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Get a Job in 30 Days or Less : A Realistic title: Action Plan for Finding the Right Job Fast author: DeLuca, Matthew J.; DeLuca, Nanette F. publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional isbn10 | asin: 0070164398 print isbn13: 9780070164390 ebook isbn13: 9780071366748 language: English subject Job hunting. publication date: 1999 lcc: HF5382.7.D448 1999eb ddc: 650.14 subject: Job hunting. Page i Get a Job in 30 Days or Less Page ii Other Books by Matthew J. DeLuca and Nanette F. DeLuca How to Get a Job in 90 Days or Less: A Realistic Plan for Finding the Right Job Fast Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions Page iii Get a Job in 30 Days or Less A Realistic Action Plan for Finding the Right Job Fast Matthew J. DeLuca Nanette F. DeLuca McGraw-Hill New York San Francisco Washington, D.C Auckland Bogotá Caracas Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan Montreal New Delhi San Juan Singapore Sydney Tokyo Toronto Page iv Copyright © 1999 by The McGraw- Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the pub- lisher. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOC/DOC 9 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 ISBN 0-07-016439-8 This book was set in Palatino by Inkwell Publishing Services. Printed and bound by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. McGraw-Hill books are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. For more information, please write to the Director of Special Sales, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 11 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011. Or contact your local bookstore. This book is printed on recycled, acid-free paper containing a minimum of 50 percent recycled, de-inked fiber. Page v Contents Acknowledgments ix Worksheets x Introduction 1 Why Are You Reading This Book? 1 Who Are You? 2 The "I-Don't-Wannas" 3 Why Do You Need a Book to Explore Jobs? 3 What Now? 5 What Are You Looking For? 7 Are You Ready to Start? 11 Getting Ready 13 What Are You Getting Yourself Into? 13 Commitment 14 Knowledge 19 Marketing Package 42 Product Presentation 46 Some Office Work 75 Week 1Day 1 81 Typical Day 83 Personal Time 86 Launching Your Marketing Plan 86 Resume Ready for Final Review 90 Marketing Letter Ready for Final Review 91 Suspect List for Future Leads and Prospects 95 Additional Organizations and Jobs to Be Researched 96 An Introduction to Networking 100 End of Day 1 100 Week 1Day 2 103 Work Smarter, Not Harder 103 Let Your Computer Do the Walking 106 Collecting Information On-line 109 Preparation and Submission of Electronic Resumes 120 Page vi Use Today's Skills to Get Today's Jobs 133 Job Stories 133 Week 1Day 3 135 Find More Job Openings and Organizations to Target 136 What about Classified Ads? 137 Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Networking 145 Telephone Contacts 154 Job Fairs, Career Fairs, and Professional Associations 157 Week 1Day 4 165 "Other Person" Focus 165 Communication Equals Sales Skills 169 Preparing for the Interview 172 Sample Interview Questions 181 The Interview 197 Secrets to Winning Interviews 203 Week 1Day 5 205 Make Networking Work for You 205 Professional Help 212 Week 1Day 6 229 Examine Your Job Search Efforts 230 Passion-One More Major Imponderable 232 Finding People to Call 234 Make People Want to Help You 237 Interview Pitfalls and Tactics 239 Testing 242 Week 1Day 7 249 Finally . . . A Day of Rest! 249 Job Search Hazards 250 Stress-Busters 252 Financial Worries 254 Reality Check 257 Week 2 259 What Has Worked and Why 263 What Has Not Worked and Why 263 Fine-Tuning the Plan 265 Job Search Clinic 269 Follow-Up, Follow-Up, Follow-Up 274 Stereotypes 274 HR's Point of View 275 Page vii Week 3 279 Job Search Clinic II 280 More "You" in Your Resume 289 Advice from the Experts 291 Week 4 293 Job Offers 294 Negotiations 298 Wrapping It Up 307 Job Security Is an Oxymoron 307 How to Stay Employed 310 Index 313
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