Book Review #1. This review is from:
What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get a Job Around Here! 44 Insider Secrets and Tips that Will Get You Hired
I ordered What Does Somebody Have To Do To Get A Job Around Here after having searched for a job for over a year unsuccessfully. I am an older worker and have not had to look for a job for many, many years. Quite frankly I was baffled and frustrated by what I was seeing - overt discrimination, low paying jobs with very stiff requirements and 45 hour work weeks at a minimum. There were few responses to my initial contact with cover letter and resume. When I had interviews that seemed to go well I didn't get the follow up call. I got Ms. Shapiro's book last week and the clouds have parted in many areas! The first thing I have done is follow her guidelines in changing my resume. The eye opener for me was her statement, "It's a billboard, not a book." It has to grab the hiring managers attention like a billboard does when you are on a highway. Make them interested, want to learn more. Full disclosure is not needed. My resume was a book that covered 30+ years of work experience. It was a hard process for me but I now have a crisp, eye catching resume.
Ms. Shapiro offers much more information and advice that I have started to put into use. The book is chock full of helpful insights and she is available to answer questions on her website, [...]. I have found her to be very generous with her time, information and encouragement.
I wish I had this book before I began my job search! I can't recommend it highly enough
Book Review #2. This review is from:
How To Get Hired Into Your Perfect Career: Learn six employer secrets that can improve your cover letter, resume, networking skills, and job interview ... gain employment in a new career.
I found this book to be a great reference guide to writing effective cover
letters and resumes. Also gave me great insight to networking and job interviewing techniques to gain employment. I found the information in this book quite useful and will definitely add this to my bookshelf.
Book Review #3. This review is from:
Just Tell Me How to Get Hired: A Top
Recruiter's Fast, Easy Guide to Getting & Staying Employed (Paperback)
Judge Judy is the queen of law. Suze Orman is the queen of personal finance. Now we have Jill Desena-Shook, the queen of job recruiting! Like Judge Judy and Suze, Jill's advice is often hilarious . . . but always on-target. As a college professor myself, I can't tell you how frustrating it is to see brilliant college students (her main market) who are absolutely clueless about presenting themselves with confidence and skill. Jill's excellent tips will win you the job and help you keep it. She includes helpful comments from clients and employment candidates, as well as inspiring quotes from the famous in all fields. In the end, Jill not only helps you find the job . . . she helps you build a life of character and discipline.
Book Review #4. This review is from:
You've Got the Interview Now What?: Fortune 500 Hiring Professionals Tell You How to Get Hired
I read this book right before an interview. It was very helpful to me. It helped prepare my answers before the interview, and it gave me a different view on what employers what from applicants. It's a great question/answers type book. I give it 3 ***
Book Review #5. This review is from:
17 Top Secrets for How to Keep Your Job or Find New Work Today
This book gets right to the point with how to keep your job in a step -by- step process. If you enjoy reading books that spell it out for you, then this is it...
Book Review #6. This review is from:
How to Keep Your Job in a Tough Competitive Market
What I like about the book is that it starts off with a list of things you need to do to keep your job. Without a lot of reading initially you can check off on the list those items you need to improve on. Then you can go to the detail. This is my kind of reference book. It certainly helped me understand what is important in the workplace and what to focus on.
Book Review #7. This review is from:
The Job-Loss Recovery Program Guide: The Ultimate Visualization System for Landing a Great Job Now
Dr. Lynn Joseph has create an amazing program to help people get back to work. The program incorporates guided visualization techniques. You might think this is some "new age" concept like The Law of Attraction thinking that is so popular now (and can work well for many people). This program is more than that. Dr. Joseph's techniques were tested against a control group and the results were astonishing. Only 12% of the control group found jobs within 2 months versus 62% of those who followed her Job-Loss Program techniques. I'd say that's a pretty clear indication they work. The results were published in the peer-reviewed Consulting Psychology Journal (Dr. Joseph is a psychologist).
Also, the program was so well regarded that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services gave it special recognition and the Washington Post raved about it. Even Jack Canfield endorsed her program, calling it "cutting edge."
My advice is this---if you have just lost your job, start the healing process (and the job-search process) by taking this program first. It will serve as a good foundation for your later work securing new employment.
Book Review #8. This review is from:
Survive Downsizing: How to Keep Your Job and Become Indispensable to Your Company
This book teaches you the strategies needed to create your own "Survival Tool Kit." In addition to in-depth discussions, there is also an extensive collection of applications, exercises, self-assessment surveys, worksheets and planning guides included to assist you with this process. All of these aspects will be incredibly insightful in helping you learn about what the employers are looking for. Completing the assessment tools will then help you to see what your weaknesses and strengths are so that you can figure out what to work on and what you can already apply to your strategy plan.
I found this book to be incredibly fascinating to read. Not only did I see it as a tool to saving your job, but I also saw it as something you can use to become a better employee, for the sake of your own personal fulfillment. If you are somebody that has already lost your job, there is a chapter on what you can do to help you find employment again. There are some examples of interview questions that I found extremely enlightening. If you are an employer faced with having to cut jobs, the information presented here will help you to make the best choice of who to keep.
Book Review #9. This review is from:
The ReExamined Life: What is Possible After Job Loss?
Mr. VanSteenis has been a huge help to me in organizational issues, decisions, and remedies for years. He goes beyond the average professional in his field. Reexamining life at the time of a job loss is essential to making the right decision going forward. In my personal situation, I lost my executive position in June 2005 and with Mr. VanSteenis's help, decided it was time to try my hand at consulting and teaching. After four years, I could not be happier or more fulfilled. Give this book a read if you have lost your job, could lose your job, or (most importantly) should lose your current job! Sincerely, John Zarb
Book Review #10. This review is from:
LIVING THROUGH JOB LOSS: Coping with the Emotional Effects of Job Loss and Rebuilding Your Future
Great insights and practicle information. Written by a psychology professor who gives short stories about people who have gone through the problem of job loss. The only problem is that he has never experienced the problem as far as I can tell. I also read A Guide to Coping with Job Loss for Smarties:the emotional aspects of job loss and found it more beneficial. It was written by someone who has first hand experience at getting laid off. He was laid off, I think six times in over 20 years. He also got a lot of information from his web site that has a discussion group on it about other people. www.joblayoffsupport.com. It made me think a lot. Some info is technical but understandable with examples.
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