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The go-to source of job search advice for professionals from the top 6-figure job-search site with 4 million members.
You've made the decision that it's time to move on. Or, the decision may have been made for you. The basic goals remain the same, but parts of the process may have changed since your last real job search – and you've likely changed, too. You need the latest directions for advanced career management. You're Better Than Your Job Search is an informative guidebook that provides easy-to-understand best practices and tools to help you keep your job search on track. • Crafting an Advertisement (Resume) • What’s your 30-Second Elevator Pitch? • Selling vs. Telling During Interviews • What You Can Learn From Politicians • Negotiating the Right Salary – You First! • The First 90 Days – Now What? You’re Better Than Your Job Search takes you on a journey through the chasm that too often separates the people who are looking to hire and those looking to be hired. Shining a light into that void, you will discover that it’s not nearly as baffling as it may look. You’re Better Than You’re Job Search takes the mystery out of the job search process and removes the confusion, frustration and fear from one of the important decisions of your life.
Synopsis
The go-to source of job search advice for professionals from the top 6-figure job-search site with 4 million members.
You've made the decision that it's time to move on. Or, the decision may have been made for you. The basic goals remain the same, but parts of the process may have changed since your last real job search - and you've likely changed, too. You need the latest directions for advanced career management. You're Better Than Your Job Search is an informative guidebook that provides easy-to-understand best practices and tools to help you keep your job search on track. • Crafting an Advertisement (Resume) • What’s your 30-Second Elevator Pitch? • Selling vs. Telling During Interviews • What You Can Learn From Politicians • Negotiating the Right Salary - You First! • The First 90 Days - Now What? You’re Better Than Your Job Search takes you on a journey through the chasm that too often separates the people who are looking to hire and those looking to be hired. Shining a light into that void, you will discover that it’s not nearly as baffling as it may look. You’re Better Than You’re Job Search takes the mystery out of the job search process and removes the confusion, frustration and fear from one of the important decisions of your life.
About the Author
About TheLadders · TheLadders is the world’s leading community of $100K+ jobs and $100K+ job seekers. · TheLadders has 4 million members. Recognition and accolades · Best Employment Website (2009, Webby Awards) · Best Companies to Work for in New York (2009) · Top 25 Most Valuable Digital Start Ups (2009, Silicon Alley Insider) About the Authors Marc Cenedella, Founder and CEO, TheLadders Marc Cenedella is the founder and chief executive officer of TheLadders.com, the world’s leading online marketplace for $100K+ jobs and $100K+ job seekers. Marc started TheLadders.com in 2003 to make finding a professional job a lot easier, and transformed the way $100K+ candidates and recruiters connect online. With a membership base of 4 million, TheLadders.com job search and recruitment model has been embraced by executives and employers alike, with the company ranking #1 for overall satisfaction in an independent survey of recruiters. TheLadders.com has received numerous accolades, including the 2009 Webby Award for Best Employment Website, 2009 Best Companies to Work for New York, 2009 Silicon Alley Award - Most Likely to be Worth $1 Billion and “Best of the Web” designations by BusinessWeek and Forbes. Marc is a populist scientist of employment. His passion in life is jobs, their sociology and culture: the process by which everyone passes from family through school and into a career. It’s the second most-important thing in people’s lives, after love and family and as a result, the subject of jobs itself is Marc’s chosen devotion in his professional life. A widely recognized thought leader on job search, career management, recruiting and business, Marc is frequently sought out by national media outlets and organizations for his expert commentary on employment and entrepreneurial related issues. Before founding TheLadders.com, Marc was the senior vice president of Finance and Operations at HotJobs.com, where he orchestrated the company’s $436 million sale to Yahoo. Previously, Marc was an associate vice president at The Riverside Company, a New York-based private equity firm. Marc holds an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was named a Baker Scholar. He earned his B.A. in political science at Yale. Matthew Rothenberg, Editor-in-Chief, TheLadders Matthew has written professionally about people’s careers, lives and passions for more than two decades. He began his career in technology journalism and was editor-in-chief of eWEEK magazine along with stints at ZDNet, CNET and Hachette Filipacchi. Matthew won the Jesse H. Neal Award for business journalism and lives in New Jersey with his wife and children.