Synopses & Reviews
MASTERING THE JOB INTERVIEW AND WINNING THE MONEY GAME is for every job hunter who wants to ace the interview...to turn that interview into a job offer...and to maximize the salary potential. Learn how to beat the competition and negotiate the best salary, whether you're looking for $20,000 or $500,000. This book will teach you to gain more power in the job interview, find out who your competitors are and how you stack up, use the follow-up checklist to turn interviews into offers, make reference checking work in your favor, communicate effectively during salary negotiation, start out on the right foot in your new job. MASTERING THE JOB INTERVIEW AND WINNING THE MONEY GAME is based on the highly successful methodology used at The Five O'Clock Club, where the average job hunter finds a new satisfying job in half the time of those who are not using our program.
Synopsis
In this updated second edition of MASTERING THE JOB INTERVIEW: AND WINNING THE MONEY GAME, career-development expert Kate Wendleton teaches you top strategies for acing the interview and turning that interview into a job offer. You'll also learn how to highlight your strengths and maximize a salary offer through smart negotiation. And you'll learn what it takes to start out on the right foot in your new position. This new edition includes tips and techniques on the latest job search strategies (including online resources) and reflects the realities of career-change in a tough economic climate. Give yourself the winning edge in today's job market with MASTERING THE JOB INTERVIEW: AND WINNING THE MONEY GAME, 2nd EDITION.
About the Author
Kate Wendleton is a nationally recognized authority on career development. She has been a career coach since 1978, when she founded the Five O'Clock Club and developed its methodology to help job hunters and career changers of all levels in job-search-strategy groups. This methodology is now used by branches of the Five O'Clock Club that meet weekly in the United States and Canada. The club has over 8,000 members. Kate is also a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and a respected authority and speaker on career development. She has appeared on the Today show, CNN, CNBC, Larry King, National Public Radio and CBS, and in The New York Times, The Economist, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Business Week and other national media.
Table of Contents
1. The Changing Job-Hunting Process and Controlling Your Job-Search Campaign. 2. Preparing for the Interview: Don't Skip This Step. 3. The Five O'Clock Club Approach to Interviewing: Think Like a Consultant. 4. Turning Job Interviews into Offers: The Brainiest Part of the Job-Search Process. 5. The Five O'Clock Club Approach to Salary Negotiation: A Four-Step Strategy. 6. Keeping It Going after You've Gotten the Job You Want. 7. What Is The Five O'Clock Club? "Where Professional Success Gets Personal Attention."