Getting the Job You Really Want: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding a Good Job in Less Time

The most widely used workbook on self-directed career planning and job search, along with its extensive instructor's materials, has now been revised for a sixth edition. This complete curriculum provides the core material that thousands of schools, colleges, and workforce development programs have used successfully for many years, and has now been updated with the latest information on job search technology (including the Internet and smartphones) and workforce realities. In addition to teaching students and adults how to find a job fast, Getting the Job You Really Want helps them keep their jobs and advance their careers with up-to-date content on etiquette, ethics, personal finance, and more. A fresh interior design showcases the book's narrative, activities, worksheets, case scenarios, and more.

There is one basic difference between this book and the many others on similar topics: This one works! For over 20 years, the author has refined techniques presented here , and they have helped over a million people find better jobs in less time. These techniques increase results in job search programs -- even in areas of high unemployment -- for career changers, students, unemployed professionals, and anyone planning a career or looking for a job. In a project demonstrating the techniques in this book, 96 percent of the participants got jobs in an average of 21 days. Remarkable, this occurred in the city with the highest unemployment rate at the time -- over 25 percent.This completely revised book provides practical and easy-to-use advice in a lively, interactive, and interesting format. Whether you have a clear job objective or not, Getting the Job You Really Want will help. You learn quickly how to:

Identify your key skills
Define your ideal job
Explore career alternatives
Find the hidden 70 percent of unadvertised jobs
Use the phone to get two interviews a day
Create superior resumes
Cut your job search time in half!
Succeed and move up on a new job

Many consider Getting the Job You Really Want the best book of its kind because of its results-oriented approach. This might explain why the author's books are the most widely used in job search programs in North America.