Job Hunting Secrets

You may be skilled. You may be intelligent. You may have bountiful resources to offer an employer ... but unless you TAKE CHARGE of your job hunting campaign, you’re unlikely to get the chance to prove it to anyone. The employer who is searching for someone like you isn’t likely to find you! You will be just a face in the crowd, part of the mass of human beings who are wandering fruitlessly in the pastures of Unemployment Land. Why? Simply because you may never have learned the basic principles of job hunting and how to make a lasting impression. You don't know the secrets. That’s what this book, The Job Seeker’s Guide to Success, is all about. Consider it a crash course in employment shopping sure to make an impact.

A valuable from-the-trenches survival guide packed with critical do’s and dont’s for the serious job seeker

Nearly two dozen experts and a dozen job hunters add their voices of experience to this unique book

It’s hardly a news flash that looking for a job is NOT the average citizen’s favorite pastime. In fact, many people would rather clean out the garage, host a party for a dozen hyperactive children, or mow the grass at Yankee Stadium in the month of August than take on the grueling task of searching for employment.

Introducing The Job Seeker’s Guide to Success —  AN INDISPENSABLE MANUAL DESIGNED TO TAKE THE GUESSWORK AND THE STING OUT OF JOB HUNTING.  Equipped with this self-directed guidebook, a job seeker will discover how to launch a dynamic campaign from start to finish ... enjoying a bumpless ride through the job hunting maze.

Here is a sampling of the paint-by-number instructions found in this new third edition:

  proven ways to make a lasting impression on the prospective employer (pages 10-148)

  the four-step formula successful salespeople use to get what they want (pages 11,12)

  identifying and conquering 6 triggers of job hunting depression (pages 16-22)

  a common, destructive resume habit that can lead you to disaster (page 23)

  an innovative, high-tech way to make your resume leap off the pile (pages 34, 35)

  4 tactics for uncovering the 8 out of 10 "hidden" job openings (pages 52-73)

  supercharging your job hunting campaign with these 4 modes of transportation on the

    information superhighway (pages 77-87)

  the key factor connected with interview anxiety and how to diminish it (pages 93, 94)

  8 simple rules for making the ordinary job application SELL you (pages 99-101)

  secrets to help you steer around lethal traps in the job interview arena (pp. 105-123)

  the reason why you should never talk money too soon (pages 100, 117, 118)

  3 conditions which must be met before negotiations can begin (page 126)

  9 things you can accomplish with 2 follow-up techniques (pages 131, 132, 137)

  5 factors to consider before accepting the company’s offer (pages 140-145)

  an indispensable document you should create when you're hired (pages 146, 147)

With worksheets, sample documents and word-for-word scripts

PREPARATION, a RESURRECTED EGO, and AN ARSENAL OF INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES will empower the job seeker to achieve success. This book supplies those vital tools. Explore this website and learn more!

Who will benefit from The Job Seeker’s Guide to Success ?

 laid off employees

 students

 first-time job seekers

 experienced job seekers

 people who want to escape a dead-end job

 people who need an extra job to recover from debt

those who move to a new city

people re-entering the job market after a long absence 

clients of public and private employment agencies

those who live in areas of high unemployment (where there is more competition for jobs)

anyone serious about finding a job!

Book Specifications: 
 

 author: Deborah M. McGeorge
160 pages     
Third edition, 1997 
ISBN 1-57502-462-4
Library of Congress No.  97-92983

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 The Job Seeker's Guide to Success ... your passport to a fresh paycheck.

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