategic education, 62–66, 78,
unadvertised job market and, 79–85, 88–92, 103–106
128–131 success stories based on, 87–116
“warm” telephone calls in, 142, transferable skills/talents and,
146–152 60–62, 108–111, 113–115
Directing skills, 25 volunteering, 74–75, 78, 95–97
Distance learning programs, 81–85 Fax transmission, 142, 143, 147–148
Dreams, and need for career change, Fears:
1 about career change, 2–7
of failure, 4–7
E-mail, submitting résumés by, 142 Federal Express (FedEx) deliveries,
Edison, Thomas, 5 142–143, 147–148

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