How to Land a Top-Paying Purchasing Managers, Buyers, and Purchasing Agents Job: Your Complete Guide to Opportunities, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interviews, ... What to Expect From Recruiters and More!

144 Pages·2009·0.38 MB·English

by  Brad Andrews

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Getting and Finding

Purchasing,

Managers, Buyers,

and Purchasing

Agents Jobs

–

The Ultimate Guide

for Job Seekers and

Recruiters
PURCHASING MANAGERS, BUYERS, AND
PURCHASING AGENTS

Copyright

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 5
PURCHASING, MANAGERS, BUYERS, AND PURCHASING AGENTS
– THE LOWDOWN ........................................................................ 9
Nature of the Work ................................................................ 10
Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement ................ 18
Employment ........................................................................... 22
Job Outlook ............................................................................ 23
Projections Data ..................................................................... 26
Earnings .................................................................................. 27
Related Occupations .............................................................. 29
Sources of Additional Information ......................................... 30
FINDING AND APPLYING FOR PURCHASING, MANAGERS,
BUYERS, AND PURCHASING AGENTS JOBS AND EVALUATING
OFFERS ....................................................................................... 31
Where to Learn About Job Openings ..................................... 32
Job Search Methods ............................................................... 33
Applying for a Job ................................................................... 40
Job Interview Tips .................................................................. 46
Evaluating a Job Offer ............................................................ 49
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
TABLE…HIRING THE BEST PURCHASING, MANAGERS, BUYERS,
AND PURCHASING AGENTS ........................................................ 57
THE INTERVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS ............................... 59
SAMPLE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOCUSED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
................................................................................................... 79
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INTERVIEWING ........................................................................... 93
TIPS ON INTERVIEWING ............................................................. 97
CHECKING REFERENCES ........................................................... 107
RECORDING A PROFILE OF IMPRESSIONS ................................ 115
RECRUITING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER .............. 119
ASSESSING YOUR RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PRACTICES 127

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INTRODUCTION

For the first time, a book exists that compiles
all the information candidates need to apply for
their first Purchasing, Managers, Buyers, and
Purchasing Agents job, or to apply for a better
job.

What you'll find especially helpful are the
worksheets. It is so much easier to write about
a work experience using these outlines. It
ensures that the narrative will follow a logical
structure and reminds you not to leave out the
most important points. With this book, you'll
be able to revise your application into a much
stronger document, be much better prepared
and a step ahead for the next opportunity.

The book comes filled with useful cheat sheets.
It helps you get your career organized in a
tidy, presentable fashion. It also will inspire
you to produce some attention-grabbing cover
letters that convey your skills persuasively and
attractively in your application packets.

After studying it, too, you'll be prepared for
interviews, or you will be after you conducted
the practice sessions where someone sits and
asks you potential questions. It makes you
think on your feet!

This book makes a world of difference in
helping you stay away from vague and long-
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winded answers and you will be finally able to
connect with prospective employers, including
the one that will actually hire you.

This book successfully challenges conventional
job search wisdom and doesn't load you with
useful but obvious suggestions ("don't forget
to wear a nice suit to your interview," for
example). Instead, it deliberately challenges
conventional job search wisdom, and in so
doing, offers radical but inspired suggestions
for success.

Think that "companies approach hiring with
common sense, logic, and good business
acumen and consistency?" Think that "the
most qualified candidate gets the job?" Think
again! Time and again it is proven that finding
a job is a highly subjective business filled with
innumerable variables. The triumphant
jobseeker is the one who not only recognizes
these inconsistencies and but also uses them
to his advantage. Not sure how to do this?
Don't worry-How to Land a Top-Paying
Purchasing, Managers, Buyers, and Purchasing
Agents Job guides the way.

Highly recommended to any harried
Purchasing, Managers, Buyers, and Purchasing
Agents jobseeker, whether you want to work
for the government or a company. You'll plan
on using it again in your efforts to move up in
the world for an even better position down the
road.
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This book offers excellent, insightful advice for
everyone from entry-level to senior
professionals. None of the other such career
guides compare with this one. It stands out
because it: 1) explains how the people doing
the hiring think, so that you can win them over
on paper and then in your interview; 2) has an
engaging, reader-friendly style; 3) explains
every step of the job-hunting process - from
little-known ways for finding openings to
getting ahead on the job.

This book covers everything. Whether you are
trying to get your first Purchasing, Managers,
Buyers, and Purchasing Agents job or move up
in the system, get this book.

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PURCHASING, MANAGERS, BUYERS,
AND PURCHASING AGENTS – THE
LOWDOWN

(cid:2) Nature of the Work
(cid:2) Training, Other Qualifications, and
Advancement
(cid:2) Employment
(cid:2) Job Outlook
(cid:2) Projections Data
(cid:2) Earnings
(cid:2) OES Data
(cid:2) Related Occupations
(cid:2) Sources of Additional Information

Significant Points
(cid:2) About 43 percent are employed in
wholesale trade or manufacturing
establishments.
(cid:2) Some firms prefer to promote existing
employees to these positions, while
others recruit and train college
graduates.
(cid:2) Employment is projected to have little or
no job growth.
(cid:2) Opportunities should be best for those
with a college degree.
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