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Insider's Guide to Finding a Job
Expert Advice from America's Top Employers
and Recruiters
Authors: Wendy Enelow and Shelly Goldman
JIST Publishing
256 pages
Softcover $12.95
1-59357-077-5
Insider's Guide to Finding a Job was reviewed by ForeWord
Magazine. Below is the advance copy of the review that will
be published in the February issue
"The 'easy' days
of mailing a resume and getting a job in a week or two are
long gone," say the authors. This book captures the reader's
attention by explaining how job-seeking today is much more
complex than it was twenty years ago. What was once a simple
"five-step plan" of looking in the newspaper classifieds,
followed by a resume and interview, has morphed into the
"twenty-four-step plan" that many job seekers use today,
including launching an e-mail campaign or searching online
job boards.
Enelow is a
certified job and career transition coach and author of
nearly twenty business books including the best-selling
Expert Resume series and Cover Letter Magic. Goldman is a
certified employment interview professional and certified
professional career coach. Here, they offer a comprehensive
approach to planning a job search with an appropriate
strategy, emphasizing professional employment and active
management of one's career.
Based on
interviews with workers from companies of various sizes, the
book features practical advice from sixty-six established
corporate executives. Some offer specific alternatives to
job seekers over age fifty, a growing segment of the
unemployed work force. Suggestions on resume writing focus
less on rules and more on tailoring the format to meet a
candidate's particular situation. "There is no one-page
resume writing rule!" exclaim the authors, taking a fresh
approach to an age-old topic. "Do not let the number of
pages drive your resume writing process." Each chapter
includes an "Authors' Best Advice" section summarizing
personal experience with those of others interviewed.
A chapter
devoted to "how to negotiate your best salary" recommends
considering the entire compensation package, following the
advice of a controller at a New York company: consider
asking for stock options, a signing bonus, and a commuting
allowance. Jack Chapman shares advice on negotiating salary
from his book Negotiating $1000 a Minute. Such negotiation
assures job seekers that the employer is not the only one in
control of a hiring situation.
Networking is
another way to take charge of career management. The authors
encourage developing reciprocal long-term relationships with
other business professionals for help, support, and guidance
for potential job opportunities and other business needs.
They quote from Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler, authors of
the online job search book CareerXroads:"Networking is a
lifelong process, not something you do just when you need a
job!"
Enelow and
Goldman advise the need for a career plan that is flexible
to changing work and life goals. They ask readers, "Who do
you work for?" and go on to say, "No matter who writes your
paycheck, ultimately you are working for yourself and your
family ... it should guide your entire career." (February)
Cindy Kryszak
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