99 Minutes to Your Ideal Job - Softcover

Mangum, William T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471111260 ISBN 13: 9780471111269

Publisher: Wiley, 1995

Synopsis

Strategies for today's leaner, meaner job market

It's a jungle out there! And to successfully compete in today's mean, lean job market you need bold new job search skills. Now this amazing new guide arms you with all the strategies, skills, and techniques you need to land not just any job, but your ideal job. And it maps out the 99 crucial minutes that will determine whether you get it!

Based on 30 years of job market experience and current surveys with thousands of employers, hiring managers, and job hunters nationwide, 99 Minutes to Your Ideal Job provides a useful timetable for the job seeker. The 99 Minute Formula breaks down the job search and interviewing activities into pivotal time frames.

99 Minutes to Your Ideal Job clues you in on such valuable insider information as what exactly employers are looking for today, what turns them on (and off) in resumes and interviews, how they evaluate applicants, and more. You will also find out what the hiring picture looks like for the next few years, where the best opportunities are, which skills are most in demand, and where the job surplus areas are.

Most importantly, with 99 Minutes to Your Ideal Job, you benefit from the wisdom and expertise of nationally recognized job search expert, William T. Mangum. He systematically coaches you in the proven strategies, tips, and techniques he's developed in helping job searchers win the jobs of their dreams.

The only book offering unique job search strategies and techniques tailored specifically to today's leaner, meaner job market

• Offers proven practical, immediately useful techniques from a noted job search expert who has helped thousands land the jobs of their dreams
• Provides important job market data geared to today's job market from national surveys of over 7,000 employers and successful job searchers. This book gives you the most up-to-date assessment of where the opportunities are and what employers are looking for.
• Features five new job hunting techniques—the 99 Minute Formula (interviewing to get job offer results), VWP (verbal, written, personal presentation techniques), TNT (traditional/nontraditional job hunting techniques), TART (turning around rejection), and PEG (position employer guide)

About this title

About the Author

WILLIAM T. MANGUM is President of the Thomas-Mangum Company, a consulting firm specializing in executive search and organizational planning and development. Mr. Mangum was selected by his peers and clients for inclusion in Career Makers: America's Top 100 Executive Recruiters. His executive search projects have included the selection of top scientists for Rockwell's Apollo moon landing, and executives for the Martin-Marietta Viking Mars program. Other clients have included ALCOA, Motorola, IBM, Mattel Toys, Loral, Toyota, Northrop Grumman, United Technology, Allied Signal, and Xerox.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0471111260
• ISBN 13: 9780471111269
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 219