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The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures (Paperback)

by Michael Landes (Author) "Remember when you thought about "what I want to be when I grow up"? ..." (more)

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Paperback: 584 pages
Publisher: Ten Speed Press; 4th Revised edition edition (Feb 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1580086691
ISBN-13: 978-1580086691
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 4.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 919,964 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Anyone trying to reinvigorate or redirect a stalled career needs a short-term job adventure. This book offers a comprehensive list of life-enriching experiences. From internships to seasonal work to volunteer jobs and adventures abroad, readers will find more than 1,000 opportunities to work, play, learn, help, create, experience, and grow worldwide. Michael Landes has extensively updated the listings to provide the most current information.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended to those with an adventurous spirit!, 16 Jul 1998

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I recently received The Back Door Guide to Short Term Job Adventures, and it's absolutely wonderful. It's well-written, informative yet entertaining, but best of all, it's inspiring. It has me excited about options I didn't know I had. I've already ordered another copy for a friend of mine.

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5.0 out of 5 stars BUY THIS BOOK OR KEEP COLORING IN THE LINES...., 17 April 1999

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If you use this book one time it will pay for itself. The book is well reseached and more importantly, extemely inspired. If you want to get out of where you are living and/or get actively involved in social causes and/or expose your self to new and exciting experiences and/or find an internship to really give you a competive edge and some valuable life experience... it has to be in this book. If your book search led you here... it's fate... and I'll see you when I get to Patagonia....

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5.0 out of 5 stars Back-Dooring It: How To Do What You've Always Wanted To Do, 16 Dec 1997

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Remember when you thought about *what I wanna be when Igrow*up? Not there now? Well, think about it again, because this time you've got help. And lots of it. Enter Michael Landes, author of The Back Door Guide to Short Term Job Adventures. Think about him as your personal coach: he'll give you heaps of motivational talks (quotes, really) that you've probably heard before. But you won't dismiss them this time as idealisms that simply won't sustain you, because Landes gives you something to *do* with that idealism, so that it magically turns into something very, very realistic: what you've always wanted to be, and what you've always wanted to be doing... whether you're a student fresh out of (or in) high school or college or graduate school, or whether you're feeling uninspired at a job you've had for years, or whether your time clock years are over and you're looking for adventure for different reasons. Think about Landes as your personal coach and your advisor, your counselor - if you write to him, he1ll write you back. Really. And sincerely. They say *it is not what you know, it is who you know.* Fine. The Back Door Guide gives you the *who* to know, in the form of a real-live name of a real-live contact person. It also gives you plenty of *whats* to know, too: there are, for example, how-to tools of figuring out who you are (*Who Are You?* page 2), and there are the step-by-steps of applying for a position (*The Program Application Package.....* pages 20-27). The individual listings include similar priceless pieces of information. First the logistics: who should apply? what's the work? where is the program? when do I go? how long do I stay? Then there are in-depth reports: Area and Working Environment, Work/Learn Program Specifics, Duration, Compensation and Perks, The Ideal Candidate, Making It Happen, and Insider Tips are sub-headings for each, yes, each, of the thousands, yes, thousands, of program opportunities compiled in this book. There are too many opportunities in this book than sanity can account for; the challenge may well be picking one to do. The very first *what* to know, as Landes makes abundantly clear, is that any program, any opportunity, is what you make of it. He could (and does) lead you to the Back Door and he tells you all about what1s inside, but the Back Door is yours and only yours to open. He sends you to the heavens, dreaming (of *how my life should be* and *what I really should be doing with my life*), but then he grounds you back on earth by handing you, on a silver platter, nonetheless, mountains of how-to guidelines for reaching those heights. You feel good at the end of a day and, chances are, you1ve helped someone or something along the way. You'll work hard, and you1ll play hard - but with Landes and the opportunities in this book, you'll also learn that work and play are the same thing. Part of the fun of this book is finding the only-sometimes-subliminal messages spaced throughout its well-designed pages. (My favorites are the two canoe-carriers on the front cover, whose T-shirts feature a peace sign and a globe.) See how many you can find, and write to Michael Landes and tell him about it. He'll write back. Really. Try him.

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