What do you need to take the job market by storm? Outwitting the Job Market will tell you all the essentials, from your earliest research efforts to negotiating your compensation once an offer rolls in. You'll learn the basics on resume and cover letter construction, how and when to network, tricks to winning over an interviewer, and tactics for enhancing your marketability. You'll read canny advice from human resources personnel, career counselors, recruiters, and hiring managers from companies large and small. You'll also learn from other people's mistakes--what "not" to do along the path to your dream job. Outwitting the Job Market is for everyone--from new graduates scouting for their first jobs, to career changers, to employed professionals looking to assess their options. Practical and hands-on, it offers exercises, anecdotes, examples, and strategies that can be put to use immediately. It also offers dozens of resources to help you target and improve your career trouble spots. No matter who you are or where you want to go in the workplace, this book will enable you to outsmart your competition, impress employers, and in time, land a job that truly fits your personal and professional needs.
- ISBN10 1592283500
- ISBN13 9781592283507
- Publish Date 1 May 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 November 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
- Imprint The Lyons Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 245
- Language English