DISCUSSES TACTICS THAT JOB-SEEKERS CAN USE TO GAIN POINTS IN JOB INTERVIEWS, INCLUDING THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, KEY CHARACTERISTICS THAT COMPANIES LOOK FOR, AND NEGOTIATING STRATEGIES
Neil M. Yeager; Lee Hough NEIL YEAGER, Ed.D., is a partner in the Charter Oak Consulting Group, an organizational development company. His other books include CareerMap (Wiley). LEE HOUGH is President of the Document Team, a career development firm.
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITIONXI INTRODUCTION1(4) 1THE BASICS OF POWER INTERVIEWING5(40) INTERVIEWING BASICS6(2) THE INSIDE SECRETS OF INTERVIEWING8(6) UNDERSTANDING THE NEW COMPACT14 (9) LEARNING ABOUT THE EMPLOYER23 (3) STRESS AND THE INTERVIEW26 (2) WHEN THEY JUST SAY NO28 (2) HANDLING DISCRIMINATION30 (1) WHEN TO PULL OUT THE STOPS31 (1) PERSISTENCE AND STAYING CLOSE TO THE32 (1) INTERVIEWER WHO'S THE BOSS?32 (1) THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE33 (4) INTERVIEWING FOR JOBS IN SMALL BUSINESSES37 (3) SUMMARY40 (1) POWER PREP STRATEGY I41 (4) 2THE WINNING PROFILE: THE SEVEN KEY45 (24) EVALUATION FACTORS FACTOR 1:AGGRESSIVENESS AND ENTHUSIASM47 (3) FACTOR 2:COMMUNICATION SKILLS50 (2) FACTOR 3:RECORD OF SUCCESS52 (2) FACTOR 4: RATIONAL THOUGHT PROCESS54 (2) FACTOR 5:MATURITY56 (2) FACTOR 6:PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION58 (2) FACTOR 7:REACTION TO PRESSURE60 (1) SUMMARY61 (1) POWER PREP STRATEGY II62 (7) 3WINNING ANSWERS TO KEY QUESTIONS69 (68) CATEGORY 1:AGGRESSIVENESS AND ENTHUSIASM71 (7) CATEGORY 2:COMMUNICATION SKILLS78 (9) CATEGORY 3:RECORD OF SUCCESS87 (6) CATEGORY 4:RATIONAL THOUGHT PROCESS93 (13) CATEGORY 5:MATURITY106(9) CAT...(ÇÏ·«)