Job Search: The Total System

By Kenneth M. Dawson and Sheryl N. Dawson

The first book to give job searchers the linkage skills they need to connect and manage each aspect of the job search. Linkage is the ability to tie together each aspect of the job search--a good resume, strong interviewing and networking skills, and a timely follow-up letter--so you have a cohesive job campaign. The result is a total job search system; from crafting a resume that supports and reinforces what the job searcher wants to say at the interview, to going back to that same resume to answer tough questions at the interview table. Features sample resumes and cover letters, and shows why linking each aspect of the job hunt is the key to employment--then provides proven techniques how to do it. Shows you how to assess and target career directions, prepare resumes and references, locate companies with jobs, succeed at the interviewing table, and negotiate the deal you want.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471600792
• ISBN13: 9780471600794
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 0.7" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A good plan for an organized job search

Kenneth and Sheryl Dawson have put together a very worthwhile book for those seeking employment. I agree with much of what they say, and I appreciate the emphasis on organization. Well done.Wayne D. Ford, Ph.D., author of "The Accelerated Job Search" docwifford@msn.com

This book virtually guarantees you a great job!

This is a no-nonsense, common sense approach to job hunting. There is no room for senseless babble here. The Total System, is a professional, uncomplicated and realistic bible for the "soon to be employed." It doesn't matter whether you are a top-ranked CEO, or an entry-level, college student, this book will basically hand you your next job.Let me put it this way: this book helped me to land my first job out of college, successfully win a regional director's position within 2 years of employment with the same company and then launch my own consulting business. Whenever I hear my clients ask me about what to use as a refrence for their own job search or what to look for when hiring, this is the only book that I would sincerely recommend. (I even loaned my brother my personal copy for his own job search.)