Job Hunting Today

Many people launch their job hunt unprepared. Conquering Today's Changing Job Market helps a job hunter quickly and effectively launch a job hunt. Job seekers learn where to find job opportunities. Resumes are discussed including readable and scannable. Job hunters learn how to post online resumes so an employer can find them and match job qualifications. College students learn how to secure a job before they leave college. Recent graduates find out how to break into their career. The interviewing skills chapter empowers with samples and tactics. The troubleshooting guide and scenarios on job hunting help secure success. Job hunters learn how to conduct their job hunt like a recruiter. A thorough explanation of career development and the job search process. Swager's insight into the hidden job market will provide all job hunters valuable strategies to find employment.-The Career Place This book is a great overall look at the job search from nuts to bolts. The section for college grads is especially helpful for those first venturing out into the job market.-Vicky Steere, Director of Community Relations, Jobing.com If someone has just been laid off and needs to get started on an effective job search quickly, I would highly recommend this book. The advice given in this book is highly practical and is generally useful for job searching throughout the USA and Canada.-Allan Booth, former Assistant Program Head, Northern Alberta Institute, Canada

Ready! Aim! Hired! "This is an immensely helpful book, with the ancient wisdom of recruiters,?and the up-to-date?insights of two skilled Internet surfers. If you're job-hunting, you'll be grateful to learn the tips and tricks of these two seasoned veterans. I learned a lot myself." —Richard N. Bolles, author, What Color Is Your Parachute? "I have been an apprentice, a company president, and a CEO. No other single source provides a more contemporary and embracing job search bible. This book offers literally hundreds of little known insider tips, strategies, out-of-the-box success stories, hands-on exercises, and pearls of wisdom. Many readers will hear the words, 'You're Hired' due to David Perry and Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters." —Kelly Perdew, Executive Vice President, Trump Ice winner of The Apprentice 2 "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters is an absolutely 'right on' book for today's job market. It not only has great job search tips but it takes you into the electronic job search system better than anything I've seen written to date." —William J. Morin, Chairman and CEO, WJM Associates, Inc. former CEO of DBM Using a typically unconventional Guerrilla approach, authors Levinson and Perry cover all the basics of a winning campaign. This book covers: Using the Internet for everything from research and job searches to your own Web site, blogs, and podcasting Performing an extreme resume makeover and creating a higher-powered value-based resume Harnessing the full power of Google, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market" ahead of your competition (or other job hunters) Branding yourself and selling your strengths in resumes, letters, e-mail, and interviews Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters includes real-life war stories from successful job hunters and expert tips and tactics from over 100 prominent headhunters.

Updated and revised April 2014.If you have suddenly found yourself unemployed, between jobs, or even in a thin spot in your career that you thought was stable, you may find that job hunting today is anything but traditional. While book is written to encourage and empower, it also challenges and motivates job hunters in today's fast changing job market.The book focuses on the up-to-date job hunting techniques that work in the modern world, giving readers an understanding and a lay of the land in this computerized job world. From linkedin, to facebook, to twitter, there is more than just a good overview here.As in its title, the book works to instill employable attitudes such teamwork, and coordinated efforts. From finding the right application for your skillset, this book sends the message that every job hunter is as unique as every job is. Written by an engineer, this book includes traditional common-sense job hunting advice on such things as interviewing advice for people who think that they might not normally interview well, but have valuable skills to offer in today's job market. If also offers inspiration and motivation to those of much greater experience who may be looking for a job in today's youth-oriented job market.Written concisely and in a comfortable and informal style, this book provokes the reader through real world and personal examples rather than trying to coerce the reader.Using today's modern means for personal networking and promotion, this book works to bridge the gaps that can lead the reader to success at finding employment. This book can help you position yourself not only in gainful employment, but to recognize and draw from your own strengths in everyday life for other personal benefits as well as just employment.

A job-search manual that gives career seekers a systematic, tech-savvy formula to efficiently and effectively target potential employers and secure the essential first interview. The 2-Hour Job Search shows job-seekers how to work smarter (and faster) to secure first interviews. Through a prescriptive approach, Dalton explains how to wade through the Internet’s sea of information and create a job-search system that relies on mainstream technology such as Excel, Google, LinkedIn, and alumni databases to create a list of target employers, contact them, and then secure an interview—with only two hours of effort. Avoiding vague tips like “leverage your contacts,” Dalton tells job-hunters exactly what to do and how to do it. This empowering book focuses on the critical middle phase of the job search and helps readers bring organization to what is all too often an ineffectual and frustrating process.

Learn the secrets of success in job hunting from Lisa A. Holmes, a human resources expert with more than thirty years’ experience. Her “soup-to-nuts” guide will help you hone your hunting skills, land and keep your desired job in an ever-changing market. This practical guide to the modern career search will help you better understand the emotional journey of the job search, how to create a stellar résumé and develop strong communication skills, and get insider knowledge of what HR and recruiters look for in a candidate. Whether you are a college senior, or “downsized,” or in transition, or looking to get back into the job market, Lisa A. Holmes will help you overcome the stress associated with job hunting. You will better understand your current skills and gaps, develop a career strategy, and create the right résumé. Launch from there into practical networking techniques, negotiating with prospective employers, and understanding how to stay relevant in this evolving economy.

More than 70% of today’s job opportunities come through the “hidden job market”: they’re never advertised, assigned to search firms or internal recruiters, or displayed at job fairs. What’s more, as employers cut recruiting costs, the proportion of “hidden” job opportunities is actually growing. And, since most jobseekers know practically nothing about it, those who do understand it have a powerful inside advantage. Now, two career experts reveal the hidden job market, and show how to use it to dramatically improve your chances of landing a job that fits your passions and skills perfectly. Duncan Mathison and best-selling author Martha Finney help you launch a custom, personal job search that avoids competing with thousands of desperate, laid-off job seekers. Learn how to: Use the hidden job market to leap-frog salary levels or even change professions Uncover hidden market opportunities, and your target employers’ unspoken needs and wants Tell your story in two minutes, and make people want to know more Get the interviews that count, and run them like a pro Network without sounding phony, lame or desperate Reframe experiences, passions, and hobbies as “transferrable skills” Build a strategic support team of advisors Identify a “dead-ended” job search, and get it restarted Negotiate compensation for “hidden” jobs.

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller Accelerate your job search, stand out, and land your next great opportunity In Get Hired Now!, ZipRecruiter founder and CEO Ian Siegel tells you exactly how to find a new job fast. With an insider's view of how over a million employers really make hires, Ian pulls insights from the data to give you step-by-step instructions for writing a resume that works, finding the right jobs to apply to, acing a job interview, and negotiating a job offer. Debunk the conventional wisdom Break the unconscious habits that are sabotaging your success Get hired in record time Relevant for every stage of your career and for every industry, Get Hired Now! is a one-stop resource for job seekers looking to level up, stand out, and land the job.