- ISBN13: 9781427797964
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
As a result of dynamic changes in the current legal job market, most legal professionals today have to spend a substantial amount of time planning their careers while still in law school, refining those plans as their careers unfold, and keeping their eyes open for changes in the legal environment. With so many of their peers vying for the same positions, legal job candidates who understand the special art of interviewing for legal jobs will stand out from the crowd. This unique guide covers all the topics they need to know, including:
- What’s different about legal job interviewers
- What work needs to be done before scheduling and arriving at the interview
- The step-by-step process of a typical interview
- What to do (and not to do) to maximize the chance of getting that job offer
- Guidance for lunch, cocktail, or dinner interviews (whose purpose is often different form the in-office interview)
- Strategies for dealing with common legal job interview questions
- Using your interviewing skills after you’ve landed the job you want
The Legal Job Interview: Winning the Law-Related Job in Today’s Market
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Mastering the Job Interview is for every job hunter who wants to ace the interview. It will help the job seeker to turn the job interview into a job offer. It shows the reader how to maximize a salary offer through smart negotiation. It will show the reader how to highlight their strengths and gain more power in the job interview and is complete with tips to start out on the right foot in a new position.
Mastering the Job Interview and Winning the Money Game
- ISBN13: 9781601630889
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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“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.
Winning Job Interviews
