What Color is Your Parachute? Guide to Rethinking Interviews
Ace the Interview and Land Your Dream Job
Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2014]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: ix, 99 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
"'What Color Is Your Parachute?' author Richard N. Bolles presents a succinct guide to the entire job interview process, from pre-interview research to interview questions to salary negotiation"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The three most important things about job interviews. Boiling things down to their essence -- Before the interview. The crucial part of the interview ; Researching the organization before the interview ; Researching the job before the interview ; Researching the interviewer(s) before the interview ; Researching salary ranges before the interview ; Practicing "the elevator speech" ; How to dress -- During the interview. Types of interviews ; The beginning of the interview ; The middle of the interview ; The closing of the interview -- After the interview. The thank-you note or notes ; If you got the job : keep on job-hunting ; If you didn't get the job : why you didn't -- Appendix A. Handicaps. You are handicapped, eh? : everyone is handicapped ; Real handicaps : what you can't do and what you can do ; Phantom handicap : only in the eyes of some employers -- Appendix B. Salary negotiation. The first secret of salary negotiation ; The second secret of salary negotiation ; The third secret of salary negotiation ; The fourth secret of salary negotiation.
ISBN:
9781607746591 (trade pbk.)
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BUSINESS Careers Interview Bol | Ballentine Indoors | Display, Nonfiction | In |
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