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Kate Wendleton (Author)
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December 22, 1992
Here is a unique, business-oriented approach to job hunting which provides the reader with step-by-step instructions in finding a new and/or improved position. Wendleton explains why the "tried and true" techniques no longer work and includes up-to-the-minute job-hunting techniques and astute lessons on how to turn interviews into offers.

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Through the Brick Wall, the What Color Is Your Parachute? of the nineties "Kate Wendleton has written a sage and sensible book for the turbulent 90's. She believes you need to take a proactive approach to getting the kind of job you want, and she shows you how to get it in Through the Brick Wall!"

-- Harvey Mackay, author of Swim with the Sharks

Without Being Eaten Alive and Sharkproof

"Everyone who has met Kate knows that she has a genius for caring about others. Her inspiring energy and wide practical knowledge about job hunting are packed into this wonderful book. It will be of great help to all who read it."

-- David Rottman, vice president and manager,

Career Services, Chemical Bank, New York City

"Everyone talks about 'taking charge' of their lives; Kate Wendleton shows you how. One of the savviest and most effective career counselors that I know teaches that -- even in the toughest of times -- you can (and deserve to) find work that is right for you."

-- Robert Mintz, director of human resources, Time, Inc., Magazines

"A one-woman crusade against unemployment -- Kate Wendleton, The Five O'Clock Club, and Through the Brick Wall!"

-- Roberta Mel, vice president, national advertising, Home Box Office

"I have doubled my salary during the past five years by using The Five O'Clock Club techniques. Now I earn what I deserve. I think everyone needs The Five O'Clock Club and Through the Brick Wall."

-- M.S., attorney, entertainment industry

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Here is a unique, business-oriented approach to job hunting which provides the reader with step-by-step instructions in finding a new and/or improved position. Wendleton explains why the "tried and true" techniques no longer work and includes up-to-the-minute job-hunting techniques and astute lessons on how to turn interviews into offers.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 324 pages
  • Publisher: Villard; 3rd Printing edition (December 22, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0679744983
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679744986
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 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: #457,379 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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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Place To Start, January 23, 2004
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At first the exercises felt hokey, but after I sat down and got to work it helped me get started with the overwhelming task of getting my job search in gear. From start to finish you need to do the work, but if you are not sure where to start, or if what you are doing isn't generating results this is the book for you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One Job Search Book for Everyone!, December 9, 2011
This review is from: Through the Brick Wall: How to Job-Hunt in a Tight Market (Paperback)
Can it be almost 20 years since Kate Wendleton published this? At the time, I said rather publicly, "This is the best job search book I have ever read." It remains so.

The most important point about Brick Wall is that it outlines strategies and suggests tactics that will work for C-level executives AND for graduates looking for their first job and, yes, for everybody in between. If you're looking at all of the books available on job search and wondering, "Which of these is for people at my level?" the answer is "This one!"

FYI--For over 20 years, I made my living coaching people in the midst of job searches.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Job Hunting Classic: Very Strong on Search Techniques, January 31, 2006
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This is a pre-Internet book, but also a classic in the job hunting field, giving generally good advice on most aspects of the job search process in a thoughtful, organized manner. Includes career decision making, resumes, interviewing, search techniques and salary negotiations, but does not include anything on progress measurements in search. An excellent book for learning most of the basics of job search in one place. Even though it's a bit old, it's well worth reading and will help you be more effective in job search.
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