The Secrets of Executive Search: Professional Strategies for Managing Your Personal Job Search - Softcover

Melancon, Robert M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967514002 ISBN 13: 9780967514000

Publisher: Melancon & Co, 2000

Synopsis

"The Secrets of Executive Search Professional Strategies for Managing Your Personal Job Search," is an insiders look at those secrets and strategies that seasoned executive search professionals around the world employ to ensure the success of their referrals. It features insider tips on how to properly package your background and experience, how to market that package most effectively, and how to separate yourself from the competition. It covers such key aspects of the job search process as:

* How to identify the right opportunity, in the right location, for the right salary.
* Networking strategies that cause the job to find you.
* The critical importance of coaching secondary references.
* Writing the absolutely sure-fire, cant miss resume and cover letter.
* How to identify the key decision-makers in a target company.
* Techniques for turning interview traps into interview triumphs.
* Little known secrets on negotiating strategy.
* Advice for maximizing your impact during the critical first six weeks on the job.

and much, much more!

"Secrets" is based on more than 35 years experience in human resources and executive search helping people just like you secure the best positions at the best salaries. Having held key human resource management positions at three of the countrys leading Fortune 50 corporations, coupled with more than 20 years experience in executive search, the Author has been involved with career management from all perspectives. He is keenly aware of how top companies go about identifying executive talent, and knows the best way to prepare and position you to capture those opportunities. Melancon has counseled countless executives on their personal job search strategies, and knows the most effective techniques for conducting an efficient job search. He has to. Thats his job, and his success as an Executive Search Consultant depends upon it!

In the absence of your own personal career management consultant, "Secrets" can serve as your virtual coach. Its objective is to help you work smarter and more confidently, while avoiding the mistakes and miscues that cause so many other candidates to "come in second." By putting these secrets to work on your behalf, your career will not only be destined for the right track, but also for the fast track!

About this title

About the Author

ROBERT M. MELANCON is the Managing Principal of Melancon Company, a Dallas–based retained executive search and consulting firm with roots dating back to 1973. He is also a speaker and lecturer with thirty–seven years of experience in the field and is widely considered an authority on the subject of executive selection.

Edition details

• Publisher: Melancon & Co
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967514002
• ISBN 13: 9780967514000
• Binding: Paperback