Get Hired in a Tough Market: Insider Secrets for Finding and Landing the Job You Need Now

by De Back, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780071637053
• ISBN10: 0071637052
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-11
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

You Only Have One Minute to Sell Yourself The most important element in your job search is to learn to market yourself success fully. Using the one-minute commercial featured in Get Hired in a Tough Market, You'll learn how to put together an effective, concise, and customizable presentation that gives potential employers all the reasons they need to hire you.

Author Biography

Alan De Back has over 20 yearsn++ experience.as a career counselor and trainer in the corporate, academic,.and government arenas. His clients include the American.Management Association, the American Psychological.Association, the Department of Defense and the Virginia.Employment Commission..

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Pre-Work: Laying the Foundation for Success Before you Start	p. 1
Know Where You're Going: Developing Your Job Search Plan with Self-Assessments	p. 9
Positioning Yourself: Your One-Minute Commercial	p. 29
Planning and Targeting Your Search	p. 39
The Best Marketing Tool Ever: How to Make Your Résumé Relevant	p. 51
The Multi-Channel Approach	p. 83
Networking 2.0: Where to Find New and Better Networks	p. 87
Résumé Websites: Why They Usually Don't Work, and How to Make Them Work for You	p. 109
Other Search Methods: Whether They Work and When to Use Them	p. 121
The Interview and Beyond	p. 137
Preparation: Taking Charge of How They See You	p. 141
Staying Cool: Handling the Unexpected During an Interview	p. 159
Following Up: How to Stand Out and Clinch the Deal	p. 187
Conclusion	p. 203
Index	p. 205
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