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When it comes to getting a job, the smallest thing can trip you up. For 30 years, Dr. Paul Powers has asked thousands of successful job hunters a few basic but important questions:What do you wish someone had told you when you started your job search?What (obvious or not-so-obvious) job hunting mistake will you never make again?What job hunting tip, secret, or technique would you stress to your very best friend?Don't Wear Flip-Flops to Your Interview is packed with strategies and techniques that are practical, market proven, easy to use, and often humorous. Added to this powerful mix are the hard-won lessons from the personal experiences of thousands of professionals who have succeeded in the job-changing game.Don't Wear Flip-Flops to Your Interview takes you through every crucial step in your job search, from getting interviews and answering those really tricky questions to negotiating the best deal possible.
About the Author
Dr. Paul Powers is a management psychologist and consultant, an executive and career coach, and an internationally-published author. A widely sought-after speaker Paul travels widely pursuing his mission to help others to envision and achieve a more rewarding career, a more productive organization, and a more balanced, satisfying and enjoyable life.
Dr. Powers' publications "Don't Wear Flip-Flops to Your Interview And Other Obvious Tips That You Should Be Following to Get the Job You Want" (Career Press 2015) , Winning Job Interviews (Career Press 2009) and Love Your Job! Loving the Job You Have, Finding a Job You Love (O'Reilly Media 1994) are career best-sellers, are based on wisdom from his 30 years as a career expert, are laced with Paul's sense of humor and common-sense perspective, as well as professing his deepest belief that each of us has a gift to be discovered, nurtured and shared. You can subscribe to his free LifeMap e-newsletter, read by thousands, at www.drpaulpowers.com.
Dr. Powers is a licensed psychologist, is the former chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Psychologists and a member of numerous professional organizations. Paul holds a bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He helped found 'The Management Corps for the Emerging East' a non-profit initiative to send American business volunteers to work in enterprises of the republics of the former Soviet Union in their transition to a free market economy with hands-on management skills and techniques. Paul is also a former U.S. Marine as well as a former licensed pipefitter.
Dr. Powers' work has been widely noted in the media such as The Wall St. Journal,National Business Employment Weekly, New England Business Magazine, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan and Boardroom Reports and hundreds of newspapers and radio stations nationwide and he has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, WNBC, NPR, and numerous other media outlets. He co-hosted 'CareerTalk', a call-in show, on a major Boston radio station.
Practicing what he preaches about the many benefits of developing varied interests, Paul also maintains a specialized forensic practice, is a voice over artist, a screenwriter, an avid outdoorsman, and sits on the Board of Directors of the New Paradigm Foundation. He divides his time between Florida's Gulf Coast and Cape Cod, Massachusetts with his wife, Linda who is an entrepreneur, graphic designer and principal of Powers Design.
To have Dr. Paul speak at your next conference or convention, e-mail him at drpaul@drpaulpowers.com
