Get The Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring: Take Charge of Your Career, Find a Job You Love, and Earn What You Deserve - Softcover

Myers, Ford R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470457414 ISBN 13: 9780470457412

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring

You CAN find a good job in a bad economy – but NOT with conventional search strategies.

New Rules for a New Reality

Today’s job market is the toughest in recent history, and the challenges are here to stay. Even so, you CAN get the job you want – IF you discard conventional approaches to the search. Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring is the ONLY career book that:

• Explains the special strategies necessary to land a job during an economic crisis
• Integrates comprehensive, practical guidance on both job search and career management
• Provides an extensive online “Job Search Survival Toolkit” to augment the book 
• Addresses the realities of this job market with real-world, actionable steps
• Positions this downturn in the economy as a positive opportunity to develop a much better career

In Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring, career expert Ford R. Myers maps the new world of job search and reveals essential strategies for your success. You’ll learn how to seize opportunities that aren’t posted yet … how to make yourself an instant asset to potential employers … how to clearly stand-out as the best candidate ... and how to leverage social media, blogs, and other Web tools.

Best of all, you’ll learn how to “recession-proof” your career for the long term. Can YOU Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring? With this powerful new book – YES, you can!

About this title

About the Author

Ford R. Myers has worked at America's largest career consulting companies and is President of Career Potential, LLC, a career consulting and executive coaching firm. He is frequently featured on TV, radio, and in print as a career expert. For more information, visit www.careerpotential.com.

From the Back Cover

You CAN find a job in a bad economy―but not with conventional search strategies

To win a job now, you need a recession-proof plan. Get the Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring explains why your chances are better than you think, gives you the strategies to land your dream job, and includes:

• The twenty habits of effective job-hunters in a down market

• Why your resume is your least important job-search tool
• Tips on building an online career identity with blogs, web sites, and social media

"Ford Myers' excellent Get the Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring shows you clearly and realistically how to be one of the millions of people who land a job rather than the millions who lose a job. His book should be required reading for anyone facing unemployment."
―Jay Conrad Levinson, author of the Guerrilla Marketing series of books

"Mounting a strategic job search can be confusing, especially when compounded by the emotional toll of job loss and an economic crisis. Myers' book explains how to find a job that fits your long-term career goals. Armed with renewed confidence and a strategic plan, a good job is attainable."
―Robyn Greenspan, Editor in Chief, ExecuNet

"If you feel alone in this tough and puzzling job market, Get the Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring is a must-have. No matter where you are on your professional journey, this book will show you step by step how to reinvent, reignite, and reestablish your career."
―Beverly Kaye, CEO and Founder, Career Systems International, and author of Up Is Not The Only Way

To win a job now, you need a recession-proof plan. Get the Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring explains why your chances are better than you think, gives you the strategies to land your dream job, and includes:

• The twenty habits of effective job-hunters in a down market

• Why your resume is your least important job-search tool
• Tips on building an online career identity with blogs, web sites, and social media

"Ford Myers' excellent Get the Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring shows you clearly and realistically how to be one of the millions of people who land a job rather than the millions who lose a job. His book should be required reading for anyone facing unemployment."
—Jay Conrad Levinson, author of the Guerrilla Marketing series of books

"Mounting a strategic job search can be confusing, especially when compounded by the emotional toll of job loss and an economic crisis. Myers' book explains how to find a job that fits your long-term career goals. Armed with renewed confidence and a strategic plan, a good job is attainable."
—Robyn Greenspan, Editor in Chief, ExecuNet 

"If you feel alone in this tough and puzzling job market, Get the Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring is a must-have. No matter where you are on your professional journey, this book will show you step by step how to reinvent, reignite, and reestablish your career."
—Beverly Kaye, CEO and Founder, Career Systems International, and author of Up Is Not The Only Way

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470457414
• ISBN 13: 9780470457412
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224