The About.com Guide to Job Searching: Tools and Tactics to Help You Get the Job You Want

by Alison Doyle

From writing a good resume and locating the best search engines to what to do when you get an interview, this guide gives job seekers all they need to land the career of their dreams. It includes a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598690973
• ISBN13: 9781598690972
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Has all the answers

I am about to leave a career that I've worked at for 38 years. This wonderful book arrived just in time for my second career search. When you only know one job it can be hard to know how to find a new career. I can honestly say that now I have several opportunities that I'm ready to explore. This book offers help and advice for everyone, no matter what their age or work situation. I am going to purchase several copies for my friends, some want to work for the first time, and others would like to start new careers. This is the book for all of us!!! Sandy ( a retired teacher from NJ )

Practical, up-to-date advice, very useful book!

The Internet and Web keep changing, and as [...] Job Search editor since 1998, Alison Doyle knows what is going on and she shares her knowledge in this book. This book is up-to-date and extensive, and Alison's advice is straight-forward and practical (just like her section of About). The book is an easy read - points and additional resources are highlighted in the outer margins, chapters and sections are clear and logical. It covers everything from "Choosing Career and Job Options" (Chapter 1) through resumes and cover letters to interviews and evaluating offers (Chapter 14) and more. This is an excellent book!

Most Helpful Job Searching Guide

The About.com Guide to Job Searching should be an instant classic in the world of job searching books. What makes the book special is that the writer, Alison Doyle combines her years of experience as a career services professional with current, solid Information Technology knowledge. That's a winning combination for today's job searcher who is Internet savvy and technology-oriented. Unlike some of the long selling job search manuals that seem to have added online job searching as an afterthought, Doyle's book makes online tools, job boards, e-mail, and cell phones an integral part of every aspect of job searching. I write the Human Resources site at About.com so I have first hand experience of the job searching site which is fully integrated with this job search guidebook. The book really does cover everything you need to know to conduct a successful job search - quickly. And, as an added advantage for the reader, it provides links to all of the rest of the best online resources for job searching. As an employer, I'd advise job searchers to follow the book's advice. It's on target, demonstrates common sense, and will get your resume and application looked at by potential employers. Written in an engaging style, job search advice is offered with lots of stories from Doyle's years of helping people job search. Doyle's been covering job searching online since 1998 and job searching, in general, for over fifteen years. After reading Doyle's guide, I'd highly recommend it as your one stop guide for job searching.

Cutting Edge Job Search Guide

The author expertly integrates a solid print presentation of job search strategies with specific references to helpful online resources which will support job searchers those various phases in the process. The book is clearly written in simple, jargon free language yet it reflects the sophisticated perspective on an experienced professional in the career devlopment field.

Great book - a must for serious job searchers!!

If you're serious about your job search, this book is a must for you! I just got my book recently and the tips are excellent. I have been to a few interviews before I got this book, but now with the help of this book, I feel so much more prepared. This book gave me the resources I needed to start a serious job search. Thanks to this book, I am so much farther ahead in my job search than I would have been without this guide to job searching. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a great job - what I got out of this book and the useful tips were worth way more then the price I paid for this book.