
J. Michael Farr (1946–2010)
Author of 50 Best Jobs for Your Personality
About the Author
J. Michael Farr is one of America's most knowledgeable authors on the subject of job search and career planning
Series
Works by J. Michael Farr
Getting the Job You Really Want: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding a Good Job in Less Time (1988) — Author — 77 copies
100 Fastest-Growing Careers: Your Complete Guidebook to Major Jobs With the Most Growth and Openings (2006) — Author — 40 copies
Seven-Step Job Search: Cut Your Job Search Time in Half (Help in a Hurry) (2002) — Author — 32 copies
Top 100 Computer and Technical Careers: Your Complete Guidebook to Major Jobs in Many Fields at All Training Levels (2006) — Author; Author, some editions — 30 copies
America's Fastest Growing Jobs: Detailed Information on the 141 Fastest Growing Jobs in Our Economy (100 Fastest Growing Careers) (1991) — Author; Author — 21 copies
America's 101 Fastest Growing Jobs: Detailed Information on Major Jobs with the Most Openings and Growth (2004) 19 copies
Top 100 Careers for College Graduates: Your Complete Guidebook to Major Jobs in Many Fields (2007) — Author — 16 copies
America's Top 101 Jobs For College Graduates: Detailed Information On Major Jobs For People With Four-year And Higher De (2000) 13 copies
Quick Online Job Search: Seven Steps to Using the Internet to Find a Job (2011) — Author — 11 copies
Quick Job Search for People with Disabilities Seven Steps to Getting a Good Job (2007) — Author; Author — 9 copies
Why Should I Hire You?: Turn Interview Questions into Job Offers (Jist's Job Search Basics Series) (1992) 8 copies
Making Decisions: Learning to Take Control of Your Life (The Career and Life Skills, M-G) (1991) 7 copies
America's Top 101 Computer and Technical Jobs : Detailed Information on Major Jobs at All Levels of Education and Training (2004) 6 copies
Today's Hot Job Targets: Find Careers and Cities With Big Job Growth (Jist's Help in a Hurry Series) (2007) — Author — 4 copies
Career Preparation: Getting the Most from Training and Education (Career and Life Skills Series, C-P) (1990) 4 copies
Job Strategies for Professionals: A Survival Guide for Experienced White-Collar Workers (1994) 4 copies
The Jist Job Search Course: A Young Person's Guide to Getting & Keeping a Good Job (Jist Job Search Course) (1990) 4 copies
Getting the Job You Want Video Series: Getting Job Leads from the Internet and Telephone (DVD) (2005) — Author — 3 copies, 3 reviews
Knowing Yourself: Learning About Your Skills, Values and Planning Your Life (Career and Life Skills Series, K-Y) (1991) 2 copies
The Skills Advantage: Identify Your Skills for School Work, and Life (Living skills series) (1994) 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Farr, James Michael
- Other names
- Farr, J. Michael
Farr, Michael
Farr, James Michael
Farr, J. Michael "Mike" - Birthdate
- 1946-04-01
- Date of death
- 2010-12-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Place of death
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Indiana, USA
Members
Reviews
This is a quick and easy workbook with several examples of resumes you can follow, along with sections to include, questions to answer, and the authors explanation of WHY ______.
This book offers a ton of information about the "200 best jobs for college graduates". It lists duties, education requirements, rate of growth, salary, and more about each job it covers, from Aerospace Engineers to post-secondary environmental science educators.
Both people who know what they want to do and want more information on the profession and people who don't know exactly what they want to do but want to look at possibilities would benefit from this book.
Both people who know what they want to do and want more information on the profession and people who don't know exactly what they want to do but want to look at possibilities would benefit from this book.
This book offers jobs that fit peoples personalities. At the beginning it had a self assesment to find out what your personality type is, than you look throughout the books for jobs/careers that match up with that. There are a ton of jobs listed in this book, with information like salary, expected growth, experience required, etc.
Great for teens trying to figure out what they want to do.
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Statistics
- Works
- 74
- Members
- 1,396
- Popularity
- #18,408
- Rating
- 3.2
- Reviews
- 8
- ISBNs
- 280
- Languages
- 1









