Book Review - Teen Dream Jobs - How to Find the Job You Really Want Now

I just finished reading, "Teen Dream Jobs: How to find the job you really want now!" by Nora E. Coon.  I must say that I was not overly impressed with the content of the book.  As the title suggests, the book is about helping teens find jobs.  The author provides information on how to find a job, resume advice, how to dress for the interviews and other advice for teen job seekers.  The information is good, much of it is outdated though. 

Here job seeking advice seems more relevant to a job search in 1999, rather than 2009.  She hardly touches on the internet and the new job boards designed for teens and the wealth of resources available for teen job seekers.  The reality is that all of the information presented in this book can easily be found on the internet with a simple google search.  The author does not provide any new or cutting edge techniques that make it worth forking over money for.

What I did like about the book is the quizzes that she provides.  There are a variety of self assessment exercise that really get the reader thinking about what they like, and dislike, and what they are passionate about.  There is also a quiz that will help determine which career path would be most suitable based on your personality traits.  I actually took some of these quizzes myself and I must say that I found them to be quite accurate.

In closing, I found the book to have some bright spots but overall I felt the book did not provide enough new information to warrant a purchase.

Dan Keller is the CEO of a popular teen jobs website and a resume writer

View the original article here

Make Money Online - Will the Kickstartcourse Really Kickstart Your Online Career?

Great name for an internet marketing course for beginner and intermediate marketeers or anyone looking to make money online! The Kickstartcourse from that dynamic duo Tony Shepherd and Sara Brown could be just the kickstart a lot of budding online businesses need, but will it really deliver?

If you are familiar with Tony and Sara's material already, and you like their style, then you won't be disappointed if what I've seen so far is anything to go by. I must give you fair warning though, I'm biased, because I do like their style and always enjoy their writing. So far, true to form, the Kickstartcourse has been entertaining, informative and straight to the point.

Everything you need to know to make money online and kickstart your online business is what's promised, in weekly installments over the course of a year.

You get a lesson in the form of a pdf report each week which gives you the exact details you need to get your business started from scratch with minimum outlay.

From choosing your product to getting your sales page and website up and running to driving traffic and making a consistent long term income from your business; each step is covered in easy to follow steps with no padding written in a style that makes it a pleasure to read even if you know how to do it already.

The one drawback for me I find is that I'm frustrated by the fact that I have to wait for each lesson. I would love to have the whole course in one giant ebook so that I could keep on going!

For someone who knows quite a bit of what's on offer in the early lessons it might be frustrating, as it is for me, to have to wait. But even so, there are gold nuggets in there that even fairly experienced internet marketeers will be glad to find. Plus, you would learn a lot about how to write your own content and be inspired to create more products yourself by their approach and their ideas.

You will find yourself saying 'I wish I wrote this!' a lot!

And if you are a complete beginner this is a goldmine. I wish I had this kickstartcourse when I first got started - without any kick!

It's just that I hate waiting!

But I realise when I think about it that the weekly installment is a good idea. Each week you are given some tasks to get you further along the money making track, and each week you are reminded by the arrival of the next lesson to stay focussed. And you will be told at the start of each lesson what you should have accomplished by that stage. Just knowing you have to finish your homework before the next lesson is great to keep you working on what you need to do!

Chances are with one ebook, you would get all fired up, but lose your momentum after a while.

So my only complaint turns out to be a good thing too!

You can follow Steve's progress as he takes the Kickstartcourse on his blog at http://get-started-online.com/blog/kickstartcourse/

View the original article here