Whether you are a first time job hunter, seeking to change career, have a chequered career history, or part of the ‘greying population’, this book will put you streets ahead of the competition, helping you think through the toughest of questions and respond with total confidence. The book highlights the latest in competency interviewing techniques and equips you with the ability to thrive in any interview situation.
Job Interviews: top answers to tough questions is your indispensable guide to thriving in any interview situation. Top UK Careers Guide and bestselling author, John Lees’, has joined forces with American careers expert, Matthew J Deluca, to take you through the whole interview process.
Updated to reflect changes in employment legislation, changes in competency based questions and developments in the use of the Internet for interview preparation this book really is a comprehensive toolkit for preparing for that all important interview.
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).
Matthew J. DeLuca is president of Management Resource Group, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in professional placement, training, and outplacement. He is also director of Human Resources for Titan Sports, Inc. He has written several books for job seekers, and he conducts frequent workshops on careers for several universities.