EXCERPT
How to Find a Job: When There Are No Jobs
(Career & Job Development Series Book 1)
(Career & Job Development Series Book 1)
by
Paul Rega
How to Find a Job: When There Are No Jobs is the first book in Paul Rega's Career & Job Development Series.
Also available: 12 Steps to Career Freedom (read my blog post).
Description
Download this bestselling career book by Paul Rega, nationally recognized
Executive Recruiter, with over thirty years of job hunting and career planning
experience. The book rocketed to #1 in Job Hunting, Careers, and Resumes and
was ranked in the Top 10 overall on Amazon at #9. This is a must read for
anyone who is looking for a new job or wants to change careers in the worst
economy since the Great Depression.
Paul Rega is president of a retained executive search firm he founded in
1985. His provocative new book strikes a nerve with millions of displaced
workers and goes well beyond the principles of job hunting. He introduces a
revolutionary new concept in career management and personal development called
Intuitive Personal Assessment (IPA). Paul takes his readers on a powerful
journey as he tells a gripping story about his own career and the unique
challenges he's faced as an executive recruiter.
The author shares his vast knowledge of career planning and the inner
workings of the job search process, citing hundreds of proven and effective job
search techniques. He explains how to market your background to a targeted
audience, interviewing skills and techniques, network building strategies, how
to utilize personal and business contacts, effective use of social media,
including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, insider tips on working with
recruiters, salary and benefits negotiation, how to write a resume, cover and
follow-up letters, how to start and succeed in your own business and much more.
Despite the many challenges faced by those suffering as a result of the
weak job market, Paul believes that change in one's life can be positive. He
explains that, "Change throughout your life is inevitable, and as your
life changes so often does your career." His book is an effective guide
that will provide you with the necessary tools, skills and inside knowledge
from a professional recruiter to help you navigate through difficult economic
times and find a new job or change careers.
Excerpt
How To Find A Job: When There Are No Jobs is a necessary and
effective guide for those who are in the process of making a career change or
looking for a new job and want to survive and prosper in today’s hyper
competitive job market. In order to conduct a successful job search in a weak
labor market, it is imperative that you first identify and determine your
individual career path. Once established, your career path will act as a map to
further guide you through your job search.
As president of a retained executive search firm for over twenty-seven
years, I have developed a unique twelve-step career assessment and goal setting
process called "Intuitive Personal Assessment" or IPA to help
accomplish this important first step in your job search. The twelve steps and
exercises of the IPA process will guide you through the discovery, acceptance
and implementation of your desired career path. The IPA self-assessment program
utilizes an individual’s intuition and incorporates their ideas, skills,
interests, values and life experiences to determine one’s career path.
Coupled with the IPA process are hundreds of proven job search techniques
and career planning strategies I have developed over a period of twenty-seven
years as a recruiter, including how to effectively market your background,
interviewing skills and techniques, networking strategies and more in a
practical and easy to read format.
Nearly everyone is keenly aware of a friend, relative, neighbor or
coworker who has been laid off or fired due to corporate restructuring and
subsequent downsizing. The job market and the economics of the United States
continue to change at a staggering pace. To be successful and prosper in
today’s rapidly changing hyper competitive job market, you must be armed with
the proper job search knowledge and skills. It will be imperative to identify
your specific career path and be able to quickly adapt to a continuously
changing job market by increasing your job search knowledge and by making
proper adjustments to your skills and career.
Praise for the Book
"This amazingly, informative manual takes you through a concise
step-by-step procedure to first realize and assess your own values and
self-worth. The author uses his personal experiences in an anecdotal manner to
convey situations that may occur, whether you're pursuing a career in your
chosen field of study, looking to be promoted in your current job, or just
looking for something brand new. The book offers helpful hints in resumé
writing, interview do's & don'ts, and is 'chock-full' of helpful websites
to connect and guide you through your job-finding quest. I highly recommend
this book to anyone, whether you're job searching or not; it full of common
sense advice that can simply enrich your life." ~ Pat Potilechio
"I must thank my friend for sending me in the direction of this
book. It's written by someone who has gone through unemployment and shares how
not to just get through it, but thrive. It includes all areas of a job search,
as well as how to find the right balance between spiritual, family, health,
knowledge, relationships, financial and career. It's personal, practical,
poignant and very informative on how to get started in finding your dream
career path, and not just another job." ~ Mary K. Hougaard
"Having been unemployed for 6 months, I decided to give this book a
try. From the moment I started reading it, I knew this wasn't going to be your
typical 'Finding A Job 101' book which to be honest, I thought it would be. From
the personal trials, tragedies and successes of the author, to the know-hows of
communication and follow up after an interview, this book truly helps you
understand your journey in life, know where you have come from, where you are
now and where you want to be." ~ Melanie
Ouellette
About the Author
Paul Rega is an
Amazon Top 100 bestselling author. He began his writing career in 1980 while
attending Western Illinois University as a staff reporter for the Western
Courier. Upon graduating with a degree in biology and journalism, he spent the
next thirty years in business having started an executive search firm in 1984.
Paul's passion for
writing stayed with him throughout his business life, and he started writing
his first book in 1993. He published, How To Find A Job: When There Are No Jobs in December 2011. The book was an
instant success, and hit #1 on Amazon's bestseller list for job hunting books
in March 2012. He published 12 Steps to Career Freedom in August 2013, Trail of 32, a true coming of
age story in September 2013, The Syndrome, a novel in April
2014 and A Two Pedal World series in May 2014.
Paul currently lives
in a small town along the Gulf Coast of Florida, where he is writing his next
book.
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