Are you ready for your next career move but want to get ahead of the competition?
Most people watch others climb the career ladder and assume they must possess a natural talent that only a lucky few are blessed with. The truth is that the skills needed to get ahead of 99% of other candidates can be learned, and with practice can transform anyone’s chances of securing the job of their dreams.
In this book, How to Get Hired: An Insider’s Guide to Applications, Interviews and Getting the Job of Your Dreams, Michael A. Harrison uses all the skills he has developed through years of recruiting the right people to demonstrate how you can learn the strategies that will secure you the position, with information such as:
- How to identify the right jobs for you
- How to write applications, CVs and cover letters
- How to prepare for an interview
- How to impress in interviews
- How to negotiate and accept a job offer
- And much, much more
With additional access to supporting material and template documents through the book’s website, How to Get Hired is the complete package when it comes to getting it right at every stage of the process.
So, whether you are pursuing your dream job or looking for a promotion to the next level, How to Get Hired will help you succeed!
Jadual kandungan
Preface
PART I: FINDING YOUR DREAM JOB
1. Identifying Your Needs, Wants and Desires
2. The Basic Documents
3. How to Search
PART II: APPLYING FOR YOUR DREAM JOB
4. Shortlisting: Behind the Scenes
5. Completing Your Application
6. Making Your Application Visually Attractive
7. References
8. Curriculum Vitae (CVs)
9. Perfecting Your Application
PART III: PREPARING FOR INTERVIEW
10. When Does Your Interview Start?
11. Things You Should Know Before Interview
12. The Most Common Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
13. Give Us an Example of a Time When… (Behavioural Questions)
14. Presentations
PART IV: INTERVIEWING FOR YOUR DREAM JOB
15. Interviewing: Behind the Scenes
16. Think Before You Speak. The Battle of Brain and Mouth
17. Read Your Audience
PART V: THE OUTCOME
18. It’s Out of Your Hands
19. Candidate Selection: Behind the Scenes
20. Receiving a Job Offer
21. Post-Interview Feedback
22. Thank You and Good Luck