Through the Brick Wall How to Job-Hunt in a Tight Market

Name: Through the Brick Wall How to Job-Hunt in a Tight Market
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ISBN: 9780679744986

ISBN-10: 0679744983

ISBN-13: 9780679744986

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Authors: Kate Wendleton

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Here is a unique, business-oriented approach to job hunting which provides the reader with step-by-step instructions in finding a new and/or improved position. Wendleton explains why the "tried and true" techniques no longer work and includes up-to-the-minute job-hunting techniques and astute lessons on how to turn interviews into offers.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/22/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

The Five O'Clock Club -- where your professional success gets personal attention. Started in 1986, our mantra is that "we always do what is in the best interests of the job hunter." Our founder, Kate Wendleton, has been a career coach since 1978, when she founded The Five O'Clock Club and developed its basic methodology to help job hunters and career changers of all levels in job-search strategy groups headed by senior Five O'Clock Club-certified coaches. Kate, Five O'Clock Club coaches, and members of our management team have appeared on the Today Show, CNN, CNBC, Larry King, National Public Radio and CBS, and in The New York Times, The Economist, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street…



Preface


Introduction



Finding Good Jobs: The Changing Job-Hunt Process (Start Here If You Are Just Beginning Your Job Hunt)



How to Job-Hunt in a Tight Market



How to Change Careers



A Systematic Job Hunt



How Long Will It Take to Find a Job?



When You've Lost the Spirit to Job Hunt



Deciding What You Want: How to Select Your Job Target (If You Already Have A Target, Go To Part III)



How to Find Your Place in the World



How to Decide What You Want



How to Decide What You Want to Offer



How to Target the Job You Want



Knowing The Right People: How to Get Interviews in Your Target Area (If You Already Have Interviews, Go To Part IV.)



Positioning Power for a Job Change



How to Develop Your Resume



Pre-Campaign Planning



How to Find the Information You Need (Do not skip this step)



How to Conduct a Campaign to Get Interviews



Your Two-Minute Pitch: The Keystone of Your Search



How to Network Your Way In



How to Contact Companies Directly



How to Work with Search Firms



How to Answer Ads



Following-Up When There is No Immediate Job



How to Handle Rejection Letters



Controlling Your Campaign and Developing Momentum



Getting What You Want: How to Interview and Negotiate



How to Handle the Interview



Questions in a Job Interview



Consider Your Competition



Planning Your Follow-Up



Four-Step Salary Negotiation Strategy



Keeping It Going: After You've Gotten the Job You Want



Starting out on the Right Foot in Your New Job



How to Keep Your Life Course in Mind


Epilogue


Index