Getting Interviews (Five O'Clock Club Series) [Paperback]

Kate Wendleton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Five O'Clock Club Series | Publication Date: February 1, 2000

Getting Interviews explains to the reader how to find out whom they should be talking to, and how to get those people to agree to meet with them. They will learn about informational meetings and networking interviews. This book also explains to the reader how to market themself- to plan a whole campaign that runs the gamut from personal contacts to phone, e-mail, and targeted direct mail efforts.

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About the Author

Kate Wendleton is a nationally recognized authority on career development. She has been a career coach since 1978, when she founded the Five O'Clock Club and developed its methodology to help job hunters and career changers of all levels in job-search-strategy groups. This methodology is now used by branches of the Five O'Clock Club which meet weekly in the United States and Canada, and has over 8,000 members. Kate is also a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and a respected authority and speaker on career development. She has appeared on the Today Show, CNN, CNBC, Larry King, National Public Radio and CBS, and in The New York Times, The Economist, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Business Week and other national media.

Product Details

• Paperback: 177 pages
• Publisher: Career Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564144488
• ISBN-13: 978-1564144485
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,548,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Kate Wendleton is a nationally syndicated career columnist and recognized authority on career development, having appeared on the Today Show, the CBS Early Show, CNN, CNBC, Larry King, National Public Radio and CBS, and in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, Business Week and other national media. She also advises major corporations about employee career-development programs.


She has been a career coach since 1978, when she founded The Five O'Clock Club' and developed its methodology to help job hunters and career changers of all levels in job-search-strategy groups. This methodology is now used by branches of The Five O'Clock Club, which meet weekly in the U. S. and Canada.

Kate founded and directed The Career Center for seven years, at The New School for Social Research in New York. A former CFO of two small companies, she has 20 years of business-management experience in both manufacturing and service businesses.

She attended Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and received her MBA from Drexel University. She is a popular speaker with groups that include the Wharton Business School Club, the Yale Club and the Columbia Business School Club.

While living in Philadelphia, Kate did long-term volunteer work for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Walnut Street Theatre Art Gallery, United Way, and the YMCA. Kate currently lives in Manhattan.

Wendleton is the author of many Five O'Clock Club books on career-development and job-hunting.

The original Five O'Clock Club was formed in Philadelphia in 1883.
It was made up of the leaders of the day, who shared their experiences
"in a spirit of fellowship and good humor."

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good But Read Targeting Your Job Market First, January 27, 2002

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G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting Interviews (Five O'Clock Club Series) (Paperback)

Kate Wendleton displays a positive pro-active attitude in Getting Interviews for Job Hunters. She gives many positive tips. One should always look to target all available opportunities. In addition, one should expect that a good job search takes a lot of time.

She emphasizes the points of doing a good search. Always ask for referrals as that will keep many possibilities on the fire. You will know you are doing well when you hear some of the same names come up constantly in your search. This is a small world.

Like the section that sums up the types of Executive Search Firms. Good analysis of retainer firm vs. contingency.

The sample cover letters and thank you notes are a mixed bag though. Many of them are way too long. In the age of a tight job market that has the time to read a long winded cover letter. Madge Wrigley's letter in addition to being to long and winding (eight paragraphs, my goodness) also has too much of a chummy tone. Most bosses can be a little too suspicious of someone who gathers too much information on them and couples that with ramblings. I say write a short three to four paragraph letter and come right to the point.

Also the idea that someone could have 6-10 opportunities at one time thru networking seems pretty unlikely. Three to five seems possible but who knows. Maybe the down economy has me a bit pessimistic.

Anyway, there is certainly some good information here. None the less choose Kate's Targeting Your Job Market first as that has a better glossary and fun exercises as well.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read!, March 12, 2003

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Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting Interviews (Five O'Clock Club Series) (Paperback)

Kate Wendleton, an authority on job searches and career development, discusses techniques for getting interviews once you focus on your target job market. After a brief overview of the job-hunting process, she explains how to obtain interviews by networking effectively and building relationships. She discusses how to do mailings, answer ads, use interviews productively, work with search firms, develop phone skills and create a well-organized campaign. The book suffers from some repetition among chapters and some overlap with Wendleton's Building a Great Resume, especially in the beginning of both books. Great Resume offers more information about assessing your career path than the present volume, a solid, basic book apparently geared to the relatively inexperienced job hunter seeking a novice to mid-level position. We from getAbstract recommend the book's well-organized strategic overview to most job seekers, with the caveat that high level executives and managers may already know much of the material.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book helped me get a job in just 5 weeks!, June 26, 2009

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Dani - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Interviews (Five O'Clock Club Series) (Paperback)

This book along with Kate Wendleton's "Mastering the Job Interview and Winning the Money Game" helped me find a new job in only 5 weeks. If you really read these books, follow the advice and study the sample letters, you will find a job. I was going to sign up for the Five O Clock meetings after 2 months of looking, but I landed the perfect job! I cannot recommend these books enough!

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