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Summary: Many surprising gems of wisdom
Review: I recommend this book to anyone interested in being promoted in their career, whether to manager, VP or CEO. As a young career ladder-climber, I found many gems of wisdom in this book: most are common sense, but a few are surprises, like acting and dressing the part,talking about your mistakes and ordering fish.
Even for someone who isn't interested in climbing the corporate ladder, this is a practical book and an illuminating self-diagnostic.
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Summary: Many surprising gems of wisdom
Review: I recommend this book to anyone interested in being promoted in their career, whether to manager, VP or CEO. As a young career ladder-climber, I found many gems of wisdom in this book: most are common sense, but a few are surprises, like acting and dressing the part,talking about your mistakes and ordering fish.
Even for someone who isn't interested in climbing the corporate ladder, this is a practical book and an illuminating self-diagnostic.
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Summary: Learn how to make a difference
Review: No matter how much you think you know about getting ahead in your career, you can always learn more about what really makes a difference. In The Road to CEO, you will learn how to make a difference from the executive search professionals who are always looking for that next great senior executive. Sharon Voros lays it out plain and simple by telling you what counts most in the search process and how to enhance yourleadership skills. Never underestimate the power of your own brand and how it can impact your career. The Road to CEO can help you shapen and focus your executive presence.
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Summary: Learn how to make a difference
Review: No matter how much you think you know about getting ahead in your career, you can always learn more about what really makes a difference. In The Road to CEO, you will learn how to make a difference from the executive search professionals who are always looking for that next great senior executive. Sharon Voros lays it out plain and simple by telling you what counts most in the search process and how to enhance yourleadership skills. Never underestimate the power of your own brand and how it can impact your career. The Road to CEO can help you shapen and focus your executive presence.
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Summary: Emperors with No Clothes?
Review: This book is well-written and entertaining, but it may need a sequel to reflect a new era in corporate America. Even though the dot.com market has crashed and demand for exeuctives is down, headhunters are picking at job candidates about how they look, dress and act. But these are the people who brought us Kenneth Chenault of Enron and George Koslowski of Tyco -- both paragons of executive presence. Maybe it's time for recruiters to starts concentrating on the basics again. Suggest the author write a followup volume about how companies get [pulled] in by charlatans with lots of executive presence and little substance.
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Summary: Helped me get a job
Review: Top-notch interview skills are a must in today's cutthroat job market. Although I've been offered several executive positions in the past, the pointers in this book greatly accelerated the process in a recent job search where a company appeared to be interested in me. The main takeaway: even though it's a seller's market, don't act like a buyer if you want to impress.
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Summary: Helped me get a job
Review: Top-notch interview skills are a must in today's cutthroat job market. Although I've been offered several executive positions in the past, the pointers in this book greatly accelerated the process in a recent job search where a company appeared to be interested in me. The main takeaway: even though it's a seller's market, don't act like a buyer if you want to impress.
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Summary: Witty look at how recruiting really works
Review: Voros slices, dices and dissects how headhunters assess job candidates in a painfully objective but highly readable style. Her stories about the people who showed up for interviews wearing the wrong kind of clothes or those who ordered the wrong kind of meal at the lunch interview are amusing. It's sobering to realize that how you look, act and talk are being examined so closely by recruiters. It's clearly not just what's between your ears that counts when you're going for C-level positions. Good reading for anyone planning to hunt for an executive job.
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