The Harvard Business School Guide to Finding Your Next Job - Softcover

Gardella, Robert S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578512239 ISBN 13: 9781578512232

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press, 2000

Synopsis

Offers a road map for planning and conducting your search for the job. This book covers the elements of the job search process - from creating a resume to dealing with emotional side of job loss, from choosing references to staying motivated, and from using various search strategies to negotiate job offers.

About this title

About the Author

Robert S. Gardella is the Assistant Director of Alumni Career Services at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, Gardella worked as a consultant, job search counselor, and outplacement specialist.

From the Back Cover

Following the Road Map to Your Next Job

As fast as the business world is evolving, so is the search for the right job. Forces such as the changing nature of the employee/employer contract, globalization, consolidation, the quest for work/life balance, a workplace in constant flux, and lack of job security means that more professionals are looking for new jobs more often. Yet developing and managing effective job search can be a daunting task for even the most experienced professional.

Whether you are searching for a new job or just considering a change. The Harvard Business School Guide to Finding Your Next Job offers a road map for planning and conducting your search. The guide covers all the key elements of the job search process—from creating a resume to dealing with emotional side of job loss, from choosing references to staying motivated, and from using various search strategies to negotiate job offers. Practical direction is given for allocating time effectively and focusing on those job-search activities that are most likely to be successful.

Concise yet comprehensive. The Harvard Business School guide to Finding Your Next Job puts the demanding job search process on perspective for experienced professionals and first time job seekers alike.

Reviews

The Harvard Business School is known for its career guides in fields favored by "b-school" graduates, such as marketing, finance, and consulting. Harvard's Office of Career Services within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has also published Martha Leape's more generally oriented Harvard Guide to Careers, but that was last updated with its fifth edition in 1995. Now Gardella, who is associate director of Alumni Career Services at Harvard Business School, provides straightforward, savvy advice on the job search process itself. Based on his extensive experience as an outplacement counselor, his tips have been adapted to benefit any job-seeker at any point in his or her career. Gardella covers references, resumes, letters, interviews, and negotiation. He also details a strategy for planning and executing a job search campaign, and discusses the emotional aspects of looking for work. Special topics include the "long-distance" job search, job fairs, and overcoming age discrimination. Gardella also stresses, however, that "the bottom line in the job search . . . is networking." David Rouse

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578512239
• ISBN 13: 9781578512232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176