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Forget everything you've ever been told about looking for a job. Getting Your Foot in the Door offers effective and engaging information for organizing and highlighting your marketable skills, convincing an employer of your potential, and getting the ideal job offer--no matter how much or how little experience you have! Not a one-size-fits-all, fill-in-the-blanks "get a job" guide, this step-by-step book walks you through the entire career search process. From self-assessment exercises to nuts-and-bolts guidelines for crafting an effective resume, fielding difficult interview questions, and negotiating the best package of salary and benefits, Getting Your Foot in the Door contains concrete rules for a successful job search. "It is the best work on this subject I have ever come across. I even think some of the advice is applicable for life and not just an interview." -- Al Roehl, Executive Vice President, Leo Burnett Company, Inc. "When looking for a new career, this is one book you should not put off reading." -- Rita Emmett, author of The Procrastinator's Handbook "[Rob] Sullivan gives us facts, but also more than that; he gives us an intuitive and shrewd approach to marketing ourselves in a Dilbert culture." -- Asa Barber, "Men" columnist, PlayboySullivan, Rob is the author of 'Getting Your Foot in the Door When You Don't Have a Leg to Stand on', published 2001 under ISBN 9780809223404 and ISBN 0809223406.
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