Books about how to get a job
Both of these books may be available from your library. If your library doesn't have them, you can get them through Inter-Library Loan; librarians have information about Inter-Library Loans.
The book Executive Jobs Unlimited says never to write a resume, only write job-getting letters.
A job-getting letter isn't restricted to a chronological history of your past job experience. A job-getting letter tells only what is necessary to get any particular job.
Resumes are unnecessarily restricting. For example, you may have had some experience in high school that would be very useful in a job. A resume may not include a high school experience, but a job-getting letter could include that experience. Resumes focus on when and where the experience happened. Job-getting letters focus on the quality of the experience. The quality of the experience is what matters to an employer; other information is not important.
The book is old. Much of what it says is not helpful. However, for 27 years the author helped people get jobs who were graduating from Harvard Business School, and that experience is sometimes extremely valuable.
Carl Boll wrote that according to his experience you have more chances if you send applications to companies that didn't publish job openings. When you respond to job openings, you are in competition with other applicants.
The book helps readers explore the real issue of getting a job: What people need is not just a job. What they need is to understand themselves and to find a job that puts them in a position that is personally growthful as well as being valuable to the company that hires them.
by Michael Jennings of Futurepower®
Saturday, July 25, 2009 ©2009
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Saturday, July 25, 2009 ©2009
Futurepower is a registered
trademark and service mark.