Search results for ""Author Richard H. Beatty""
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Five-Minute Interview
A new, updated edition of the successful job hunter?s classic In this new Third Edition of The Five-Minute Interview, career guru Richard Beatty demonstrates how skillfully questioning an employer can establish an applicant as the best person for a position. The skills in this book will help job hunters gain control of an interview in five minutes and say all the right things to convince an interviewer that they're the one for the job. Three new sections have been added: resumes that win interviews, competency-based interviews, and surviving and winning the behavior-based interview.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc 175 High-Impact Cover Letters
The ultimate guide to cover letters that will set you apart from the pack-revised, updated, and ready for anything . . . 175 High-Impact Cover Letters, Third Edition arms job seekers with an arsenal of highly effective professional cover letter models that, with minor modification, can be rapidly deployed as needed. You'll find a full chapter, complete with numerous models, dedicated to each of five different types of cover letters: employer broadcast letters, search firm broadcast letters, advertising response letters, networking cover letters, and resume letters. With step-by-step instructions and a wealth of samples, 175 High-Impact Cover Letters shows you how to prepare a well-written, professional letter that will help you land the interview every time. For the Third Edition, almost every letter has been substantially rewritten or fine-tuned to reflect the current thinking and terminology in the field of staffing, while an entirely new chapter provides proven "do's" and "don'ts" of effective cover letter writing. You'll find: Examples of more than 175 winning cover letters Cover letters appropriate for junior and senior experience levels in twenty-eight different occupations Sample job ads and the appropriate cover letter response Results of an authoritative survey of employment professionals that highlight what employers look for in cover letters No matter how impressive your resume, it's your cover letter that employers read first. With 175 High-Impact Cover Letters, Third Edition, you can make sure they'll be eager to turn to the next page.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Interviewing and Selecting High Performers: Every Manager's Guide to Effective Interviewing Techniques
Take the guesswork out of the most important decision you make!Interviewing and Selecting High Performers Every Manager's Guide toEffective Interviewing Techniques Current studies show thathigh-quality workers outproduce poor ones by 25% to 50%. Moreover,these findings reveal the alarmingly high direct and indirect costscompanies pay when they hire the wrong people. So why, asks RichardBeatty, would you want to rely on "hit-and-miss" approaches toselecting new employees? In his latest practical, career-orientedguide, Beatty says you no longer have to. Instead, this renownedconsultant and author shows how you can consistently choosehigh-quality performers who fit both your company's immediate needsand long-term strategic goals. Interviewing and Selecting HighPerformers provides you with an integrated, airtight, step-by-stepselection process. Using a high-performance predictive model, thissystem clarifies the key qualifications needed by candidates forhigh performance of specific jobs and provides a rigorous interviewdesign approach that enables you to objectively measure whether aparticular candidate meets that criteria. With the help ofreproducible evaluation forms, you're able to accurately weigh thestrengths and weaknesses of various prospects and account for theinevitable tradeoffs involved in the selection process, so that youminimize the risks inherent in the employment decision. Inaddition, Interviewing and Selecting High Performers offers youunmatched support, including: * Sound, field-tested interviewing techniques * Step-by-step instructions for designing effectiveinterviews * Guidance on opening, conducting, and closing the interview, sothat you get the information you need while putting your company inthe best light * More than 500 behaviorally-based questions covering 32 topicareas that help you determine a prospect's overall job fitness
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Perfect Cover Letter
Write the perfect cover letter every time! With fewer job opportunities and more applicants, just being qualified isn't enough to get the job you want. So how can you separate yourself from the pack? With the perfect cover letter, of course! With so much riding on it, a cover letter that attracts-and holds-the attention of your prospective employer is essential. This practical how-to manual shows you step by step how to create highly effective letters designed to get the interview you want. The Perfect Cover Letter, Third Edition is an indispensable guide that covers all the vital elements of a great cover letter, so you know what to include and know how to phrase it. Inside you'll find: * The nuts and bolts of every type of cover letter-what they should include, how employers use them, and how to write them * Great sample cover letters, including general broadcast, executive search, networking, advertisement response, and personal introduction * Tips on what makes a letter effective-and what doesn't * Helpful guidelines on following up-writing the post-interview thank you letter With greatly expanded information on thank you letters and an entirely new chapter on the all-important networking cover letter, this update of the popular classic continues to offer top-notch advice and high-quality samples that will help any job hunter get the attention they deserve.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Interview Kit
The new revised edition of The Interview Kit shows job seekers how to succeed in any interview. With answers to over 500 tough questions and strategies on what to say and how to say it, interviewees need never be tongue-tied again. The Interview Kit offers five proven strategies for making the best impression and expert advice on negotiating salary and benefits after the successful interview. This new and updated edition is better than ever, with new advice on what to do when the interview doesn't go well. Based on his three decades of career experience and research, Beatty provides the proven advice, step-by-step guidance, and all the essential tools job hunters need to succeed.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Resume Kit
The Resume Kit gives job seekers a leg up in the race for their dream jobs. In this new edition, Beatty shows how to create a winning resume to land any job in the new economy. With over eighty updated and revised sample resumes and cover letters, as well as a new chapter debunking common resume myths, the Fifth Edition of Beatty's bestselling resume guide is better, and more comprehensive, than ever. It offers the best advice on using the Internet to cast a wider net, updated listings on executive search firms, and detailed advice on using every resume format. The expert advice, clear guidance, and all the essential tools job hunters need to succeed are based on Beatty?s three decades of experience.
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