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Get the Right Job Right Now: Proven Tools, Tips and Techniques From Canada's Career Coach

by Alan Kearns

Harpercollins Canada, Limited | May 31, 2007 | Trade Paperback

Can I get a job through the Internet or want ads? What kind of resumé works best? What is “job shadowing” and how do I do it? How do I “close” an interview? Looking for a job is a job in itself, but it can be an enlightening and successful process if you have the right tools. Get the Right Job, Right Now! delivers everything the job hunter needs: comprehensive, proven and up-to-date information; invaluable insiders’ advice from a successful career coach; and practical and inspiring tips from real-life Canadian job seekers, successful professionals and entrepreneurs.

Written by Alan Kearns, known as “Canada’s Career Coach” and founder of CareerJoy, a renowned career coaching company, Get the Right Job, Right Now! is the guide for all those hoping find a métier with meaning, whether changing jobs or just starting out. Based on modules provided to his clients, Kearns will help you, the job seeker, find out how to:

• decide on your dream job

• craft a resumé that gets read

• create your brand and evolve your career (with advice from Leonard Lee, founder of Lee Valley Tools)

• work with coaches, recruiters and HR departments

• distinguish between screening and selection interviews

• discuss your salary

• manage success (with tips from Paul Henderson)

• land well in the first 90 days of your new job (with advice from Sean Pronger)

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4 years ago

"Bingo!" was indeed what I said out loud after I read the book. "Double Bingo!" after I applied a few of the techniques it offers. "Tadaa!" was what came out when I first picked up the book and flipped over the pages.

The sections on thank you letter, resume and cover letter writing is outstanding. Like many regular Jane Doe's out there, I have an imprecise idea of what I am good at. I know some adjectives to describe my skills and qualifications. However, I was nowhere near the effective level needed when it comes to selling myself on paper. The samples of resumes and letters help tremendously. They literally put the needed words in my mouth. They save me hours racking my brain for the right words to embellish my abilities (on paper) as a worker.

Still, I don't feel satisfied with the work I've done to my resume. Although I'm not seriously looking for a new job, I'm seriously considering using CareerJoy's resume writing service.

For the next step, I challenge the author to write a book on how people can find better jobs within their company. In the big-corporations world, many authors write about how to find a job from outside in. I haven't seen one who has a book on how to find a better job from within. Everyone thinks once you're inside, it's easy to find a better job from within. They forget the same competitiveness that exists outside-in also exists once the job seeker is inside. On top of that, the job seeker now has to deal with office politics to get themselves known to the right people.

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