The Job Search Checklist: Everything You Need to Know to Get Back to Work After a Layoff

ISBN-13: 9780814432914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 272 str.

Damian Birkel

Opis

Losing your job can be a crushing setback, but the key is to remember the expression: -When one door closes, another one opens.- With the proven tips and tactics featured in The Job Search Checklist, you'll learn how to turn your loss into opportunity and find another job fast. This indispensable guide covers everything from dealing with the emotional impact of being laid off to rebuilding your professional identity. You'll get solid advice on: - Developing a career plan by taking stock of your experience, abilities, and goals - Crafting an effective resume and building Internet-friendly documents - Creating a -personal marketing plan- to promote yourself to potential employers - Finding the hidden job market through in-person and online networking Downloadable templates, sample cover letters, a range of effective resume formats, and even job search correspondence will help you customize your efforts. Helpful checklists throughout the book will get you on the right track and keep you there. You'll also discover valuable strategies for interviewing and negotiating effectively, plus tips on hitting the ground running once you start that new--and better--job.

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Contents

Foreword v

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Prequels: Anticipating Job Loss 8

STEP 1 The Emotional Impact of Job Loss
1 Job Loss Grieving 21
2 Secondhand Job Loss 40

STEP 2 Life After Unemployment
3 Recovery 51
4 Getting Organized 59
5 Rebuilding Your Professional Identity 66

STEP 3 Developing a Career Plan
6 Developing Your Career Plan 75
7 All-Important Research 82
8 Personality Testing 87
9 Personal Marketing Plan 94

Step 4 Crafting an Effective Résumé
10 Résumé Components 107
11 Chronological or Functional Résumé? 117
12 Keywords: The Hidden Language of the Internet 125
13 Channeling the Power of the Internet 132
14 Creating Internet-Friendly Documents 139

STEP 5 The Power of Networking
15 The Visible Job Market 145
16 In-Person Networking 150
17 Social Networking 166

STEP 6 Effective Interviewing
18 The Interview: Types and Styles 177
19 Informational Interviews 186
20 The Screening Interview 190
21 The Interview: Concerns and Questions 196
22 Strategies to Ace an Interview 207
23 The Salary Negotiation Process 218

Step 7 Reemployment: Hit the Ground Running
24 Prepared and Ready to Go 235
25 Your First Six Months 245

Conclusion 253

Endnotes 255

Index 259

O autorze

DAMIAN BIRKEL is a certified career counselor and the founder of Professionals in Transition(R) Support Group. His job search methodology has been used by more than 5,000 out-of-work professionals to find new employment. His expertise has been featured on Fox News, CNN, NPR, and in USA Today, Fortune, Time, and The Wall Street Journal.