Book description
‘I recommend candidates to follow John’s advice in this book - and when they do, I find they’re far better prepared for the job market.’ Joëlle Warren, Executive Chairman, Warren Partners Executive Search
If you’re looking for the perfect job then you’re in safe hands with John Lees - he knows exactly what works and what doesn’t. In this clever book he reveals the true secrets of job hunting so you can track down and secure a job you’ll love – quickly and confidently.
Just the Job! will help you:
· Plan an effective job hunt
· Discover a unique and effortless approach to successful networking
· Find those hidden dream jobs that are never advertised
· Catalogue your unique strengths and write a killer CV
· Use the power of social media to connect with influential people
· Understand what really motivates employers and recruitment agents
Just the Job! offers you an original and highly effective way to approach your search. You’ll shave weeks off your hunt and significantly increase your odds of landing that perfect job.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Overview – your job hunting plan
- List of worksheets
- Preface – the lonely lobby of the job hotel
- 1 Your Job Hunting Plan
- 2 Think Before You Plan
- 3 Time Things Right
- 4 Catalogue Your Strengths
- 5 Discover and Decode Opportunities
- 6 Write Your Draft Cv
- 7 Level 1 Conversations
- 8 Refine Your Cv Message and Start Telling People What You Can Do for Them
- 9 Level 2 Conversations
- 10 Plan B – Steps to Take if Networking is Tricky
- 11 Target Published Vacancies
- 12 Organise Your Social Media Profile
- 13 Work with Recruitment Consultancies
- 14 Level 3 Conversations
- 15 Pitch Yourself to Employers Who Aren’t Advertising
- 16 Job Interviews
- 17 Rejection, Feedback and Bouncing Forward
- 18 Interrogate Job Offers
- 19 Just the Job – First Steps
- Index
- Imprint
Product information
- Title: Just the Job!
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2013
- Publisher(s): Pearson International
- ISBN: 9780273772484
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