You hear it everywhere: The days of good jobs and great careers - even with a college degree - are over and dead. That the economy has become so mystifyingly controlled, convoluted, and convulsive that a lifetime career has become a fantasy pursuit for chumps. In this bewildering environment, how do you get direction and, more importantly, move forward?

In Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy, respected financial blogger Charles Smith (oftwominds.com) turns the conventional wisdom on its head. This book delivers the insight and positive action plan to get you employed.

Just starting out? Laid off? Trying to restart you career? Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy arms you with the knowledge you need. Are you a parent, grandparent, friend, or counselor helping others sort education and career options? Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy assays the current economic maelstrom to give you a fresh, invigorating perspective - and the competitive edge - to understand how to get a job and build the career you want. This book is designed to tilt the odds in your favor whether you are a high school or college student, a recent college graduate pondering graduate school, or someone reentering the workforce after a layoff.