"Ex-offenders CAN find good jobs & thrive in stellar careers! This user-friendly book serves as a personal re-entry counselor/coach for ex-offenders." -- page 4 of cover.

Quick Job Search for Ex-Offenders helps ex-offenders find a job quickly. Using Mike Farr's time-tested techniques combined with additional tips and guidance from Maurice Stevens, a career counsellor who works extensively with ex-offenders, this book coaches ex-offenders through the 7 key stages of their job search: Step 1: Create a Positive Image and Environment; Step 2: Identify Your Skills; Step 3: Identify Job Targets; Step 4: Get Your Documents in Order; Step 5: Use the Two Most Effective Job Search Methods; Step 6: Dramatically Improve Your Interviewing Skills; Step 7: Follow Up on All Job Leads. Quick Job Search for Ex-Offenders covers much of the same material as Quick Job Search, 4th Edition, but it also addresses the issues that individuals coming out of incarceration face, including: meeting basic needs; establishing a support network; identifying and emphasizing transferable skills; setting realistic occupational goals (within legal and educational restrictions) and taking the 'long-view' on career management; addressing their incarceration in resumes, cover letters, job applications, and interviews and providing evidence of rehabilitation.

Each year 650,000+ ex-offenders leave prison for the free world. Facing a rough road ahead, two-thirds return to prison within three years. Their re-entry is fraught with problems that lead to rejections, disappointments, and temptations. This book addresses the psychological and practical day-to-day challenges facing ex-offenders. It outlines a clear seven-step process for re-entry success-- from changing attitudes and telling the truth to developing a purpose.

Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing is the New York Times bestselling novel by Melissa Bank The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. Soon Jane is swept off her feet by an older man and into a Fitzgeraldesque whirl of cocktail parties, country houses, and rules that were made to be broken, but comes to realise that it's a world where the stakes are much too high for comfort. With an unforgettable comic touch, Bank skilfully teases out universal issues, puts a clever new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch what it's like to come of age as a young woman. 'This chronicle of a New Yorker's relationships has a wit and perceptiveness that singles it out from the crowd' Guardian 'As hilarious as Girls' Guide is, there's a wise, serious core here' Wall Street Journal 'A sexy, pour-your-heart-out, champagne tingle of a read-thoughtful, wise, and tell-all honest. Bank's is a voice that you'll remember' Cosmopolitan

An essential resource for former convicts and their families post-incarceration. The United States has the largest criminal justice system in the world, with currently over 7 million adults and juveniles in jail, prison, or community custody. Because they spend enough time in prison to disrupt their connections to their families and their communities, they are not prepared for the difficult and often life-threatening process of reentry. As a result, the percentage of these people who return to a life of crime and additional prison time escalates each year. Beyond Bars is the most current, practical, and comprehensive guide for ex-convicts and their families about managing a successful reentry into the community and includes: • Tips on how to prepare for release while still in prison • Ways to deal with family members, especially spouses and children • Finding a job • Money issues such as budgets, bank accounts, taxes, and debt • Avoiding drugs and other illicit activities • Free resources to rely on for support

The ultimate all-in-one guide to job hunting success. Getting an edge in the hunt for work is vital and this book offers the edge that millions are missing. This no-nonsense, highly practical and outcome focussed guide to the whole process of job hunting takes you right from the planning stages through writing your CV, flying through aptitude tests, being interviewed on the phone and online, to what to do and say when you finally get the offer you’ve been hoping for. With essential guidance on maximising modern job-hunting tools such as social media and networking websites, as well as special help for those who are new to work, the recently redundant, the long-term unemployed, ex-offenders and graduates, it’s one of the most up to date and all-encompassing job hunting books on the market today.

Profiles 101 job opportunities for ex-offenders who are uncertain what they want to do, can do, and will do in the future. Includes 13 categories of occupations, from construction, maintenance, and production to transportation, hospitality, and sales. Examines each in terms of employment outlook, nature of work, working conditions, education requirements, and expected earnings. Includes summary charts of best jobs and chapters on transitional employment, job restrictions on ex-offenders, and barriers to employment.

Offers seasoned advice to ex-offenders facing numerous barriers to employment. Beginning with 20 myths/realities and 22 principles for success, one of America's leading employment and re-entry experts reveals 10 steps to job and career success, from changing attitudes, seeking assistance, assessing skills, and setting goals to writing resumes, networking, interviewing, and negotiating compensation. Special chapters focus on job survival, advancement, and navigating today's digital workplace. Rich with insights and filled with practical examples, exercises, self-tests, and resources, this ground-breaking guide can make a big difference in the broken lives of ex-offenders. With the help of this book, they learn how to find a job they both do well and enjoy doing as they go on to living a new and productive life centered around work, family, and community.

"Arrest-Proof Yourself will teach you everything you need to know about dirty cops, racial profiling, probable cause, search and seizure laws, your right to remain silent, and much more. This how-not-to guide will keep you safe and sound all year long." --Zink magazine What do you say if a cop pulls you over and asks to search your car? What if he gets up in your face and uses a racial slur? What if there's a roach in the ashtray? And what if your hot-headed teenage son is at the wheel? If you read this book, you'll know exactly what to do and say. More people than ever are getting arrested—usually for petty offenses against laws that rarely used to be enforced. And because arrest information is so easily available via the Internet, just one little arrest can disqualify you from jobs, financing, and education. This eye-opening book tells you everything you need to know about how cops operate, the little things that can get you in trouble, and how to stay free from the hungry jaws of the criminal justice system. It is now updated with new and important information on the right of the police to search your car; on guns, knives, and self-defense; and on changes in surveillance methods. Dale C. Carson was an FBI field agent, a SWAT sniper, an instructor at the FBI academy, and a Miami police officer who set Florida records for felony arrests. He is currently a criminal defense attorney. Wes Denham is the author of Arrested.