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Reviews: "An essential guide for the modern job-seeker." -Evening Standard
"A good investment ... a comprehensive guide to the various ways of hunting jobs down, as well as how to make the right impression with employers." -Daily Mirror
"Includes the thinking behind over 200 tough interview questions and effective ways to answer them. The ultimate job-hunter"s guide." -Pathfinder
"Some excellent tips on how to answer potential c1angers." -Cosmopolitan
Description: Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions is the best-selling job-hunting book of all time and the essential companion for all jobseekers. It takes you through the whole process, from composing your CV and preparing for interviews to interview techniques, answering tough questions and even negotiating your new salary.
This fully revised new edition includes valuable advice on job-hunting in times of economic downturn and tips for using the internet and social networking as part of your job search. You"ll also find plenty of examples of the tough questions that interviewers love to throw at you, such as:
• Why should I give you the job?
• What are your outstanding qualities?
• Why do you want to work here?
• What is your greatest strength?
• What is your biggest weakness?
• How much money do you want?
• How long would you stay with the company?
With the best answers to these questions and many more, Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions is suitable for anyone at any stage of their career, providing all the guidance needed to land that dream job. An indispensable guide that blows the competition away, no serious job-hunter can afford to ignore it.
Contents: Introduction • PART ONE The Well – Stocked Briefcase • The realities of job hunting • The productive CV • Networking and the Successful job search • More effective job search tactics • PART TWO Getting to Square One • Making Contact • The telephone interview • Dressing for interview success • Body language • The curtain goes up on the job interview • PART THREE Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions • The five secrets of securing a job offer • How to knock ‘em dead • ‘What kind of person are you really, Mr Jones?’ • The other side of the desk • The stress interview • Welcome to the real world • The graceful exit • PART FOUR Finishing Touches • Out of sight, out of mind? • Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat • Negotiating the offer • Multiple interviews, multiple offers • Conclusion: The glittering prizes ISBN - 9780749463526
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Pages : 296
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