Instant Interviews: 101 Ways to Get the Best Job of Your Life
Instant Interviews: 101 Ways to Get the Best Job of Your Life
“Every page of this exciting new book explodes with the energy of new ideas. You haven’t read these techniques on the Net or anywhere else. Highly recommended!”—Joyce Lain Kennedy, America’s No. 1 Syndicated Careers Coumist
Get all the interviews you want-instantly!
It’s a jungle out there-a jobjungle. You’re crouching-and grouching-waiting impatiently to attack the next job that appears. You hear a rustle through the trees and hold your breath. Something moves—but before you can pounce, it’s gone. Each time you get better and better…at blowing interviews.
Is that you? Why? What are you waiting for? You could be having more fun and more success than you’ve ever had in your life! Instant Interviews turns you into an interview magnet. If you’re going to use traditional lead sources like the Internet, classified ads, or job fairs, this book will supercharge their effectiveness. You’ll stop waiting for something to happen and start making it happen yourself.
Instant Interviews includes 101 easy, proven techniques for getting the only thing that counts in the job jungle—an interview. Get face-to-face with your future using these strategies and dozens more:
- Find your ideal employer online right now
- Incite potential employers to interview you today
- Immediately reply to only the hottest job listings
- Know now what employers want, not what they say
- Read between the lines in help-wanted ads to get interviewed first
- Develop your interviewing persona fast
- Develop a list of personal references by tomorrow
- Use temporary assignments differently to get hired right away
- Get interviews through the back door this Saturday
- Auction yourself to the highest bidder by next week
- Develop an endless flow of job offers without delay
It’s all inside. The techniques in Instant Interviews are designed solely to have you in the right place at the right time to land your dream job. Starting today. Smart, savvy, and sure-these are the ultimate skills for unlimited career success through unlimited interviews in any economy.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Good material - Hate the layout
I like the content in the book, but it is not organized well. The author jumps around so much I have a hard time looking up specific situations to get timely advice. I did try the breakfast smoothie, and it was great!
5 Stars Instant Interviews - a Variety of Information
This book has such a variety of useful information.
“people don’t change….you’re just using what you had all the time….Reprioritise your values…”
This is the quote that encaptured the essence of the book for me.
I believe people have both good and bad qualities. This book potentially helps to bring out the good qualities in oneself. We each have a different way of expressing ourselves and relating to others. Personality, culture and other factors mould us as individuals. There are many examples in ‘Instant Interviews’ which illustrates how to promote the good, positive attributes in ourselves and in others.
The language Jeff has used is informal which, on the whole, is a good characteristic. The slang used is a stumbling block for me as I have to think about what Jeff is actually saying. Taking away the hype and Americanisms in this book, there is first-class content. The adjectives I would like to use to describe this multi-depth book are:
Motivational
Informative
Confidence boosting
Relevant
Scenario packed
Vast array of examples.
In short, ‘Instant Interviews’ helps us understand how to bring out the positive characteristics of ourselves. It shows the best way we can use our own confident, positive personalities in a variety of work-related situations.
1 Stars Instant Interviews.
If the hiring process and candidates truly are this appaling in the USA then I am astonished. My suspicion is that its aimed at those looking for entry level unskilled positions. A useless book for anyone in Europe.
5 Stars Excellent book for interviewing success!
Mr. Allen has done a super job of laying the fact of interviewing on paper. I’ve used some of the techniques listed in the book prior to reading it, but after reading it and adopting a few more techinques I’ve been successful in landing “the perfect job”…. Kelly WibbenmeyerAny Tom, Dick, or Harry Can Get a Job: A Sure Fire Way to Land a Job
1 Stars Are you kidding me?
I bought this book because it had 113 5 star reviews and no, not one, review lower than 5 stars. I should have known something was not right as that just doesn’t make sense to have 100% 5 star reviews in the open public rating system.
I have been an executive recruiter for the past 8 years, a successful one at that, and I regularly read books on the industry to keep up with trends and information. I bought this book based on the reviews and title. I then received the book and have never had my jaw drop so many times in my life.
Who is this guy? His writing is that of a 15 year old with slang and casual phrases that make pretty much no sense to me at times. Then, there are “how to” advice that includes heading to the steam room at the gym to “nail a mega-offeror”. I’m sorry, but what exactly does that mean Mr. Allen? Yes, I understand that you mean to say that you can network in the sauna, but following it up with “By the time we’d dry off, we’d be trading soggy business cards and carrying on like Bert and Ernie.” Wow.
The best this book has to offer is good solid humor. And perhaps the advice on eating non-processed food in the second chapter titled “Making and Taking the Instant Interview Magic Potion” where Mr. Allen plans out a diet for us while we are off drumming up interviews for ourselves. Again, wow.
I’d recommend the book “Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0: 1,001 Unconventional Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Landing Your Dream Job (Paperback)” if you’re looking for some real advice. A much more professional, realistic and effective book.
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