10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search [Paperback]

Todd Bermont (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1564147401 | ISBN-13: 978-1564147400 | Publication Date: June 9, 2009 | Edition: Revised

10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search offers a complete step-by-step roadmap on how to get the job you want--fast--even in tough times! This book will motivate you, increase your self-confidence, and show you how to sell yourself so companies want to hire you. You'll have an unfair advantage when searching for a job! Todd Bermont shares with you the secrets he has learned to find a job in any economy, secrets that he used to get six job offers his senior year of college, to land three job offers in one week during a recession, and to earn numerous job promotions since. Additionally, having also been a hiring manager, Todd gives you a behind-the-scenes look into the hiring process that will give you another unfair advantage. With this book you'll: * Develop and maintain a winning attitude throughout your job search. * Convince companies to hire you...even when no positions are available.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...This book gives you up-to-date and essential tips and techniques you need to get the job you want..." -- Brian Tracy, author, speaker, and consultant

"Comprehensive. Extrordinarily timely and shrewdly perceptive." -- The Book Reader

"Excellent...outstanding...the best job-hunting book I have ever read!" -- Les Brown, author of Live Your Dreams

"Great strategies to crush fears of finding a job and practical ways to release power to get the job..." -- Karen S. Hinds, author of Get along, Get Ahead

About the Author

Todd Bermont, author of "10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search," "10 Insider Secrets(TM)Career Transition Workshop" and "Cognitive Selling" has helped thousands of people make lucrative career transitions. Todd has over 20 years of Fortune 500 experience. As a top-level manager, he has hired, trained and motivated employees around the world. He has also appeared on CNN and FOX TV, USA Radio Network, Cable Radio Network, Money Matters Financial Network and in several newspapers across the globe. Todd Bermont has also been a guest lecturer on this topic at the University of Chicago's Graham School of General Studies and has developed an online job search course available through over 800 colleges and universities across the country called "12 Steps to a Winning Job Search."

Todd's original book "10 Insider Secrets to Job Hunting Success" was often a best seller on the topic. In his new book, "10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search," Todd shares secrets never before seen in a job-hunting book.

Todd has spoken to and helped of thousands of job-hunters at events sponsored by groups such as Women for Hire, Women in Direct Marketing, Raymond James & Associates, and the Career Transitions Center of Chicago.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Career Press; Revised edition (June 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564147401
• ISBN-13: 978-1564147400
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #770,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful!, November 4, 2004

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Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search (Paperback)

This guide to job hunting may provide a practical boost if you're looking for a job. It recaps some of the most widely known and broadly discussed tips about job seeking, and presents them clearly and concisely. Though it has little that is brand new, it does put some things in a different, positive light. Author Todd Bermont backs up his book with a website and provides details about his 10 recommendations. While they may not really be secrets, they amount to an organized 10-step path to finding a new and better job. Bermont is chatty, and uses conversational (as opposed to textbook) grammar, as he boosts your self-confidence and assures you that the perfect job is out there, if you search for it the right way. His first three steps urge you to deal with your own assets and wishes before you begin to contact prospective employers. However, once you are ready for that step, he makes sure you know how to proceed with the right resume, contact strategy and interview technique. We recommend this book to those who are searching for entry level or mid-level jobs. It may not be quite sophisticated enough to open doors into the executive suite, but when you're out of work your job becomes finding a job - and this book will help.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A shining light, September 10, 2004

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Top Producer 1 (Vernon Hills, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search (Paperback)

The best career advice I was given recently was to buy the book "10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search." I did so because I was at a point to where I didn't know what I wanted to do for a living or how to get the job I wanted after I figured it out.

This book helped me in both areas. To get the most out this book, don't skim through it or read it all at once. Instead, treat it like a you would taking a course. It won't necessarily be as easy as the title would lead you to believe, because the book guides you through a process of self-discovery and positioning yourself to succeed. Both of which requires time and energy. But if you work with it, it can really help you focus on what's important to you in a career and in life. Since you have to work for most of your life, the key is to get a job that will make you feel proud and satisified.

I recommend this book to everyone who's trying to work through the frustrations of deciding what to do and how to pay the bills without losing your mind or your essence. I also recommend the author's workbook called "10 Insider Secrets: Career Transition Workshop." Both worked for me. If you are bummed out and tired of being frustrated this book will be a shining light that will help you succeed.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for any job seeker, December 18, 2004

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Financial Woman (Schaumburg, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search (Paperback)

If you want a common sense book that will show you exactly how to find the job you want, "10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search" is your book. Unlike other job-hunting books that have been in print for over 30 years, this book is filled with fresh ideas for today's tough times. It is conversational and speaks to me. I would highly recommend this book to any job seeker.