Getting hired as a carpenter, electrician, manicurist, or any other tradesperson requires the same professional attitude that all job candidates must show. This DVD explores essential self-marketing practices that transform job seekers into wage earners, focusing on the best ways to display valuable skills and personality characteristics.

With straightforward explanations, helpful graphics, and interviews with job-search experts and real-world employers, the program illustrates how to write a resume based on skills and background, how to compose a cover letter, how to behave and communicate during an interview, and how to follow up with a winning thank-you letter.

Special emphasis is placed on building an upwardly mobile approach, encouraging applicants to display enthusiasm, leadership potential, and a willingness to learn.

Available in DVD format only. Has on-demand English subtitles and can be viewed using a DVD player or computer DVD-ROM drive. 16 minutes. 2006.

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