Nail the Job: Every Tool You'll Need to Land Your Dream Job and Master Your Career [Paperback]

Jon Housman (Author), Editors Of Mba Jungle (Author), Editors Of Jd Jungle (Author), MBA Jungle (Author), JD Jungle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 26, 2002

Whether you're looking for entry-level work, short-term job experience that can lead to a satisfying career, or a specific, advertised job, the ability to convince a prospective employer of your abilities -on paper and in person-will be crucial to your success. Nail the Job gives you the competitive edge with tips and advice for the job search: --From insipid to inspired: what constitutes a winning cover letter--How to write a targeted, knock-'em dead résumé--How to leave perfect voice-mail and e-mail messages--What you need to know about your potential employer and how to use that knowledge to ask smart, insightful questions--Cocky versus confident: how best to articulate your desire to get a specific job--What to wear-and what not to wear-to an interview and understanding what your body language says about you--How to work with a headhunter--How to make a great impression in the first ninety days on the jobvisit www.mbajungle.com

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Two dozen articles, previously published in MBA Jungle magazine and its related free online journals, have been adapted and revised by their editors into this eight-chapter book. The informal, conversational narrative will appeal to the targeted college-age audience. The first half of the book deals with more general job-hunting topics and is useful for those seeking careers in any profession; early chapters give advice on networking, avoiding mistakes, acing interviews, determining what recruiters are looking for, and closing an interview effectively. The remaining chapters are directed more toward those in the MBA-related fields of finance, management, marketing, and accounting and focus on what MBAs may encounter, e.g., the idiosyncrasies and expectations of consulting, switching careers among various business fields, handling headhunters, and, finally, negotiating job offers. The overall advice is current, authoritative, sound, and full of useful examples from real-life situations while emphasizing throughout the need for research and thorough preparation. Recommended for all career collections.
Stanley P. Hodge, Ball State Univ. Lib., Muncie, IN
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, Summer 2009
“Provides a straightforward approach to landing the job you really want by understanding the realities of today’s marketplace and the steps you need to take to rise above the competition…Written in a conversational and clever style.”

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (December 26, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738207446
• ISBN-13: 978-0738207445
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #766,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A near "must-read" for MBA students seeking employment, January 15, 2004

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Bob Gardella (Newark, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nail the Job: Every Tool You'll Need to Land Your Dream Job and Master Your Career (Paperback)

Job- or internship-seeking MBA students should first, of course, take advantage of the many resources available from their business school's career center, and also any alumni career services offered by their undergraduate school. An outstanding book to augment these services, however, is Nail the Job.

Written in a hip style that should appeal to Gen X MBA students, the book is a collection of articles from MBA Jungle and JD Jungle magazines. It doesn't read like a collection, however, but as a complete, step-by-step introduction to today's MBA student job search.

I have only one criticism. Chapter 7 on "headhunters" is confusing. Though it's clearly describing contingency search firms, it doesn't clarify this point - or identify and describe the distinction between retained search and contingency search. In a sense, this is a minor criticism given the book's primary audience - search firms, retained or contingency, are rarely of help to MBA students, particularly those attending full-time. Why should an organization looking to hire new MBAs pay a search fee of any type when it probably already has an internal group to recruit MBA students?

Current MBA students reading this review - please don't let the last paragraph pointing out one area of weakness stop you from picking up and going through this book, and implementing its suggestions. Nail the Job is written for you and your needs, and it is very good!

Good luck in your job search!