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The Foolproof Job Search Workbook [Paperback]

Don Asher (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)


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In my experience, the most difficult part of a job search is staying organized and following a logical course of action. The Foolproof Job-Search Workbook is an active workbook with tips, exercises, and information to help job seekers define their abilities and interests and prepare for the search, the interviews, and jobs that work. Plus, if you are considering a career change, this workbook will help you inventory your skills and talents and point yourself in the right direction. Go for it!

Product Details

  • Paperback: 330 pages
  • Publisher: Ten Speed Press (September 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0898156874
  • ISBN-13: 978-0898156874
  • Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,922,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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DONALD ASHER is the author of ten books on the topics of careers and higher education. He is a contributing writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com, USAirways Magazine, MSN Encarta and MSN homepage, Dow Jones's National Business Employment Weekly and Managing Your Career magazines, and many other publications and career sites. He visits more than one hundred university campuses every year to discuss career management topics from salary negotiations to linking your major to your life goals.

 

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A basically helpful book, July 2, 2001
This review is from: The Foolproof Job Search Workbook (Paperback)
I reviewed this book in the annotated bibliograhy of Learning A Living; A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding A Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia. I was impressed with it. This is what I said;

Covers the entire job search process from setting up your home office to negotiating salary. This book provides mnany forms and worksheets. Forms include over 50 already-printed index cards for each person you contact, a pre-interview worksheet that may help you structure your research, a daily plan, and a "Sunday Night Scorecard" that enables you to track your progress. Some of the forms use small print. You'll need a photocopier to get copies. On the other hand, this system would work for a person who has sufficient reading and writing skills to use it and who needs structure. The book is aimed a full-time job seekers from entry to mid-level.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gives you the Tools to go out and Get a job, April 7, 2004
This review is from: The Foolproof Job Search Workbook (Paperback)
I did a career workshop with the author, and it was very helpful and inspiring. This was just before Enron and the bursting of the Internet bubble, and he implored us NOT to accept stock option plans because he knew what was coming.

When people think of searching for a job, they think of things like the newspaper ads, monster.com and other internet sites, or scanning around the community for help wanted signs. This is a PASSIVE approach to a job search. This workbook is an active approach, designed first to help you build a specialized resume and target a job that plays to your strengths and abilities.

70%-85% of all jobs that change hands are never advertised. By some of the easy techniques in this workbook, you can learn to network (talk to people) and learn about possible opportunities. It even includes help with the interview (Always walk in the door FOUR MINUTES early, no earlier or later) and even how to negotiate a salary.

Hey, it's hard work getting a job. It's like, well,...a job. The book guarantees that if you fill the book out and do what it says, you will get job offers. I would recommend this book to anybody interested in a job-search.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, April 14, 2009
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This book offered some good tips on job searches however I have found other places more helpful. One extremly helpful site is [...]. This website has a huge listing of jobs and they are all directly from employer websites. I have found this site to list more jobs by far than any other job board site. Very helpful site! Go check it out.
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BEFORE YOU PERFORM ANY JOB, even the job of looking for a job, you need the right tools and a place to work. Read the first page
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date first contacted, outcome fax, first contacted customer, attach ads, acquaintance phone, title phone date, outcome phone, seasonal routine duties, date time outcome, alumni office phone, known title name, name business phone home phone, completing other side, key contact person, family member phone, outcome title, influence phone, key contact name, contact date time, bottom line whenever, outcome address, outcome name, outcome company, contacted name, basic job description
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Donald Asher, Ten Speed Press, Job Title, New York, Better Business Bureau, Post-Interview Worksheet, Daily Job-Search Expense Worksheet, Los Angeles, Performance Standard, Pre-Interview Worksheet-The Company, The Harmony Companies
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