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Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview? A Crash Course in Finding, Landing, and Keeping Your First Real Job
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A witty, friendly, unexpected job hunter's bible that finally answers the real questions. Yes, if you're wedded to your nose ring, wear it to the interview. No, you shouldn't be e-mailing out hundreds of resumes.
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Detailed Description
By Ellen Gordon Reeves
A witty, friendly, unexpected job hunter's bible that finally answers the real questions. Yes, if you're wedded to your nose ring, wear it to the interview. No, you shouldn't be e-mailing out hundreds of resumes.
This book takes readers step-by-step through a process that was always tough, but is, today, especially challenging.
Begin the search with a professional mind-set: get organized, and get business cards, a respectable e-mail address, and a working cell phone. Then, move on to the following:
- The importance of networking and the rule of three - try to make three e-mails or phone calls a day, but never more than that.
- The "elevator speech" - hone your pitch to the length of an elevator ride and be prepared to use it at the most unexpected times.
- The art of writing cringe-free cover letters and killer resumes - from timelines, hooks, and grammatical do's and don'ts to why you should never use the phrase "References available upon request," never include your GPA, and never, ever make a typo.
- How to dress for an interview, including why you should put on your business clothes when interviewing at home, over the phone.
- Things to be honest about: citizenship and past salary range.
- And things not to say: "I want this job because I need health insurance."
Then once you're in, how to negotiate salary, what to expect in a review, and basic first-job common sense: take initiative, be humble and helpful, never use your boss as a confidant, and always say "I'll find out" instead of "I don't know."
227 pages. Softcover. 2009.
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