Damian Birkel

The Job Search Checklist

Everything You Need to Know to Get Back to Work After a Layoff

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It's been a long time since you had to search for a new job. You may be wondering, How did I get this last one so many years ago? What has changed since I last hit the job market? Have I since gathered more knowledge and experience that qualifies me for something better this time around? Where does one get started? The Job Search Checklist is your saving grace! This indispensable guide covers everything from dealing with the emotional impact of being laid off to rebuilding your professional identity. Within these pages, you'll find solid advice on: - Developing a career plan by taking stock of your experience, abilities, and goals - Crafting an effective résumé and building Internet-friendly documents - Creating a "personal marketing plan" to promote yourself to potential employers - Finding the hidden job market through in-person and online networking- And much more!Complete with downloadable templates, sample cover letters, a range of effective résumé formats, and helpful checklists throughout the book, this invaluable resource gets you on the right path toward your next career and keeps you there.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: AMACOM / McGraw-Hill Professional
• SPE
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780814432914
• ISBN-10: 0814432913
• Artikelnr.: 38147957

Autorenporträt

DAMIAN BIRKEL is a certified career counselor and the founder of Professionals in Transition(R) Support Group. His job search methodology has been used by more than 5,000 out-of-work professionals to find new employment. His expertise has been featured on Fox News, CNN, NPR, and in USA Today, Fortune, Time, and The Wall Street Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents

Foreword v

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Prequels: Anticipating Job Loss 8

STEP 1 The Emotional Impact of Job Loss
1 Job Loss Grieving 21
2 Secondhand Job Loss 40

STEP 2 Life After Unemployment
3 Recovery 51
4 Getting Organized 59
5 Rebuilding Your Professional Identity 66

STEP 3 Developing a Career Plan
6 Developing Your Career Plan 75
7 All-Important Research 82
8 Personality Testing 87
9 Personal Marketing Plan 94

Step 4 Crafting an Effective Résumé
10 Résumé Components 107
11 Chronological or Functional Résumé? 117
12 Keywords: The Hidden Language of the Internet 125
13 Channeling the Power of the Internet 132
14 Creating Internet-Friendly Documents 139

STEP 5 The Power of Networking
15 The Visible Job Market 145
16 In-Person Networking 150
17 Social Networking 166

STEP 6 Effective Interviewing
18 The Interview: Types and Styles 177
19 Informational Interviews 186
20 The Screening Interview 190
21 The Interview: Concerns and Questions 196
22 Strategies to Ace an Interview 207
23 The Salary Negotiation Process 218

Step 7 Reemployment: Hit the Ground Running
24 Prepared and Ready to Go 235
25 Your First Six Months 245

Conclusion 253

Endnotes 255

Index 259