No One Will Hire Me!: Avoid 15 Mistakes and Win the Job

by Krannich, Ron

• ISBN13: 9781570231872
• ISBN10: 1570231877
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

This book tells it like it really is from the job search trenches. Outlining 15 key mistakes job seekers frequently make in organising and implementing a job search, two leading career experts provide a wealth of information and advice on how to quickly turn an ineffective job search into one that results in job interviews and offers. Each chapter identifies a major mistake and then offers analyses, self-tests, exercises, and resources for avoiding the error in the future. Insightful, practical, and packed with user-friendly resources, the book shows how to organise an effective job search that outshines the competition. In today's highly competitive job market where employers are demanding greater evidence of performance based on past patterns of accomplishments, this book offers a refreshing new look at a variety of issues affecting millions of job seekers each year. Best of all, the book dares to address one of today's most important issues -- why and how individuals must change career-limiting habits that work against their best interests.

Table of Contents

Mother Was Both Right and Wrong!	1	(14)
The Problem May Be Close At Hand	1	(1)
For Smart People Who Fail	2	(1)
Learn From Mistakes People Make	2	(1)
What Mother Said Was Often Right	3	(1)
Then Sometimes Mother Was Wrong	4	(2)
A Rogue's Gallery of Bad Habits	6	(1)
Seeking Different Levels of Help	6	(3)
A Sequence of Multiple Job Search Errors	9	(1)
What's Your Mistake-Prone H.I.Q.?	10	(3)
Resources for Getting Started	13	(1)
Make No More Mistakes!	13	(2)
Abandon Dreams and Lack Goals	15	(26)
The Art of Sailing Without a Rudder	15	(1)
From Go-Getter to Getter	16	(1)
Be Honest, But Not Stupid	17	(2)
Where Are Your Dreams Going?	19	(1)
Are You Purposeful and Passionate?	20	(1)
Three Steps to Setting Realistic Goals	21	(17)
State a Functional Objective	38	(3)
Harbor Self-Defeating and Bad Attitudes	41	(9)
Run With Winners	41	(1)
What's Your Attitude Like?	42	(2)
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses	44	(2)
Change Your Attitudes	46	(2)
Resources for Changing Attitudes	48	(2)
Pail to Do First Things First	50	(7)
A Seven-Step Job Search Process	50	(1)
The Steps and Mistakes	51	(3)
Properly Sequence Your job Search	54	(3)
Hang Around the Wrong Crowd	57	(10)
The Advertised and Hidden Job Markets	57	(2)
Are You a Savvy Networker?	59	(3)
Key Networking Books	62	(1)
Internet Resources for Networking	63	(3)
Network Your Way to Job Success	66	(1)
Disregard Skills and Accomplishments	67	(17)
No Evidence of Accomplishments	67	(3)
Identify Your Skills	70	(10)
More Self-Assessment Techniques	80	(1)
Computerized Assessment Systems	80	(1)
The New World of Online Assessment	81	(2)
Doing It Right From the Very Start	83	(1)
Write and Distribute Awful Resumes and Letters	84	(26)
Another Rogue's Gallery of Errors	84	(1)
Misunderstanding Resumes and Letters	85	(1)
Deadly Myths and Promising Realities	85	(13)
Resume Writing Mistakes	98	(2)
Production, Distribution and Follow-Up Errors	100	(1)
The Perfect Resume and Letter	101	(4)
Useful Books and Software	105	(1)
Online Writing Assistance and Services	106	(2)
Resume Blasting Services	108	(1)
Tooting Your Horn With Focus	109	(1)
Mess Up the Critical Job Interview	110	(17)
Stressful Times	110	(1)
What's Your Interview I.Q.?	111	(4)
Interview Sins and Knockouts	115	(10)
Books and Websites on Interviewing	125	(1)
The Face-to-Face Encounter	126	(1)
Pail to Develop an Attractive Pattern of Work Behavior	127	(4)
People Perform, Patterns Predict	127	(1)
Identify Your Patterns	128	(2)
Changing Not-So-Hot Patterns	130	(1)
Useful Resources	130	(1)
Appear Honest But Stupid or Dishonest But Smart	131	(5)
Take the Ethics Quiz	131	(2)
Stupid But Honest	133	(1)
Dishonest But Smart	134	(2)
Project an Image of Need or Greed	136	(5)
Premature Money Talk	136	(2)
Needy/Greedy Job Seekers	138	(1)
Negotiate Right	138	(2)
Books and Websites on Salary Negotiations	140	(1)
Conduct an Outdated Job Search or Over-Rely on Technology	141	(9)
Outdated Versus Updated Job Search Over-Reliance on Technology	141	(1)
Over-Reliance on Technology	142	(2)
Using the Internet Properly	144	(4)
Resources for Using the Internet	148	(2)
Unwilling to Take Risks and Handle Rejections	150	(4)
Losing Your Self Esteem	150	(1)
Handling Rejections	151	(1)
Minimizing Rejections Through Networking	152	(1)
Resources for Handling Rejections	153	(1)
Pail to Implement and Follow Through	154	(4)
Find Time to Implement	154	(1)
Commit Yourself in Writing	155	(1)
Job Search Contract	156	(1)
Weekly Job Performance and Planning Report	157	(1)
Avoid Professional Advice and Seeking Help	158	(8)
When You Need Assistance	158	(1)
Alternative Career Services	159	(5)
Locating a Certified Career Professional	164	(1)
Dealing With Difficult Backgrounds	165	(1)
Resist Changing Behavior and Acquiring New Habits of Success	166	(6)
Minor and Major Behavioral Changes	166	(2)
A Gallery of Career-Limiting Behaviors	168	(1)
Change Your Attitudes	169	(1)
Acquire New Habits for Success	169	(1)
Useful Habit-Changing Resources	170	(1)
Many People Want to Hire You!	171	(1)
Index	172	(3)
Authors	175	(2)
Career Resources	177