Job Hunting 3.0 : Secrets and Skills to Sell Yourself Effectively in the Modern Age - Softcover

Richard Maun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814302007 ISBN 13: 9789814302005

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish, 2010

Synopsis

Probably the best book for anyone looking for a job in the UK today, because it comprehensively covers a wide range of essential tools and skills. Competition is fierce and employers and recruiters are becoming more skilful and discerning. Finding the job you want today requires more than a brilliant CV and the ability to answer tough interview questions. Job hunting has become a sophisticated game, and to play it well you must have the right set of tools and skills that can really make a difference. This book, based on successful seminars taught at a leading UK university and to a range of other clients, provides tools, tips, skills and secrets to turn you from an amateur into a professional player in today s job hunting market. You will become more confident, maximise your achievements, increase your opportunities and sell yourself more effectively by undertaking this proven framework.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Maun is visiting fellow at a leading UK university and a highly experienced career and leadership coach, who knows what people need to get them moving, increase their confidence and make them more successful. He also lectures on career matters and communication skills at business schools and other institutions and works with a range of senior teams in the private sector. He is the author of several business books, which have been sold around the world.

From the Back Cover

Probably the best book for anyone looking for a job in the UK today; Job Hunting 3.0 is the essential manual for the modern-day job hunter – full of skills and secrets to sell yourself effectively.

Would you like to be more confident with your job hunting activities?

Would you like to know about common mistakes and how to avoid them?

Would you like to learn about cutting-edge tools and techniques?

Packed with unique content, valuable advice, real life stories and worked examples to guide you, it covers all the key areas of the job hunting process.

Highly readable and full of detail, the book shows you how to:

• Produce a structured job hunting campaign that best utilises your skills and resources.
• Use networks to find the best positions available.
• Make your CV stand out from hundreds of others.
• Write an attention grabbing cover letter.
• Build rapport with an interviewer so that you are the one they remember.
• Shine at an assessment centre.
• Deliver a presentation that will elicit a job offer.

 Learn about cutting-edge tools and techniques including:

The 3-Horse Race                    Minute to Win It
The Demons Model                  STAR answering technique
Performance Ratios                20+ places to look for work
Killer Questions                        Personal Aces
Pause Button                           The 5-Slide Formula

In addition, Job Hunting 3.0 recognises that to be successful the focus has to be on the individual. Therefore, it has extensive sections on:

• Networking to find the position that you are really looking for.
• The emotional side of job hunting: coping with the stress inherent in the process.
• How to value and sell yourself by putting numbers to your achievements.

Job Hunting 3.0 guides the reader through all of the essential elements and more, with one goal in mind: TO GET YOU AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION SO THAT YOU CAN SECURE YOUR NEXT JOB.

Richard Maun is visiting fellow at a leading UK university and a highly experienced career and leadership coach, who knows what people need to get them moving, increase their confidence and make them more successful. He also lectures on career matters and communication skills at business schools and other institutions and works with a range of senior teams in the private sector. He is the author of several business books, which have been sold around the world and his popular weekly soft-skills blog can be found at www.richardmaun.com .

Edition details

• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814302007
• ISBN 13: 9789814302005
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260