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This book offers in-depth advice on how to answer the most common job interview questions such as: how to answer the interview question "Tell me about yourself," how to answer the interview question "Why do you want this position?," how to answer the interview question "What is your plan of action if you get this position?," how to answer the interview question "What are your short and long term goals?," how to answer the interview question "What are your strengths and weaknesses?," how to answer the interview question "What was your greatest failure at work?," how to answer the interview...

Learn the secrets of middle market private equity hiring practices.

This book is a definitive resource to learn the tricks of the trade, potential pitfalls in the hiring process and how to conduct an effective C-Suite job search. Powerful insight about middle market private equity hiring coupled with the author s unique due diligence screening process makes "Skin in the Game" indispensable.

In this book, you ll discover: Examples of hires who earned millions because they believed in Warren Buffet quote We eat our own cooking The difference between a stakeholder and a hired hand The...

Working abroad offers adventure, friendship with people of other cultures, intimate familiarity with exciting places, and opportunities to make real differences in communities. It also presents countless challenges, ranging from packing and staying safe and healthy to balancing project objectives with on-the-ground realities, working with local officials, and forging respectful and productive relationships. These challenges and many more are tackled in How to Work in Someone Else's Country. Drawing on thirty years of experience as an international consultant in Africa, Asia, Latin...

Meet the World's Largest Career and Networking Site: LinkedIn

LinkedIn is dominating the world of business-based networking, yet many of its users don't know how to make the most of it, while others are hesitant to join yet another social network. Whether you're a job seeker, an employer in search of new talent, or a business looking to boost your visibility, make LinkedIn your social network of choice, this book your guide.

LinkedIn: Tell Your Story, Land the Job will help you: Learn tips and tricks for building a strong LinkedIn profile, optimized for discovery Write a concise...

In a competitive job market, all candidates need to prepare to succeed. This certainly applies to job seekers looking for professional librarian positions in public, academic, and/or special libraries especially recent MLIS graduates and mid-career job-changers. Designed for today's competitive job market, this practical guidebook provides job applicants with practical tips and effective strategies for successful interview preparation and execution specific to seeking librarian positions.

Unlike generic "how to interview" guides, this book recognizes that there is no...

In his twenty years as a freelance journalist, Jeremy Dillahunt learned a thing or two about job seeking. Chief among them was one undeniable fact--the Internet has changed everything. The old rules no longer apply and if you want to get hired today, your resume just doesn't work. The Internet does. So Jeremy decided to figure out how.

In 2015, nearly 60 million job openings were accessible to jobseekers nationwide--thanks to the Internet. But this access is only one part of the equation. For many jobseekers, a huge challenge remains--how do I get my resume...

At last, a book that shows you how to build--design--a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage

Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home--at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve.

In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both...

In the newest edition of his classic cover letter guide, job search expert Martin Yate shows you how to dramatically increase your chance of landing an interview. The key, as Yate explains, is to use language drawn from the job posting itself, words that will send your application to the top of database searches. In this completely updated guide, you'll find numerous sample cover letters, along with Yate's tried and proven methods to:

• Determine relevant keywords to get attention--and use them...

Your resume is the most important financial document you'll ever create. When it works, so do you. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience, bestselling author Martin Yate shows you how to write a dynamic, effective resume that:

• Stands out in a resume database
• Builds a strong personal brand employers will want on their team
• Passes recruiters' six-second scan test
• Speaks to exactly what employers are looking for

This volume discusses the formation of government cabinets within twenty European democracies, providing the institutional background to the selection and de-selection of ministers.

Exploring the historical and constitutional context to cabinet formation, this volume proceeds to provide vital data on the strategic issues that affect the selection of ministers. Covering states from all over Europe, the authors examine trends from the post-war period up to the present day, with specific focus on recent decades for the newer democracies in political transition. The volume...

Sooner or later, everyone must face the daunting task of interviewing for a job. Whether it's for just a job to keep your bills paid, or if it's the dream job you've always wanted, there are many things that you have to remember before you can get that job that you so desire. Most people assume that the most important part of a job interview is showing up well groomed, but there is more to it than that. Everything that you could ever want may be riding on your behaviour at a job interview. The smallest thing can mean the difference between your having a new job, or you're still pounding...