How to Get a Job You Love 2019 - 2020 Edition (CAREER (EXCLUDE VGM)) - Softcover

John Lees

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1526847140 ISBN 13: 9781526847140

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2018

Synopsis

How To Get A Job You Love is a blueprint for anyone looking for work or planning a career change.

Whether you re looking for your first job, a graduate or an experienced professional, this book will guide you through the process. Practical exercises help you spot the work that will suit you best and how to find it.

New Features in the 2019 2020 edition include:

 Latest material on managing your social media presence and impact
 New insight into creating a better career deal
 Extra advice on networking and reaching out using information interviews
 Effective job search strategies as more and more jobs are not advertised
 Latest advice on what will shorten (or extend) your job search
 How to tell your career story at interviews
 New and revised exercises including should I work for myself?

About this title

Review:

John Lees latest edition of How to Get a Job You Love does not disappoint, and is packed full of practical and effective strategies to land that job. There is excellent new material on, amongst other things, networking, social media and telling your story. John Lees is a recognized authority on job hunting, and I can recommend this outstanding new edition to anyone wanting to boost their chances of getting a job, or for professionals assisting others in this important task. --Professor Jim Bright, Organizational Psychologist, Professor of Career Development, ACU, author of How to write a Brilliant CV

"When I read John's writing, two things happen. First, I feel as if he's standing right there, personally advising me. And second, I always come away thinking over the issue in a new way. It's a rare and very useful, gift." --Sarah Green, Executive Editor, Harvard Business Review

About the Author:

John Lees has been involved in the training and developing of recruitment specialists since the mid 1980s, from both public and private sectors. He undertook an advisory role to the RN careers service, and has provided help for Army personnel beginning civilian careers. He was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (IEC) until 1993 when he left to become a Director of TGA, an employment research and careers advisory company. In 1999 he decided to go it alone and now runs his own human resources consultancy, specialising in career management and developing new tools to help with difficult career change decisions. John writes and speaks widely, and amongst his regular commitments acts as an online careers guru for lifebyte.com. John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (FCIPD) and Fellow of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (FREC).

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1526847140
• ISBN 13: 9781526847140
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320