Job Interview Tips for People With Not-So-Hot Backgrounds: How to Put Red Flags Behind You! (Career Savvy) [Paperback]

Caryl Krannich (Author), Ron Krannich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 2004 | Series: Career Savvy

Here's the book that speaks to millions of individuals who have difficult but promising backgrounds. It examines how to best prepare to answer sensitive job interview questions. Shows how to provide honest and positive answers that demonstrate you are the most promising candidate despite your background.

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About the Author

Ron Krannich PhD and Caryl Krannich PhD

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Impact Publications (February 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157023213X
• ISBN-13: 978-1570232138
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #963,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A key guide for job seekers, May 15, 2004

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Job Interview Tips for People With Not-So-Hot Backgrounds: How to Put Red Flags Behind You! (Career Savvy) (Paperback)

A key guide for job seekers addresses common problems of the successful job search. Caryl and Ron Krannich's Job Interview Tips For People With Not-so-hot Backgrounds: How To Put Red Flags Behind You tells the common red flags which appear on resumes and background searches and explores how candidates for jobs can offset these red flags with positive results. Whether it's no experience, poor grades, or poor references and a prior firing, this details clear resolutions to common barriers.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye Opener, January 13, 2009

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educ8er (Jacksonville, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Job Interview Tips for People With Not-So-Hot Backgrounds: How to Put Red Flags Behind You! (Career Savvy) (Paperback)

Krannich and Krannich cut to the chase in this book. From job hoppers to terminated employment to ex-offenders this book is valuable to a broader group than the title might infer.

Even with mild problem areas, everyone can learn to shake the trembles of the past and improve your chances to "get the job!"

Everyone should remember this book is very important to a wide group of our society, but also realize many that fit into this category have literacy problems. The trick is to turn this information into useful information for those that need it most. Great read!

6 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great title and great information,, May 2, 2004

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jason mcclure (Little Rock, Arkansas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Job Interview Tips for People With Not-So-Hot Backgrounds: How to Put Red Flags Behind You! (Career Savvy) (Paperback)

This is book is great. As the author of, "How to find your dream job and make it a reality: solutions for a meaningful and rewarding career." I feel I am an expert on the subject. Many books tell you how to get a job interview, and few give you scripted answers assuming you have been nothing, but successful.

For most people, this just is not the case. There are a number of reasons of why people do not have great backgrounds. I for one do not believe this is a reflection of potential, creativity, and attitude all of which are far more important than experience. If you need to prep for the interview read this book, if you need to get an interview read, "How to find your dream job and make it a reality: solutions for a meaningful and rewarding career" first. When investing in both of these resources you cannot go wrong.