Winning Job Interviews
“Dr. Paul Powers was the original answer man for job seekers on Monster. Winning Job Interviews prepares success-minded people for that crucial encounter with great advice, helpful tips and…a winning attitude.”
–Jeff Taylor, founder and Chief Monster of Monster.com
“With the wit and wisdom of experience, Powers delivers the goods. Before you step foot into your next job interview, you need to read this book!”
–Cheryl Richardson, best-selling author of Take Time for Your Life
“No question, this is the best book on job interviewing I’ve read. Concrete, practical advice in a fun-to-read format.”
–Kevin Harrington, former director of career services, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Here is one book every job hunter needs. Fast paced, with no fluff, Winning Job Interviews is packed with strategies and techniques that are practical, market-proven, and easy to use. Combining 30 years of career expertise with equal doses of motivation and humor, Dr. Paul Powers shows you how to:
* Overcome the “deadly dozen” roadblocks that trip up the even the most seasoned job hunter.
* Always have a great, fail-safe answer for even the most difficult interview questions.
* Have your references singing your praises.
* Get more and better job offers…and the simple phrase to help you negotiate the best deal possible.
* The job-hunting pros and cons of today’s technologies.
* Four disastrous social networking mistakes that will hurt your job hunt and career.
* How to recession-proof your job and keep your parachute packed and ready to go.
An expanded toolkit, with worksheets, flowcharts, outlines, and insider tips for the motivated job hunter, is also included in this extensively revised new edition.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Sounds promising
Bought this book due to current economic situation. A lot of people lost their jobs, so it is important to have good, explainable answers on tricky job interviews.
I am curious to the outcome of the interviews I recently had.
1 Stars Be careful of the bogus reviews
All of the 23 reviews before this one had “5 stars” Something is strange. Click on each of the reviewer and you will see that they all have written reviews for the same two books- both by the same authors. All identical! Be careful of what might seem fake reviews!
5 Stars Great book for winning the interview…
There is such a thing as winning the interview… many people don’t have this mantaility when going into an interview, but it’s true. Being on the opposite side of the desk (the hiring manager), I look for certain unspoken talents and jestures during the interview process.
This book gives the reader a lot of insight and helpful hints on how to act during the interview.
Kelly Wibbenmeyer, [...]
5 Stars New Tools for Job Interviewing
Dr. Paul Powers provides some wonderfully useful and supportive information for taking control of the interview process and using it to not only gain a job, but to also build confidence in working through the job search process. Topics include everything from getting into a good interviewing mindset, customizing your job hunt, and practicing interviewing, to answering interview questions, selling your skills, negotiating offers, and following up with potential employers and referrals. Particularly insightful and helpful are Powers’ information and tips on psychological testing, and his tools and techniques for prepping references. If you read nothing else, read these two sections. The information alone is good, the techniques make the book even better. Powers also provides an Interview Tool Kit at the back of the book that will be of help to even a seasoned job hunter. I successfully use variations of several of the interview tools with my clients and recommend other job searchers and career development professionals use them as well. ©2009 [...]
5 Stars T L Garrison
Valuable insights presented by the author in an upbeat-positive fashion to assist the job seeker do the most important self-promotion presentation - the interview. Difficult for many of us, this author presents it intelligently, simply, and positively. Good Book!
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