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.




Professional's Job Finder


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Lauber goes beyond all other job resource guides to include not only Internet and on-line job and resume databases, but also job hot-lines, and periodicals, but tools for every type of job search.




Professionals in Search of Work


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Study of the psychological aspects of unemployment and underemployment for professional workers in the USA - examines causes of decline in professional employment opportunities; discusses mental stress and health effects for the unemployed and job seekers, obstacles to reemployment, job searching techniques, ways of improving employability incl. Geographical relocation, retraining and continuing education, and the role of occupational organization, employers, etc. In reducing unemployment. Bibliography, tables.







The 2-Hour Job Search, Second Edition


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Use the latest technology to target potential employers and secure the first interview--no matter your experience, education, or network--with these revised and updated tools and recommendations. “The most practical, stress-free guide ever written for finding a white-collar job.”—Dan Heath, coauthor of Switch and Made to Stick Technology has changed not only the way we do business, but also the way we look for work. The 2-Hour Job Search rejects laundry lists of conventional wisdom in favor of a streamlined job search approach that produces results quickly and efficiently. In three steps, creator Steve Dalton shows you how to select, prioritize, and make contact with potential employers so you can land that critical first interview. In this revised second edition, you'll find updated advice on how to efficiently surf online job postings, how to reach out to contacts at your dream workplace and when to follow up, and advice on using LinkedIn, Indeed, and Google to your best advantage. Dalton incorporates ideas from leading thinkers in behavioral economics, psychology, and game theory, as well as success stories from readers of the first edition. The 2-Hour Job Search method has proven so successful that it has been shared at schools across the globe and is a formal part of the curriculum for all first-year MBAs at Duke University. With this book, you'll learn how to make it work for you too.




The New Rules of Work


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"In this definitive guide to the ever-changing modern workplace, Kathryn Minshew and Alexandra Cavoulacos, the co-founders of popular career website TheMuse.com, show how to play the game by the New Rules. The Muse is known for sharp, relevant, and get-to-the-point advice on how to figure out exactly what your values and your skills are and how they best play out in the marketplace. Now Kathryn and Alex have gathered all of that advice and more in The New Rules of Work. Through quick exercises and structured tips, the authors will guide you as you sort through your countless options; communicate who you are and why you are valuable; and stand out from the crowd. The New Rules of Work shows how to choose a perfect career path, land the best job, and wake up feeling excited to go to work every day-- whether you are starting out in your career, looking to move ahead, navigating a mid-career shift, or anywhere in between"--




Ask a Manager


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From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together







Life After Law


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Written by Harvard-trained ex-law firm partner Liz Brown, Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the J.D. You Have provides specific, realistic, and honest advice on alternative careers for lawyers. Unlike generic career guides, Life After Law shows lawyers how to reframe their legal experience to their competitive advantage, no matter how long they have been in or out of practice, to find work they truly love. Brown herself moved from a high-powered partnership into an alternative career and draws from this experience, as well as that of dozens of former practicing attorneys, in the book. She acknowledges that changing careers is hard much harder than it was for most lawyers to get their first legal job after law school but it can ultimately be more fulfilling for many than a life in law. Life After Law offers an alternative framework and valuable analytic tools for potential careers to help launch lawyers into new fields and make them attractive hires for non-legal employers.




The Job Seeker & The Coach: How to Rescue and Fast-Track Your Job Search in No Time!


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"Probably the most disruptive job search formula in the market today"! Nicolas D. founder of RecVolt.com, and serial recruitment entrepreneur. When Lisa loses her job, she only has four weeks to find work or leave the country. With her savings account empty and her VISA dependent on finding employment, her situation is dire. Can she revive her finances and escape the abyss in this challenging labor market? After connecting with an enigmatic career coach, she discovers job search tools, methods, scripts, and techniques she has never heard of. As her job search progresses with every new discovery, little does she know that her work with the coach will also change the way she sees herself, the job market, and her career forever. Inspired by a true story, Lisa's journey is both a suspenseful tale, and a self-help guide that will help YOU fast-track your job search and stand out from the competition with a series of proven formulas and little-known "hacks." What started as a series of job search coaching sessions turns out to be an eye opener into the hiring world and a step-by-step formula to truly stand out from the crowd. Lisa's job search serves as a step-by-step guide and a classic case study on how to Generate more calls from employers with a 100% proven Resume Writing Formula Secure more job interviews than the competition thanks to little-known Job Search Hacks Nail every job interview, (and tackle the most difficult questions) with the 3 S's method! ALSO INCLUDED A powerful 3-step salary negotiation technique to boost your personal finances from day one! Lisa is an American, conducting her job hunt in Dubai, a sunny, thriving trade hub which offers VISAs conditional on employment - and no unemployment allowance she can use as a parachute. As Lisa's coaching sessions progress, she finds that the coach's teachings about how to reach employers and impress them are universal, timeless, and perfectly apply to the American, European and Asian labor markets. Discover the simple economics of how to market and sell yourself effectively with little-known tools & techniques, along with ready-made scripts and email templates for each step of your job search process. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Author & Career Coach Hamza Zaouali has been an international recruiter since 2003, serving small & large organizations across multiple industries and job sectors. After setting up his own recruitment firm in 2010, he became an employer, which helped him study the topic of job search from multiple angles. In 2014, he established Name Your Career (www.nameyourcareer.com), a training & coaching practice helping job seekers and professionals achieve their career goals. His proven job search recipe has already helped thousands of job seekers worldwide (in over 150 countries) through his video programs and seminars. Today, Hamza continues to serve companies and professionals globally, as a recruiter, trainer, speaker and career coach.