Step Up Your Job Search: Pursuing a Reality-Based Job Search

By Gregory Harnyak

"Step Up Your Job Search" is the result of the author's observations of job seekers' feelings and behaviors during his 25+ years assisting them to find employment. Harnyak's clients have included exempt and nonexempt job seekers from a broad range of industries, large to small companies, and diverse career functions.Harnyak observed that despite these differences, all the job seekers shared similar feelings and behaviors. Initially, 80% of them experienced varying levels of anger, especially those who had been terminated. Some were also fearful because they did not know how to conduct a job search. Those who had a definite plan were more confident and optimistic than those who had only a fuzzy idea of how to implement a job search.The majority generally felt good because they found job opening on the Internet, got some leads and ideas from their networking contacts, and might even have generated a few interviews. After a few months, however, the leads dried up and they began to experience emotional swings and become cynical, disappointed, discouraged, and frustrated with the process. These feelings led to wavering motivation and a negative attitude,which just made things worse.This book is the solution to breaking this self-defeating pattern. It offers practical tips and tools for managing negative feelings by integrating the marketing (the process of generating interviews), selling (the interviews themselves), and psychological components (feelings and emotions) of a job search. It marries the marketing/sales and psychological aspects of a job search.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692456406
• ISBN13: 9780692456408
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Reality Job Search
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up