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

by Editors Of Mba Jungle (Editor), Editors Of Jd Jungle (Editor), Jon Housman (Author), MBA Jungle (Author), JD Jungle (Author) "YOU'VE GOT A FIRM HANDSHAKE, RIGHT?..." (more)
Key Phrases: former recruiter, New York, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley (more...)

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.

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"A hip, no-frills digest of job-hunting techniques...good tips are succinctly stated...will appeal to time-conserving readers." -- Trenton Times 1/14/03

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (December 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738207446
• ISBN-13: 978-0738207445
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 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.com Sales Rank: #1,481,556 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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

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

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!