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Summary: Land your dream job!
Review: This is one of those incredibly simple books to read that is jam-packed with the real useful stuff, no waste, no fluff, no filler. Chapter after chapter spells out concepts, the reasons why (supporting material), practical resources, and specific examples. If job seekers can just get a grasp that they really are a box of corn flakes (read the book and you'll know what that's all about), they will find themselves writing better cover letters and better resumes, and interviewing with more confidence.We buy things because of what stands out about them, not because of how they are just like all the other choices. Potential employers must be presented with our most favorable differences. Jeff shows his readers how to stand out, get noticed, and get hired. Bravo!
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Summary: Wish I would have written this!
Review: This is the book about job hunting that I would have written myself, had not Fox beaten me to it. I highly recommend this book and have written about similar tactics in my Career Opportunities columns over the last 4 years. The world of work has changed drastically over the last decade and this calls for new tactics in getting your first job or your next job. According to Fox, it all comes down to selling yourself to your future employer. It matters little what you want out of job or a career. What matters most is how you fulfill the needs of the hiring company. Of course, you should be trying to fulfill your work need, but the person interviewing cares little or nothing about your needs and only about their own. A hard fact to face, perhaps, but an extremely important one. Fox goes on to give hard examples of how to use letters, not a resume to gain an interview, how to prepare for that interview and how to do everything possible to get the job you want. While I am sure that some human resource people and corporate management will take issue with some of Fox's advice, as they have with my columns about resumes. This is because Fox's tactics seem to make their job more difficult. HR staff can no longer winnow large amounts of resumes down to a select few quickly and easily. What they don't realize is that if all candidates used these tactics, hiring would be easier and the company would be hiring better people. Highly Recommended
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Summary: Ho, Hum...
Review: This is, I take it, suppose to be a guerilla manual for finding a job via the resume. It's main advantage is the collection of unconventional advise regarding resumes and job hunting. Unfortunately, very few of his suggestions are really very practical. It's main value is a morale booster for those whose job hunt has not had much success. After all, if all else fails, you might as well try some of the methods the author suggests. I do not recommend this book, except for those who are having problems with a resume-based job search.
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Summary: Great approach and techniques for job hunting.
Review: To Jeffrey Fox, nothing is more important in business than marketing and making the sale (ref his other books such as "How to become a Rainmaker").His guide to job hunting basically adopts a sales model to the task of landing a job. At the risk of sounding a little depersonalised, you are the "product" and in your job seeking the task is to sell the "product" to the customer (ie the prospective employer). If you think about it, it makes perfect sense and explains why many conventional job hunting approaches have such a poor success rate. The book contains a wealth of strategies and tactics but to me the real value is the approach and the mindset he sets out. I am currently employed but I work in an industry where takeovers and mergers are an occupational hazard, so I bought the book to "be prepared". Although not actively looking for a job, I was aware of an attractive opportunity and decided to try out some of the ideas in the book. An "impact" letter got an almost immediate response and led to an interview. At this stage, the company is looking for someone with a different skill set to me but they are likely to expand and there could well be an opportunity in a few months time. Maybe not a decisive demonstration of the book's efficacy but certainly enough to convince me that Jeffrey Fox's approach has merit and is worth exploring further.
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Summary: Possibly the single best book you can buy on job hunting
Review: Yet another outstanding Jeffrey Fox book!
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