Motivated Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles


Book Description

Book Five in Motivated Series by Brian E. Howard. Resumes are the cornerstone to any successful job search, and this resource gives you unprecedented insight and advice from more than a dozen of the most experienced and award-winning resume and LinkedIn profile writers in the industry. Get inside the minds of these writers to learn how to create impactful materials that get you interviews and job offers. Learn how they think about keywords, titling, branding, accomplishments, format, color, design, and a host of other resume writing and LinkedIn profile considerations. Become an "insider" and learn the secrets from some of the very best.







The Motivated Job Search: 2nd Edition


Book Description

Book one in the Motivated Series by Brian E. Howard./b?brbriIf you're conducting a job search for a professional position or considering such a job search, you should read this book. Brian Howard provides a thorough, approachable guide to each of the components of a job search that will help you be the selected candidate."/b/ibrbriThe Motivated Job Search - Second Edition This book provides the informational steps to conduct a job search, but more importantly strategic insight from someone who is actively engaged in front line recruiting. These strategic insights include: •using the "psychology of persuasion;" •understanding the mind and motivations of an employer; •maximizing the use of accomplishments/ •optimizing your LinkedIn profile; •and six unique tactics that will create differentiation from other job seekers.




The Motivated College Graduate


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Book Six in Motivated Series by Brian E. Howard. There are over 120 pieces of sage advice quoted throughout the book on how to effectively conduct a job search, write a powerful resume and LinkedIn profile,cover letters, and other communications. The Motivated College Graduate is the most comprehensive job search book written for the recent college graduate. It discusses real life job search issues facing today's college graduate. The book provides unprecedented insight and advice from some of the most credentialed and experienced career coaches and resume writers in the industry. These coaches and resume writers have specialized practices and work with recent college graduates. You will learn how to conduct an effective job search, stand out among your competition, get interviews, and job offers! Go inside the minds of these coaches and resume writers. Learn how they've coached other college graduates to land fulfilling career-level positions. Understand how the resume writers think about keywords, titling, branding, accomplishments, color, design, and a plethora of other resume writing considerations as they create winning resumes. Based on his extensive experience in the job search industry and by tapping into the collective knowledge of career coaches and resume writers who work specifically with college graduates, Brian Howard has written a comprehensive job search book that surpasses all other job search books written for the recent college graduate.




LinkedIn Makeover


Book Description

Learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile so you can impress your network and get found on LinkedIn. This easy to read and fun book walks you through building an impressive LinkedIn profile. Chock full of examples, LinkedIn Makeover: Professional Secrets to a POWERFUL LinkedIn Profile is your one stop resource to learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile so you can look good and get FOUND on LinkedIn.




Over 50 and Motivated


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Book Three in Motivated Series by Brian E. Howard. It happened. It may have been a surprise, or it could have been anticipated, but at this point, what does it matter? You lost your job. Or, the frustrations at your current job have hit the boiling point. You just can’t take it anymore! In either case, change is inevitable. But, you’re over the age of 50 and intellectually or intuitively you know your age could be a factor in your job search. . .and, you are right. There are age-related biases that exist in the job market that will work against you. According to government statistics, job seekers over 50 encounter more difficulty in getting new jobs and suffer notably longer unemployment than their younger counterparts. But these statistics do not have to apply to you! First, immediately stop with the worry and negative thinking. You’re in a better position than you think. There are employers out there that not only will hire you, they are looking for you! The key is to find them, sell them on you, and get them to hire you. It’s not as hard as you may think. In the Over 50 and Motivated, Brian E. Howard will teach you a systematic approach for conducting a real-world job search based on years of frontline recruiting experience helping thousands of tenured job seekers just like you. He will teach you how to effectively conduct a job search in today’s job market and techniques to successfully combat age biases. He will show you how to get job offers and your next fulfilling career position! Help is at your fingertips.




The Motivated Job Search Workbook


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Book Four in Motivated Series by Brian E. Howard./b?brbrJob search expert, Brian E. Howard, has been helping job seekers for over 25 years. From that depth of experience, Brian wrote iThe Motivated Job Search Workbook/i, which contains thought-provoking questions and exercises that correlate directly with Brian's job search books: iThe Motivated Job SearchOver 50 and Motivated! Conducting a job search can be a daunting task, especially if that job search was put upon you unexpectedly. Thoughts and questions like where to start, what to do, how to deal with feelings, and where to go for information, among so many others, can quickly overwhelm you and deflate your confidence. This workbook, used with The Motivated Job Search or Over 50 and Motivated! will get you through it! It will lead you to your next job! With plenty of writing space, The Motivated Job Search Workbook, takes you through the step-by-step process of a motivated job search. The questions and exercises are simple but will make you think about yourself, your professional value proposition, your successes, your brand, and all of the practical action items you must do to successfully execute a job search. Written as a comprehensive workbook for the entire job search process, it will keep you organized, keep you thinking, and keep you motivated!




The 2-Hour Job Search


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A job-search manual that gives career seekers a systematic, tech-savvy formula to efficiently and effectively target potential employers and secure the essential first interview. The 2-Hour Job Search shows job-seekers how to work smarter (and faster) to secure first interviews. Through a prescriptive approach, Dalton explains how to wade through the Internet’s sea of information and create a job-search system that relies on mainstream technology such as Excel, Google, LinkedIn, and alumni databases to create a list of target employers, contact them, and then secure an interview—with only two hours of effort. Avoiding vague tips like “leverage your contacts,” Dalton tells job-hunters exactly what to do and how to do it. This empowering book focuses on the critical middle phase of the job search and helps readers bring organization to what is all too often an ineffectual and frustrating process.




101 Tips for creating the best LinkedIn profile : Essential tips for getting a job abroad


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Many people set up LinkedIn profiles but then don't really know what to do with them. Others have no idea what to use LinkedIn for or how they can professionally benefit from using it. If you use LinkedIn the right way your profile will be out there for the world to see. Remember that it's never too soon nor too late to start learning how to use LinkedIn for your own personal goals. Start with the tip that you like the most in order to get going. Is there more to it than just LinkedIn? Yes, there are more important things to think about. Taking the decision to go for it and try to find a job abroad, narrowing down what kind of jobs you want and to setting your personal sales pitch is more important than having a good digital profile. In the interviews in the last part of the book you can read about how some Chinese persons managed when they found their job abroad and find out what their job journey was like. You can get practical tips and ideas. This book is both in Mandarin and English. 许多人创建了领英档案,但实际上并不知道如何使用它们。其他人则不知道将领英用于什么用途,或者如何从专业地使用领英中受益。如果您以正确的方式使用领英,您的档案就会被全世界看到。请记住,开始学习如何使用领英实现您的个人目标永远不会太早也不会太晚。从您最喜欢的技巧开始使用领英。 需要的不仅仅是领英吗? 是的,还有更重要的事情需要考虑。做出决定并尝试在国外找到工作、缩小您想要的工作范围并确定您的个人营销目标比拥有良好的线上形象更为重要。在本书最后部分的访谈中,您可以了解到一些中国人在国外找到工作时的表现以及他们的工作经历。您可以从中获得实用的技巧和想法。 这本书有中文版和英文版。




How to Get Your Ideal Job: Using LinkedIn, Social Media and the Internet


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An entirely new approach to attracting your ideal job by promoting yourself online, certified as stunningly effective by recruiters and job candidates alike. The notion of the 'Career' has changed dramatically over the past decade. Today's workforce change jobs more often than ever before and the idea of designing your own career and planning your next move is more appealing in a world where employers can no longer be relied on to provide lifelong employment. In this new environment, a new set of skills is required. To thrive in the current career climate, successful candidates need to: - Develop the ability to market themselves effectively to potential employers and others in their industries; - Position themselves and their skills in the best light; - Network online and offline to identify new opportunities before they reach the rest of the market