Book is truly a how-to-guide that made me a more confidant and serious candidate
922877
I feel like the current application cycle has gone a lot better for me thanks in great part to this book. It's probably the best $20 I have ever spent.  Dr. Hartwig does more than educate the reader about process of being a premed and then eventually a doctor. He makes you think and reflect about yourself-- your past and future--in a way that makes it easy for you figure out exactly what you want to write for the primary and secondary application essays and also what you want to say during the interviews. It's not so much that he coaches you to say the right thing, whatever that may be, but rather gets you to present yourself in the best light possible. In other words, don't treat this book as a "Dummies Guide to Med School."

A little background: I was a premed with mediocre GPA and a solid MCAT. Dr. Hartwig's book navigated me in a way that I could get the committees to see my strengths and why they should select me over over great candidates. So far all 4 of my interviews have been home runs!

The book is very insightful, well written, and just great to read for anyone who wants to be a physician.
2406236
I had the good fortune of taking a class with Mr. Guy. This guide helped me to clarify the things that were truly important to me relative to my career and my personal life. Following the steps in this book also helped me to develop a clear action plan for moving forward with career development and promotions. Things that used to make me uncomfortable about searching for a job, like salary negotiation, are no longer troublesome for me after reading this book. Since taking Mr. Guy's course six months ago I have begun applications for graduate programs and I am in the process of interviewing for a major promotion within my company.... thank you Bill Guy... "The Jobs Guy"
1804815
I was extremely fulfilled when I bought this book. In the event that you need to take in a considerable measure of data about Mental Toughness, at that point this guide is an awesome asset for you. This book is extremely genuine and helpful for each these days. I got a great deal of data on every one of my inquiries. It is extremely intriguing and accommodating for me. I enjoyed this book in particular and I read it with awesome joy. I observed this to be a to a great degree fascinating and mind evolving book. This book is extremely elegantly composed by the writer and I exceedingly prescribe this book to every one of you all. This book has made my life less demanding with the assistance of the correct exhortation and direction. I'm glad to have discovered this book.
3948744
I am currently in search of a new job and this book has helped me tremendously in better understanding myself and my value to potential employers. CDR Divine has done a fantastic job leading me down the path to self discovery. I have a lot of work still to do, but I'm up for the challenge.
2491994
I really enjoyed Jane's book, and found it immensely helpful for my own career working in a large international organization. Jane gives a multitude of case studies and helpful tips on how to navigate smartly through organizational politics to maximise your social impact. Rather than shying away from talking about politics - often a 'taboo' subject in organizations - Jane encourages the reader to rethink and to consider power and politics as a key skill in leadership. I am really glad I came across this book early in my career, I am now more equipped to identify office power and politics and to strategize on how I can create my allies in order to achieve my long term goals in bringing about positive change. I'd definitely recommend this book to all those serious about their career development.
4609853
There is a new book floating around that is an excellent guide for all this. It is titled Secrets to Winning by Kelly Poulos and Emily Liu and it knocked my socks off when I read it.

When Kelly and Emily tell us they will help us formulate a game that matters in life and learn how to play it in a way that is excitingly honest and realistic, a way designed to make the things we care most about better, they mean it. And they go about it realistically and masterfully. I am not saying they would agree with my evaluation of what the world needs now, but they show us what self-awareness really looks like and we need to know that.  Their book is among the tools I will be using in my efforts to encourage people to get to know their minds and spirits and to make their lives a whole lot happier. And if you pick the book up and read it, your chances of living a better life will improve.
2291287
This book is truly incredible. Before reading it, my negotiating style was very much influenced by an unholy combination of straight-up economics and realpolitik. Professor Diamond's approach is absolutely tailored around people and ensuring that any negotiation gives both parties what they need. Before, I used to think: 'how can I get what I can'; now my approach is very much to understand the other person and the situation in general. I now ask myself questions like: 'What are their goals, what is their preferred communication style and what standards do they espouse'? I also try to look for items that are unequally valued between us to trade or try get an insight into their emotional state. This helps both of us get more in any negotiation. Another big realization was that everything can be a negotiation, and, trying the techniques in the book (although initially with great doubt), I've managed to secure discounts in big brand stores, free flights, as well as much happier relationships! Definitely worth a read.
3699746
I have revised my standard way of surviving excruciating office meetings after reading this book. This book can help whether you are leading the meeting, or one of the unfortunate ones having to endure one. For close to three decades now I have followed age old advice learned up close and personal from a drill Sargent who quickly and effectively taught me it might be better for me to stay silent and appear intelligent rather than having to pry my foot out of my mouth after just proving to him and myself quite the opposite. After enduring an uncountable number of meetings which should have been replaced with a few words on a sticky note the size of a postage stamp, I've pretty much had it with all meetings. The outcome of at least 80% of them was preordained anyway, and only the nave newbies knew it. My input was not wanted, and my ultimate acceptance of what was being proposed was taken for granted.

This book has changed the game for me, and yes, I do consider most meetings to be a silly game. It's doubtful that I'll ever be able to meaningfully influence the outcome of the proposals presented at the meetings, but now at least I can shake them up and lead them to believe I'm a team player. I especially liked the chapter on "what to do with your hands during a networking event." I think that most people don't even realize they are using their hands so much when talking. I have practiced sitting on my hands while explaining something to another person. It's hard to do with your shoulders and head what your hands have also very ineffectively done. This chapter tells you what to do and they are quite creative.

Since leaving the room is normally my ultimate goal, the short section on "Leaving the room" has provided me with better alternatives than my usual plan of taking off and running for the door.

I've got another office meeting this next week. I've narrowed down about 20 new techniques I particularly liked in this book and I feel I can pull them off successfully. Actually might be great fun. Then I'll wait until some of the other attendees drop by my desk later on and ask if that was really me in the meeting or did I find my doppelganger and persuaded him to take my place? Or, heaven forbid, perhaps the boss will stop by and ask me to take over the next meeting. Ouch!!!
1057094
After graduating from college in 2010, I stumbled through job interviews for several months with no small amount of frustration on my part.  Classes had taught me plenty about the post-interview part of a career, but had glossed over the interview process entirely, which meant that I was fairly unprepared, and had the mistaken view that my skills would make employers overlook my more annoying eccentricities. Every time an interview returned nothing, I was convinced that the fault was with the company, so when I was handed a copy of Bill van Steenis' In Demand, I was in for an eye-opening experience.

Bill's lessons are certainly a bitter pill to swallow, and he's honest about that fact: his is a story of the world as it is, rife with office politics, and sometimes one must humble themselves to thrive.  Focusing on  what you can do for the company, rather than what the company can do for you, makes you an asset instead of a liability, and even the way you sit in the chair changes how an interviewer perceives you.

It took me time to finally accept that he was right, but once I began to present myself in the way he suggested, my situation quickly turned around.  Phone interviews became physical interviews, sometimes phone interviews were skipped completely, and I began to spend more time travelling to interviews than I did waiting for the next call.  During the interview, the other parties were eager and engaged, smiles were rife, and job offers quickly followed.  In mere months, I had gone from hunting and waiting to deciding which offer most appealed to me.

I have a comfortable career with a Fortune 500 company now, and my boss seems to act as if I was the best decision he made all year.  It's no exaggeration to say that this book turned my life around, and I would recommend it to anyone who is trying to find a job, or has one and wants to keep it.
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What a wonderful book this turned out to be.  Not only did it give me an insight into what these individuals key strengths were, but the book also had enough personal information about them that you came away from the book feeling you knew more about them as individuals.  The book starts off by making the assurance that great leaders are not only capable individuals, but they also have a desire to lead and chose to do so above all else.  They are not just great because of smarts or drive, but because they want to be and work at it continuously.  Thus the authors provide a book that is not a road map to greatness, but a review of these 25 leaders and what they do that has made them successful.  It is a broad group of people and it is interesting that the traits highlighted in the book are also wide spanning.  I had incorrectly assumed that the book was going to give me a simple list of the things I needed to get good at, no such luck.

The goal of the book is to help current day leaders observe proven and successful leaders to help them in coming better.  The purpose is not so much to imitate their qualities but really to discover which attributes resonate with yourself and the cultivate those traits to expand and improve your leadership skills.  There are so many good examples in the book that it is almost too much to take in with one reading, this is one of those books that you will find yourself highlighting and marking pages for further review.  It comes as close as possible to a how to guide for personal improvement.  Overall I not only enjoyed the book, but I learned a great deal from it.  This book as so many helpful bits of info that all managers and business owners can learn from it.  The book is not only worth the money, but also worth the time to read.
1441995
This is the best book I have found for getting that job you want. This was a well written how to book. The author shows their experience with marketing ones self for find a job. She provided easily to understand instruction on how to use the LinkedIn profile and how to make it work for you. I found that she did a wonderful job with details and making the story easy to follow and not feel like a boring instruction manual that one is forced to read. She did as wonderful job with breaking each part up into chapters with visuals and real life examples to make it help the reader. I found that it flowed really quickly and that I wanted to read it a second time so I could take much wanted notes to help me with my own personal LinkedIn account. Will definitely be sharing this one with friends.
2531116
I was fortunate to have met Rob Sullivan, and in a forty-five minute seminar, he filled me with enough insight to transform my Monster.com resume from generating 1 call in 6 weeks to 5 calls in 4 days! The passion, enthusiasm, and insight I experienced with him personally, fill the pages of his book, which I found to be extremely valuable in my own job search.
Rob's book is interesting, fun, succinct, and filled with wisdom. I found his book much more relevant and useful to me than "What Color is Your Parachute." I highly recommend "Getting Your Foot in the Door" instead.
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This book should be in the hands of anyone who facilitates groups, manages people, or wants to have deep, meaningful conversations. Will shares a depth of knowledge and experience that provides the reader with a simple yet powerful set of tools to guide conversations to go deeper and build greater connections. I have been facilitating groups from summer camp staff, to community leaders to fortune 500 companies for over 25 years and this book has given me new paths to follow to reshape many of my processing tools. In addition, I have found many of the questions to guide me into wonderfully rewarding personal reflection.
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I really enjoyed reading this book! A friend had suggested this book to me since I had just started my job search. My last job search was almost 7 years ago, so I realized very quickly that a lot has changed since then!  I found this book to not only be helpful and informative, but also fun and easy to read.  It was great to read a book that covers the entire cycle of a job.

I first read this book all the way through to get an idea of the job process, but as I started working more on my resume and cover letters I found myself rereading chapters 3 and 4 quite a few times.  I also spent a lot of time reading chapters 1 and 2.  In fact, I think the biggest piece of advice that I have taken away from this book has been to look for a person and not for a job. The 'Rule of Three' (reaching out to one person in the morning, afternoon and at the end of the day) was especially helpful because it was practical and an easy way to get started. Although I was nervous at first, I took the advice and started reaching out to people and doing informational interviews. It has become a lot easier for me to reach out to people now and I feel a lot more confident in doing so. I've met so many interesting people and I've learned a lot!

I found the Q&A sections of the book to be really helpful as well.  I enjoyed reading the answers to the questions, but it was also nice to see that people had a lot of the same questions that I did. It was also great to be able to look at the samples of resumes, cover letters and networking e-mails as I was going along.

One of my favorite quotes from the book was, "...if you follow your interests, a path will emerge." (p.xii) This book has definitely been a wonderful reference guide for me and I would recommend it to others.
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The thing that impressed me most about this book, besides that it was written by someone who has actually run for office and won multiple times, was its unique combination of down-to-earth, nuts-and-bolts advice with heartfelt and inspirational wisdom. In a time when frustration is running high with our government, this book offers a window to climb through. If you have ever even remotely considered running for office, any office, here is a wonderful place to start. By following the steps outlined here, you'll get well on your way with planning, organizing, and campaigning. And, if your resolve ever flags along the way, there are stories here you can turn to again and again about how someone who was never "supposed to win" did just that. If deciding to run for office and embarking on the campaign process is a journey, this book is both a physical road map and a spiritual guide. In fact, I think this book could help people through many of life's rough spots when they are searching for direction and the courage to take the lead and find their voice.
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I love this book. Its a suspenseful page turn over and a how to guide all in one. Now I know how to connect to my inner guidance, my own truth in a deeper way than ever before. I always have been a connected and spiritual person but this simply helped me go to the next level of trust.
2414628
In my long quest to find another job I read many articles about preparing rsums and worked my rsum countless times.  However, i always found myself at the fruitless end.  As a result of my countless application rejections I lost faith in any text claiming to offer job searching advice.  I read Sidney W. Frost's Job Seeker's Attitude Adjustment Guide with an intention to find out if it could by any chance contain a rare effect.

After dragging myself into part one of the book, I realised that I just landed into a different place with tons of things to learn.  When the author related job searching to an "exercise that requires practice", it dawned on me just how much my attitude toward job searching was in desperate need of adjustment.  The book also exposed how haphazard my job seeking efforts have been without a plan.  As I read further, now with enthusiasm, the book revealed how to treat job seeking like a job or a project that one should manage.  I also realised how I have been affected by the negative emotions that accompany job searching without being aware of it.  Reading this book was like having a friend who knew just how daunting a task job seeking can be, but was more than willing to offer encouragement and emotional support.

In this book Mr Frost will help you not only to manage your job seeking project but also enlighten you on how to stay emotionally fit through the whole process.  This book will encourage you and aid you in overcoming your job seeking weaknesses.  You will also learn how to make practical career goals.  After engaging with this fresh perspective on job searching you will view job searching as a possible task to complete and obtain positive results.

If you are looking for a new position, this book will teach you how to do effective job searches. If you have been dispirited by countless rejections you have been getting, this book will charge you to start over again and show you the possible reasons for the rejections you have been getting and how you can improve yourself.  If you fear lay off, the book will guide you on how to best prepare for the worst.  If you are steady and comfortable in your position the book will teach you how to keep your job and become a better employee eligible for promotion.  Yes, maybe some information here is not new but how about getting a book that offers an invigorated and well-integrated approach to job searching.