附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-156) and index.
ch. 1. Quick and essential tips for tomorrow's interview -- Six common types of interviews -- Eight important actions for interview success -- 1. Make a positive impression -- 2. Communicate your skills -- 3. Use control statements to your advantage -- 4. Answer problem questions well -- 5. Ask good questions -- 6. Help employers know why they should hire you -- 7. Close the interview properly -- 8. Follow up after the interview -- The three-step process for answering most interview questions -- Step 1 : understand what is really being asked -- Step 2 : answer the question briefly in a non-damaging way -- Step 3 : answer the real question by presenting your related skills -- The prove-it technique -- Key points : chapter 1.
ch. 2. Knowing yourself and what you can do -- Learn the three types of skills -- Adaptive skills/personality traits -- Transferable skills -- Job-related skills -- Identify your skills -- Identify your adaptive skills and personality traits -- Identify your transferable skills -- Identify your job-related skills -- Key points : chapter 2.
ch. 3. Researching the industry, company, job, and interviewer -- Find good information about the industry -- Career guide to industries -- Hoover's Online -- Other sources of industry information -- Get more information on the careers that interest you most -- The guide for occupational exploration -- The Occupational Outlook Handbook -- The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) -- CareerOINK -- Know about the specific company, job, and interviewer -- Researching the company -- Researching the job -- Researching the interviewer -- Key points : chapter 3.
ch. 4. Answering key interview questions -- The 10 most frequently asked interview questions, and how to answer them -- Question #1 : "why don't you tell me about yourself?" -- Question #2 : "why should I hire you?" -- Question #3 : "what are your major strengths?" -- Question #4 : "what are your major weaknesses?" -- Question #5 : "what sort of pay do you expect to receive?" -- Question #6 : "how does your previous experience relate to the jobs we have here?" -- Question #7 : "what are your plans for the future?" -- Question #8 : "what will your former employers (or teachers, references, warden ...) say about you?" -- Question #9 : "why are you looking for this sort of position and why here?" -- Question #10 : "why don't you tell me about your personal situation?" -- 94 other frequently asked interview questions -- Key points : chapter 4.
ch. 5. Handling tough interview questions and unusual situations -- Dealing with illegal questions -- Know the laws that protect you from discrimination -- Turn your negative into a positive -- Answer open-ended questions effectively -- Help with specific problem interview situations -- Gaps in your work history -- Being fired -- Changing careers or job history unrelated to your current job objective -- Recently moved -- Military experience -- Negative references -- Criminal record -- Sensitive questions about your personal situation or status -- "Too old" -- Overqualified/too much experience -- "Too young" -- New graduate/not enough experience -- Issues related to women -- Issues related to men -- Sexual preference -- Racial or ethnic minorities -- Disability-related issues -- Some other tricky questions -- Interview techniques employers use to psych you out -- Key points : chapter 5.
ch. 6. Getting more interviews -- The four stages of a job opening -- What the four stages mean to you -- The most important job search rule of all -- The most effective job search method : warm contacts -- Making warm contacts -- Identifying hundreds of warm contacts with three steps -- The JIST card : a mini-resume and a powerful job search tool -- Writing your JIST card -- Using JIST cards -- Formatting JIST cards -- Using e-mail and the phone to contact employers -- Contacting employers by e-mail -- Using the telephone to get interviews -- Creating an effective phone script -- Calling employers directly, making cold contacts, to find job openings -- Calling people you know, making warm contacts, for job leads -- Asking for the interview -- Ending the phone call in other ways -- Key points : chapter 6.
ch. 7. Following up after the interview -- What to do as soon as you get home -- The importance of thank-you notes -- Three times when you should definitely send thank-you notes, and why -- Seven quick tips for writing thank-you notes -- More sample thank-you notes -- Follow-up letters -- Follow-up phone calls -- Key points : chapter 7.
ch. 8. Negotiating your salary -- Farr's four rules of salary negotiation -- Early pay discussions can screen you out -- Know the probable salary range in advance -- Bracket the salary range -- Don't say no too soon -- How to delay discussion of pay until it matters -- What is your current compensation? -- What are your salary requirements? -- How much do you need to live on? -- What to say when an offer is made -- The offer is not what you want -- The offer is reasonable -- They offer, you want it, now it's time to negotiate! -- Knowing your price -- Playing the negotiation game -- Ending the negotiation -- Sources of information on pay for major jobs -- The top excuse for avoiding research -- Sources of Information on salary and wages -- Key points : chapter 8 -- Appendix. Online interviewing and job search resources -- Interviewing tips -- Informational interviews -- Job and industry information -- Company information -- Researching and negotiating salaries -- Finding and applying for job openings.
摘要:Provides quick tips for speedy interview preparation.
