A Great Guide to What People Are Really Telling You in Job Interviews and at Work
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Your success in a job hunt or at work often depends on how well you understand the signals others send you via body language. Nobody can help you understand those cues better than Vanessa Van Edwards. Drawing on extensive scientific research and practice, her book gives you the tools you need to nail your next job interview and understand what your clients and colleagues are really telling you.
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This book is a great resource for anyone searching for a new job. Not just any job....but a job you love.  It addresses topics from understanding how you got into this situation and the worry, fear and guilt that may be associated with that, all the way through the excitement of the offer and acceptance of the job you love.  It has been a great resource for me as I go through each step of my job search with things such as resume writing tips, identifying my strengths and weaknesses, how to prepare for an interview, etc.

The worksheets will help you identify exactly what it is that you are looking for in that next job!

I highly recommend this book by Catherine Byers Breet
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Helpful book and quick, easy read on questions to ask during one's job interview.  If anything it shows if the person seeking employment has done their share of preparation for the interview process.  This book will help you focus on areas of employment that are important to you: performance measurement, promotions, personal development as well as figuring out company strategies and attitudes towards: outsourcing, competition, etc.  At the end of the book there are helpful sample letters for both acceptance letter and letter for declining an offer.

This book will completement any book that is preparing your for the interview process.  It will make your shine and stand out in comparison with other applicants who are trying to wiggle it.
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I saw this book on Regis and Kelly yesterday and went right out and bought it.  I'm currently looking for a job, and this book was full of helpful insights and tips on how to get the job I want!  This book gave me advice I didn't realize I was missing in the job search - now I'm armed with the important info for future interviews!  A MUST for any woman hunting for a job out there!
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Interviewing for a job isn't rocket science but even a rocket scientist can learn something from this book. It may be to your advantage to turn the tables on your interviewer and get something for yourself out of the interview.
The Most Important Questions to Ask on Your Next Interview presents a different and useful way to approach your next job interview. Most people prepare for an interview by re-reviewing their resume and trying to guess what questions they will be asked and practicing responses to those questions. Kendall Blair proposes some important additional steps.
 In most interviews you will have an opportunity to ask questions also. The questions you ask may be as important as the questions that are asked of you. Kendall explains how you can use questions to help steer the interview into areas that you are strongest and to help avoid areas where you are weak. She proposes questions that will help you determine if this company, and more importantly, this specific job is really right for you. This book points out that even if a company may be willing to hire you, that doesn't mean that you would enjoy working there.
The book discusses the type of preparation that you need to do prior to going into the interview. It points out some of the things that you should know about the company and the job that will help you stand out in the mind of the interviewer.
Many of the questions that you read about in the book are very logical but very few people going into an interview have the forethought preparation and poise to plan and ask the questions. The book is based on interviews with real hiring agency personnel and company leaders and gives insight into their thoughts.
I would recommend this book to anyone that is planning to look for a new job in the near future.

Roger Yocom - Rocket Scientist
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I loved this book!  It was funny and informative.  Poundstone  presents some of the toughest interview questions that are actually being asked by companies today. In addition to the answers, he delves into the histories of the questions themselves.  Who thought them up, how they relate to the job at hand, and how some don't have any relevance to the job at all, but why the interviewer is asking them anyway.  I found the background on some of the questions almost as interesting as some of the questions themselves.  It was also quite fun trying to figure out the answers.  I read with two bookmarks.  One keeping my place in beginning of the book, and one in the back were Poundstone had listed each questions answer in order that they had appeared in the book itself.  I'm not going to even try to pretend that I have the genius to work at google, or some of the other companies that these  questions were gleaned from, so it shouldn't be a surprise when I say that more often then not the answers I came up with were no where near correct. I still had fun though.
 The author also gave quite a few tips on what to do if you're hit with questions you don't quite know how to answer.  How to brainstorm on the fly, ways to question you interviewer to buy time and get extra hints to help solve the problem.  Also ways to phrase your answers so that even if they are wrong you don't look like a complete idiot.  Plus other interview tips, such as making sure you research the company you are applying at and making sure you clean up your public sites, such as facebook or myspace, before applying. After all if you are googling them, then they definitely are googling you. Especially if the company you are applying for is GOOGLE!.  Whether you have interviews looming in the near future, or  if you just want to give your brain a good work out this book is definitely gonna help either way. Even if you plan on being the interviewer instead of the interviewee it might help.  After all, according to the data the author presents, interviews really are no true reflection on how the applicant is actually going to perform on the job.  But maybe if you use some of these more interesting questions, or versions of them, you can  at least see who REALLY wants the job. (if they are going to put up with some of the crazier questions  and actually try to answer them, then obviously they want it right?)

In compliance with FTC guidelines, I'm disclosing that I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
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I recommend this book to anyone wanting to know themselves better and anyone wanting to communicate with others better. The 10-Minute Quiz defines your primary and back-up colors. Once defined you will read about your personality type, your ideal careers, your ideal boss, your natural work related strengths, and your ideal work environment. You can then go on to read about people with color combinations different than yours and how to best communicate with each color combo. A very interesting yet easy book to read and comprehend.
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Mike and his buddy deliver specific tips and techniques to make you and your guest look good with interviews.  Tools to use, what to avoid, and a fun dialog between the two make this easy read a guidebook to success.
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What a great consolidation of information on the hiring process.  This book provides all the tools needed to get out there and find a great job.  There are great tips for mental preparation and I especially enjoyed the insight into creating a resume to battle current screening methods.  This books is an insightful, easy, quick, and enjoyable read.  I recommend this book for anyone looking for a job or thinking about getting a new job.
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The main point of this book is that in order to get your employees excited and engaged in their work you must first understand who they are as workers/people in the information-age workplace.

Snyder does a really good job explaining why gay men are better at this than any other demographic group and why the 7 principles he lays out in the book are what today's employees don't just want -- but need -- to reealize their full potential.

Because he's a B-School professor at USC, I expected more of a lecture but found a lot of real world, fact-based sense -- mostly objective -- and based on research rather than conjecture. For me, what I liked most is the interviews from straight employees of gay executives from big name companies who go on record about why they are more creative, productive, etc. at work  For me, this gave credence to the title because it comes from the source -- real employees with real needs and expectations.
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This is a great book for young job seekers.  Both authors share their extensive experience with the job search process, from both sides.  They guide you through the career decisions you need to make to keep your skills current.  Then show you how to L.E.A.P.  ahead of your competition.  They give guidance on proper use of time, team work and marketing.  The book shows ways to present your skills as benefits to your new employer.  The authors show you how to be unique and differentiate yourself.  They show that persistence can get you the job.  Also, guidance at interviews is throughly presented.  And after you get the job they provide ideas on how you can keep it.  The information is well organized and enjoyably presented.  I recommend the book to anyone needing a new job.
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There are so many job search guides and techniques and this one stands OUT among that overwhelming crowd. The book is really good at making the reader feel excited and confident about their newfound knowledge which is great for job seekers in these tough and uncertain times. The interviewing techniques are some of the most valuable I've come across. Being prepared for the aggressive interviewer is invaluable. I also found that by coupling this book with Meagan Holub's The Magic Touch: How to make $100,000 per year as a massage Therapist that I was much more prepared go out and get work. Megan's book emphasizes points on how to really build the clientele you want and how to take the jobs that are really going to support your overall goals and growth. She even talks about the ever important dressing for success and advertising! Together I found these books made me feel unstoppable! Better gig, more pay, greater rewards HERE I COME!
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I had never heard of the "Ask Your Manager" website before reading this book. There's a lot of great advice. There's also some weird work situations that will make you scratch your head and wonder why. For instance: A mgr. that steals an employee's lunch on a daily basis. The employee has food allergies and has to make specific things. She even tried putting the food in her desk and confronted the manager. He continued to take her lunch and said she cooked good. Augh!!! The author gives you advice with each chapter as: Conversations with: your boss, your coworkers, when you're the boss and job interviewer. Lots of good info....like when work keeps calling you when you're on vacation or someone you disliked working with is being considered for a job at your place of work, etc. This is more of a reference book, not one to just read straight through. The job interview part fits me right now, since I was laid off and I'm looking for work. Recommended
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Best book you can have for interviews, it is just not only for the person giving the interview but also interviewers
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A few months ago I went on an interview.  I was nervous and stressed, I had sweaty palms, and I was exhausted because I stayed up the previous night trying to prepare.  It had been 6 years since my last interview and I was not confident in my abilities.  I completely tanked my interview and I was really devastated by my performance.

Recently, one of my friends recommended I read "Interview Like A Boss" and I must say this is NOT the typical boring interview book you will find on a bookshelf. This book is very cleverly written.  The author manages to provide the perfect mix of invaluable interview tips and humor.  I've never had this much fun preparing for an interview.  I was laughing throughout the entire book!  I really wish I had this book prior to my last interview!
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Getting a job in today's market is harder than it used to be in every way. Finally a book that provides a complete checklist of what you should be doing day by day to land your next job.

The book is brief, compact, and packed with useful tips that tackle the challenges facing the individual looking for employment.  It contains tons of insider tips from the author including proven strategies to properly answer tough interview questions.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is either of out of work or simply looking to make career changes. It is worth much more than the e-Book price simply to learn the proven and effective job-search and interview techniques.
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An easy read for anyone, as the author demonstrates the importance of creating a "Powerful First Impression" with meaningful yet often humorous stories and interviews.  The target audience are those who may be seeking employment within the service and/or retail sectors, i.e., the young or less experienced worker and the author does an excellent job of providing invaluable insight on preparing for the interview process.  I particularly enjoyed the analogy between an actor rehearsing for a desired role and an applicant preparing for one's important job interview.  A must read for anyone preparing to enter the workforce or simply wishes to advance his or her career.