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A Practical Guide to Getting the Job you Want: Find Your Dream Job (Practical Guide Series)

Denise Taylor - Icon Books
Format: Paperback

Introducing Getting the Job You Want supports you through all the stages of finding your perfect job - from organisation and preparation to the different ways to implement a job search campaign. In a challenging job market you need to create a resumé that will sell you, and to be well...
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50 Ways to Get a Job: An Unconventional Guide to Finding Work on Your Terms

Dev Aujla - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

A new personalized way to find the perfect job - while staying calm during the process. You are so much more than a resume or job application, but how can you communicate that to your potential employer? You need to learn to ask the right questions, stop using job sites, and start doing...
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Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 535 Easy

KELLY WILLIAMS BROWN - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Paperback

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING GUIDE, WITH UPDATED MATERIAL AND A NEW FOREWORDIf you graduated from college but still feel like a student . . . if you wear a business suit to job interviews but pajamas to the grocery store . . . if you have your own apartment but no idea how to cook or clean...
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96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire

Paul Falcone - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

With more than 120,000 copies sold, this hiring classic gets results. Why do so many promising job candidates turn out to be disappointing employees? How can you consistently hire the right people at the right time for the right roles? Employment expert Paul Falcone supplies the tools...
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101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions, 25th Anniversary Edition

Ronald W Fry - Career Press
Format: Paperback

No matter how good you look, how much research you've done, or how perfectly your qualifications match the job description, if you're not prepared with great answers to the toughest interview questions, you won't get the job.101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions is a manual...
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101 Job Interview Questions You'll Never Fear Again

James Reed - Plume
Format: Paperback

"An insider's guide to the perfect interview." - Daily Express What are job interviewers actually looking for in a candidate What questions will they ask What does each question really mean What are the answers that will secure you the job James Reed, chairman...
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101 Small Rules for a Big Job Search: New Guidelines for Today's Job Seeker

TONY BESHARA - Savio Republic
Format: Paperback

From America's #1 placement and recruitment specialist and the author of the successful Acing the Interview comes a set of simple rules to help you land a job in the 21st world of today's market. In 101 Small Rules for a Big Job Search, Tony Beshara, the employment expert Dr. Phil...
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Best Job Ever!: Rethink Your Career, Redefine Rich, Revolutionize Your Life

Dr. CK Bray - Wiley
Format: Hardcover

An action-based plan for building the career of your dreams Best Job Ever! is the ultimate guide to creating your dream career and increasing your financial success by providing you with valuable and insightful career information, personal stories and examples of others who have...
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Down and Out in the New Economy: How People Find (or Don't Find) Work Today

Ilana Gershon - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

Finding a job used to be simple. You'd show up at an office and ask for an application. A friend would mention a job in their department. Or you'd see an ad in a newspaper and send in your cover letter. Maybe you'd call the company a week later to check in, but the basic approach was easy....
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Getting Your First Job For Dummies

Roberto Angulo - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Find - and land - your first job! Finding a job can seem daunting, especially when it's a brand new experience. There's a lot to know, and often a lot of pressure. Written by the founder of AfterCollege.com, Getting Your First Job For Dummies is designed to take the stress out of the job search...
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Great Jobs for Everyone 50 : Finding Work That Keeps You Happy and Healthy...And Pays the Bills.

Kerry Hannon - Wiley
Format: Paperback

You can find profitable, fulfilling work after 50! Kerry Hannon's national bestseller, Great Jobs for Everyone 50+, has become the job-hunting bible for people in their forties, fifties, and beyond. With her no-nonsense style, Hannon shows where the opportunities are and how to get them....
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High-Impact Interview Questions: 701 Behavior-Based Questions to Find the Right Person for Every Job

Victoria Hoevemeyer - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

Most prospective hires come well prepared for the formulaic interview questions we have all come to expect. And not surprisingly their answers do not often distinguish them from any other applicant. So the employer is left with no choice but to take a hunch.But with High-Impact Interview...
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How to Find a Job and Keep It

Simon Boyle - Ebury Press
Format: Paperback

Looking for a job? Don't know where to start? This friendly book is here to help you. Learn how to write a CV and cover letter, contact employers and recruitment agencies, manage your personal finances, act professionally in a work environment, and, most important of all, find a job you love,...
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Job Hunting in a Week: Get Your Dream Job in Seven Simple Steps

Patricia Scudamore - Teach Yourself
Format: Paperback

The ability to find the right job at the right time is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career.Written by Pat Scudamore and Hilton Catt, leading experts on job hunting as both coaches and HR practitioners, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order...
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Knock em Dead: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

Martin John Yate - Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Completely updated with new material, this bestselling job search guide can help you keep up with changes in the job market - from updating the language of your resume to using social media networking to make professional connections that are essential in finding new employment opportunities.For...
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LinkedIn For Dummies

JOEL ELAD - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Make LinkedIn your number one professional branding tool LinkedIn is the premiere social network for professionals looking to discover new opportunities, enhance personal branding, connect with other professionals, and make career advancements. With LinkedIn For Dummies, you'll have...
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Lose the Resume, Land the Job

Gary Burnison - Wiley
Format: Paperback

Lose the resume and land that coveted job Gone are the days of polishing up your resume and sending it out at random. At every level today, you need to "lose the resume" in order to land the right job. In other words, you have to learn to tell a story about yourself that speaks...
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Motivated Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles!: Insight, Advice, and Resume Samples by Some of the Most Credentialed, Experienced, and Award-Winning Resume Writers in the Industry

Brian E Howard - Boutique of Quality Books
Format: Paperback

Motivated Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles is unlike any resume or LinkedIn profile book ever written! It gives you unprecedented insight and advice from over a dozen of the most credentialed, experienced, and award-winning resume and LinkedIn profile writers in the industry. It contains...
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Moving Forward in Mid-Career: A Guide to Rebuilding Your Career after Being Fired or Laid Off

John Weiss - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

Losing a job is one of the most devastating events one can experience. For trauma, it ranks up there with divorce, loss of a loved one, or permanent personal injury, and it happens more often that one would think. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 50,000 workers...
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The Perfect Resume: Resumes That Work in the New Economy

Dan Quillen - Cold Spring Press
Format: Print book

HR Director and author of four job search books Dan Quillen shows readers how to craft an incredible resume that will get job-seekers in the door!Dan Quillen calls on his expertise as an HR professional (and as one who lost and found a job in the toughest economic environment since the Great...
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Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One

Jenny Blake - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

"Looking to make a career change Pivot is a book you will turn to again and again." - Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive If you've got the perfect job or business, congratulations. But if you are even a little bit uncertain that your current...
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Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers -- and Seize Success

Dawn Marie Graham - AMACOM
Format: Hardcover

Don't settle . . . SUCCEED in the right career! Are you stuck in an unsatisfying job? In the wrong profession? An industry that just isn't a fit? Get unstuck! Land a new career - one you're genuinely passionate about. Switchers helps you realize that dream. Written by celebrated...
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Tackling Tough Interview Questions in a Week: Job Interview Questions Made Easy in Seven Simple Steps

Alison Straw - Teach Yourself
Format: Paperback

The ability to give a successful answers to tough interview questions is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career.Written by Mo Shapiro and Alison Straw, leading experts on interviews as both coaches and practitioners, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need...
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Ultimate Interview: Master the Art of Interview Success with 100s of Typical, Unusual and Industry-specific Questions and Answers (Ultimate Series)

Lynn Williams - Kogan Page
Format: Paperback

Are you preparing for an upcoming interview? Are you nervous about making a good impression or want to practise for difficult questions? From the bestselling Ultimate series, Ultimate Interview will give you all the guidance you need when preparing to ace the interview for your dream job....
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Ultimate Job Search: Master the Art of Finding Your Ideal Job, Getting an Interview and Networking (Ultimate Series)

Lynn Williams - Kogan Page
Format: Paperback

Do you want to find your ideal job? Do you need to be able to prepare an excellent CV, answer tough interview questions and impress prospective employers? A one-stop shop for all job hunters, this 5th edition ofUltimate Job Search takes the stress out of job hunting and provides advice...
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Use Social Media to Find Your Dream Job!: How to Use LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, Twitter and Other Social Media in Your Job Search

Dan Quillen - Cold Spring Press
Format: Paperback

Shows readers how to navigate the most important development in job hunting: social media!In today's economy job hunters need to use every tool available to them, and that includes social networking. Building on the author's "Get a Job!" and "The Perfect Resume," and his 20+ years...
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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2019: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Richard N. Bolles - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2019, tailoring Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.In today's challenging job-market,...
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