A Basic Guide to Job Hunting

Introduction


  This is not your father’s job hunting book. It is a basic guide with new ideas, concepts, and ways of looking for and finding a job. Whether you are 21 or 71, there is something here that will make your job hunt more successful. I guarantee it. It is likely that most people in a career today will have to change jobs and perhaps even careers several times throughout their working life. We are living, working and job hunting longer--which will be the norm rather than the exception. This Basic Guide book is written with the current employment situation and future employment directions with that in mind.


This guide takes you into the strategy of a good job search, and beyond that, to an effective career-seeking plan that could change the way you look for work forever. Designed for the person who is motivated to change his or her circumstances, to use existing resources to the fullest, and to cultivate new ways to achieve career goals, this quick reference provides tips and thought provoking insights. 


Read on to discover:



Plenty of resources already exist to tell you how to craft a resume—but do you know why you should have one for each of your highest skill sets?




Most experts tell you to network—but do you know why traditional networking doesn't work and how to do it differently?




You're focused on the job you do want—but do you know why applying for a job you don't want might pay off?




A job search is lonely work—but do you know how accessing someone else's mindshare will help you?




Your resume looks like hundreds of others out there—how can you market yourself better than any of your competition…with a good story?