What color is your parachute? guide to rethinking interviews : ace the interview and land your dream job

Summary: "'What Color Is Your Parachute?' author Richard N. Bolles presents a succinct guide to the entire job interview process, from pre-interview research to interview questions to salary negotiation"--Provided by publisher"--

Item details

ISBN: 9781607746591 (trade pbk.) :
ISBN: 160774659X (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 9781607746607 (eBook)
Physical Description: print
ix, 99 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2014]

Contents / Notes

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The three most important things about job interviews. Boiling things down to their essence -- Before the interview. The crucial part of the interview ; Researching the organization before the interview ; Researching the job before the interview ; Researching the interviewer(s) before the interview ; Researching salary ranges before the interview ; Practicing "the elevator speech" ; How to dress -- During the interview. Types of interviews ; The beginning of the interview ; The middle of the interview ; The closing of the interview -- After the interview. The thank-you note or notes ; If you got the job : keep on job-hunting ; If you didn't get the job : why you didn't -- Appendix A. Handicaps. You are handicapped, eh? : everyone is handicapped ; Real handicaps : what you can't do and what you can do ; Phantom handicap : only in the eyes of some employers -- Appendix B. Salary negotiation. The first secret of salary negotiation ; The second secret of salary negotiation ; The third secret of salary negotiation ; The fourth secret of salary negotiation.