INTRODUCTION
Most people change careers several times in their professional lives. And within careers, people change jobs. Sooner or later, everyone needs solid interviewing skills. And tune-ups for these interviewing skills need to take place each time an occasion to use them occurs. Cliffs Notes Delivering a Winning Job Interview provides just what you need to tune up your interviewing skills or introduce you to the world of interviewing for your first job.
Cliffs Notes Delivering a Winning Job Interview is organized to help you from start to finish. The start happens before you walk into the interviewer's office. You start the interviewing process with solid preparation and practice. The process does not end when you walk out the interviewer's door, either. Only when you successfully conclude the process with a solid, acceptable job offer do you begin to conclude the interview.
Why Do You Need This Book?
Can you answer yes to any of these questions?
- Do you need to learn about job interviewing skills fast?
- Do you not have time to read 500 pages on delivering winning job interviews?
- Do you want to learn how to negotiate the best compensation for your next job?
- Do you need help in dealing with the jitters you feel before every job interview?
- Do you need practice in answering the most common questions asked in an interview?
If so, then Cliffs Notes Delivering a Winning Job Interview is for you!
How to Use This Book
You're the boss here. You get to decide how to read this book. You can read the book from cover to cover or just look for the information you want and put it back on the shelf for later. However, I'll tell you about a few ways I recommend to search for your topics.
- Use the index in the back of the book to find what you're looking for.
- Flip through the book, looking for your topic in the running heads.
- Look for your topic in the Table of Contents in the front of the book.
- Look at the In This Chapter list at the beginning of each chapter.
- Look for additional information in the Resource Center or test your knowledge in the Review section.
- Flip through the book until you find what you're looking for - I organized the book in a logical, task-oriented way.
- Use the forms, checklists, and samples shown in the figures in most chapters to get the practice and skills you need for successful job interviewing.
Also, to find important information quickly, you can look for icons strategically placed in the text. Here are descriptions of the icons you'll find in this book:
If you see a Remember icon, make a mental note of this text - it's worth keeping in mind.
If you see a Tip icon, you know that you've run across a helpful hint, uncovered a secret, or received good advice.
The Warning icon alerts you to something that could be dangerous, requires special caution, or should be avoided.
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