The new realities of the Executive Job market. This book is based upon our experiences at Princeton/Masters International in working with thousands of men & women in search of six-figure positions.... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Personal experience "accepting" positions in this bracket, and an interesting session with Bernard Haldane Associates career management firm (e.g. scripted meetings, poor website, no reviews for "methodology" books, poor listening skills) led to picking this & another couple of career management books.Concise, unreferenced, well-written (after first chapter) thoughtful chapters span: today's 100k (US) market, competition methods, new options, new directions, marketability, interviews, new leads, recruiters, answering adverts, direct mail, use of telephone, personal contacts, networking, creating a solution job, resume tricks, interviewing strategies, handling objections, negotiation, losing a job, and professional help.Some key advice: takes an average of 12 months to find a suitable position; create a 2 page achievements/introduction letter (rather than resume); sort out all professional "marketing materials" (a 3 day effort); mailshot 300 recruiters (yet top 12 control 80%+ of US market); mailshot 1500 firms (best to named positions); be nice to gatekeepers; and look at alternatives like multiple board positions and lecturing circuit on top of book.Despite ignoring the Web as a channel for marketing and research (by 95 was mainstream for most technologically-savvy professionals, today more-so) and being US-focused (not "culturally robust"), this book reads well, offers much useful information (concisely), and will be used for my next foray into the job market. A good buy.
Excellent compared to competition.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
The market for job hunt books is filled with those who promise to know something but actually haven't looked for a job in 20 years. Take "what Color is Your Parachute?" The job market is well beyond parachute. This book was recommended to me by a head hunter.It tells you what questions they are really asking and it prepares you to negoiate in today's market. A very useful book. It's not sexy, but it works. I highly recommend it.
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