I have got a book (people suggested), so some excerpts here.

Book: What Color is Your Parachute
Your guide to a lifetime of meaningful work and career success
Author: Richard N. Bolles

Many, if not most employers hunt for job seekers in an exact opposite way from how job seekers hunt for them.

PIE system – three types of interview:
– P – Pleasure – practice field survey, warm-up phase
– I – Informational interviewing
– E – employment interview (with the person who has the power to hire you)

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Start with you, not the job market
Focus on what you enjoy
Study what you enjoy in school
Use career test sparingly
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Career Tests

Many tests can be deliberately skewed in the direction you want…
… So in taking a test, you should just be looking for clues, hunches, or suggestions, rather for a definitive answer that says “this is what you must choose to do in your life” .

Interest-based career tests can only reflect what you know about yourself at the time you take the test; they can’t predict what skills or talents you might have or want to use.

Testing sites:

• https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/testcenter
• https://career.missouri.edu/career-interest-game/

Some salary sites/links:

• https://www.glassdoor.com/
• https://www.payscale.com/
• https://www.salary.com/
• https://www.indeed.com/
• https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
• https://www.myplan.com/
• https://www.salaryexpert.com/

Five secrets of salary negotiation:
– do research on typical salaries
– never discuss salary until they say they want you
– never be the first one to mention the salary figure
– figure out the range the employer likely has in mind
– do not leave anything hanging (salary negotiation is not finished if you’ve addressed more)