Review: A solid resource
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2012
First of all, this is a good book. The author writes very well and clearly has passion for this topic and lengthy expertise.Some of the best benefits this book offers are the author's thoughts on how to give an employer the "big ideas" they want to hear in an interview. I never even thought about these kinds of strategies before. He also talks about a counterintuitive strategy that I will definitely be putting into action when I get my next interview.The sections on social media are interesting too, but ultimately the book focuses on traditional methods of job hunting. Using blogs and other forms social media, in my opinion, can do as much harm as good if you haven't gotten the tricks of those trades mastered. Still, the author offers interesting insights.I wish the author would say more about cover letters and resumes. He says that these things are covered very well elsewhere, and yet I cannot help but think that he has tremendous value to offer in this area. I guess it's true that there is no way to reinvent the wheel on this one, but if there are secrets to be had, surely this is an author if ever there was one to give his opinion on them.Ultimately, the best part of this book is the author's insistence that we actually identify the kind of job that we want. I forget the exact term that he uses, but it has something to do with how we sometimes work very hard to get ourselves into positions we aren't really interested in having. The tips in this book for avoiding that (something I do all the time to myself) are invaluable.I'd close this review by wishing best of luck to everyone on their job search, but I can tell you that if you read this book, luck is the last thing you'll need to rely on.