Chances are -- unless, perhaps, you're Paris Hilton -- you've had to interview for a job at some point in your life. Employment interviews are a fact of life, as sure as bad weather and often as welcome. That's especially the case for individuals who have pursued professional careers as lawyers, licensed brokers, accountants, nurses, writers or other roles requiring special training. For them, the job interview is an unavoidable rite of passage, as essential to survival as food and water. So when the professional goes in for a job interview, the stakes are high. And things aren't getting any easier. Professionals today are facing off against more competitors for a shrinking number of jobs. They've got to scramble in a Google-paced world where the rules can change as fast as a text message. They desperately need an edge. But they're also busy. They don't have time for a tome on the fine art of interviewing. They don't have the patience for Dr. Seuss-style books best suited to college students seeking their first job. They need a survival guide. This book is for them. The Underground Guide to Job Interviewing for the Working Professional talks to professionals in their own language. Structured loosely as a coaching session in which a recruiter prepares the reader for an upcoming interview, it unabashedly embraces the predicament of the job seeker. Alternately authoritative and subversive, it gives a no-holds-barred account of the hurdles a job candidate faces when he or she goes into battle against unfair, inept or clueless interviewers. At the same time, it objectively explains the job interview process, and includes numerous headings and subheadings for easy reference and comprehension.
An experienced trial attorney, executive recruiter and author, Todd Moster is the guiding force behind Moster Legal Placement, Inc., a legal search and consulting company based in Los Angeles, California (http://www.mosterlegal.com). An executive recruiter since 1998, Todd has worked with thousands of job seekers and prepared hundreds for their job interviews. He also runs the highly regarded Interview BootCamp® program (http://www.mosterlegal.com/Bootcamp.html). Interview BootCamp provides training in effective job interviewing techniques to people in all occupations on both an individual and group basis.
With the recent release of the Second Edition of his book, "The Underground Guide to Job Interviewing," Todd continues his effort to make his job interview strategies available to the general public. The Second and Expanded Edition of his Amazon Top 10 Best Seller in the Job Hunting category covers additional areas suggested and requested by readers of the First Edition. It also includes a separate Interview Preparation & Practice Guide with sample interview questions designed to sharpen the job candidate's presentation skills.
A 1982 graduate of UCLA School of Law, Todd worked as a Deputy District Attorney for the Kern County District Attorney's Office, where he prosecuted hundreds of cases, served as a member of the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit and managed a branch office. Upon entering private practice in 1987, he represented clients in the areas of business, real estate and employment litigation and became a Partner at a well-regarded Los Angeles law firm. Todd has tried numerous jury matters to verdict, and presided over Small Claims and Traffic cases as a Judge Pro Tem.
Todd's company recruits and finds jobs for attorneys, paralegals and other high-level professionals in the legal field, working with both law firms and the legal departments of large companies. He's placed attorneys at nearly all levels of experience, from General Counsels and Associate General Counsels in corporations to law firm Partners and Associates. His company additionally provides contract attorneys and other professionals to law firms and companies for temporary assignments.
Todd has also worked in documentary television, including as a writer for a popular History Channel show. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Roxanne and their rescue dog, Max.
