Knock 'em dead : secrets & strategies for success in an uncertain world : how to take control of your job search, career, and life! / Martin Yate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yate, Martin John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Job hunting.

Vocational guidance.

Employment interviewing.

Résumés (Employment).

Young adults--United States--Life skills guides.

Young adults.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Place of Publication:

Savannah, Georgia : Jumpingdude Media, 2014.

Summary:

This is the guide to living life on your terms. It's tough landing that first job out of school and starting your climb up the professional ladder in such an uncertain world. In Knock 'em Dead Secrets & Strategies for First-Time Job Seekers, you will learn how to climb the ladder of success and get what you want out of life. You'll learn how to: -Develop social networks that deliver results for the new professional you -Build a resume that gets you interviews -Complete your job search in record time with a killer plan of attack -Turn job interviews into job offers and paychecks -Build a professional brand that delivers credibility -Bring your entrepreneurial dreams to life. Working your way through the proven job search and interview strategies from the inimitable Martin Yate, you'll gradually discover a blueprint for professional success. You'll immediately begin to make sense of the world of work, start your career on the right foot, and gain access to the corporate inner circle and win promotions way ahead of your college peers. You can get what you want out of life, and live a meaningful life on your terms - you just have to learn how to do it. In Secrets & Strategies for First-Time Job Seekers, you'll develop a practical career plan that puts you in control, with commonsense strategies that really can bring your dreams to life. You need never be unemployed, never be without income streams. In short, you can score the job you want and learn to survive and prosper over the long haul with a brand new approach to professional success that always put you first. How will you guide your professional destiny?

Contents:

Title Page; Acknowledgments; Copyright Page; Contents; This Is Your Life; The Panel of Experts; Chapter 1: Wake Up, Stand Up, Lively Up Your Life; Chapter 2: We Are All Professional Schizophrenics; Chapter 3: Your Resume Has to Be a Killer for You to Survive; Chapter 4: The Network-Integrated Plan of Attack; Chapter 5: How to Build Networks for Today and Tomorrow; Chapter 6: Job Sites, Resume Banks, Headhunters, and Direct Research; Chapter 7: Reach Out and Touch Someone; Chapter 8: Prepare to Win; Chapter 9: The Five Secrets of the Hire

Chapter 10: Meet Your Interviewers: Why They Do the Things they DoChapter 11: Knock 'em Dead at the Interview; Chapter 12: Out of Sight Can Mean Out of Mind; Chapter 13: Job Offer Negotiation; Chapter 14: Starting on the Right Foot; Chapter 15: Climbing the Ladder of Success; Chapter 16: Lifetime Career Management-Issues and Strategies; Appendix: The Expert Database; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9780983973423

0983973423

OCLC:

945136117