The Job Search Checklist: Everything You Need to Know to Get Back to Work after a Layoff

Birkel, Damian

Amacom（2013/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780814432914
• DDC分類 650.14

Full Description

Losing your job can be a crushing setback, but the key is to remember the expression: "When one door closes, another one opens." With the proven tips and tactics featured in The Job Search Checklist, you'll learn how to turn your loss into opportunity and find another job fast. This indispensable guide covers everything from dealing with the emotional impact of being laid off to rebuilding your professional identity. You'll get solid advice on:



• Developing a career plan by taking stock of your experience, abilities, and goals

• Crafting an effective résumé and building Internet-friendly documents

• Creating a "personal marketing plan" to promote yourself to potential employers

• Finding the hidden job market through in-person and online networking



Downloadable templates, sample cover letters, a range of effective résumé formats, and even job search correspondence will help you customize your efforts. Helpful checklists throughout the book will get you on the right track and keep you there. You'll also discover valuable strategies for interviewing and negotiating effectively, plus tips on hitting the ground running once you start that new—and better—job.

Contents

Contents



Foreword v



Acknowledgments vii



Introduction 1



Prequels: Anticipating Job Loss 8



STEP 1 The Emotional Impact of Job Loss

1 Job Loss Grieving 21

2 Secondhand Job Loss 40



STEP 2 Life After Unemployment

3 Recovery 51

4 Getting Organized 59

5 Rebuilding Your Professional Identity 66



STEP 3 Developing a Career Plan

6 Developing Your Career Plan 75

7 All-Important Research 82

8 Personality Testing 87

9 Personal Marketing Plan 94



Step 4 Crafting an Effective Résumé

10 Résumé Components 107

11 Chronological or Functional Résumé? 117

12 Keywords: The Hidden Language of the Internet 125

13 Channeling the Power of the Internet 132

14 Creating Internet-Friendly Documents 139



STEP 5 The Power of Networking

15 The Visible Job Market 145

16 In-Person Networking 150

17 Social Networking 166



STEP 6 Effective Interviewing

18 The Interview: Types and Styles 177

19 Informational Interviews 186

20 The Screening Interview 190

21 The Interview: Concerns and Questions 196

22 Strategies to Ace an Interview 207

23 The Salary Negotiation Process 218



Step 7 Reemployment: Hit the Ground Running

24 Prepared and Ready to Go 235

25 Your First Six Months 245



Conclusion 253



Endnotes 255



Index 259