Instant Interviews_ 101 Ways to Get the Best Job of Your Life - Jeffrey G. Allen [0]
Epigraph
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introducing Instant Interviews!
Foreword
Instant Interviews
Do 1: Appearing Magically—Like a Genie!
Identifying Yourself
Gathering Information
Showing Your Appreciation
Motivating Yourself
Repeating the Process
Do 2: Making and Taking the Instant Interview Magic Potion
The Potion’s Magic
The Potion’s Ingredients
Making and Taking the Potion
Do 3: Maintaining Magic Potion Potency Throughout the Day
The Boosters
Do 4: Breaking Out of the Box—Job E-X-P-A-N-S-I-O-N
Do 5: E-Mailing, Faxing, and Mailing Your Rest-You-May
Getting Offeror Attention
Racing from Resume to Interview
Do 6: Getting Your Resume Scanned
Keyword Indexing of Candidate Files
Planning for Scanning
Do 7: Writing the ASCII Resume
Answering about ASCII
All Facts and No Frills
Do 8: Getting You Covered with the Better Letter
Peeking Under the Covers
Writing the Better Letter
Do 9: Broadcasting a Letter with High Bandwidth
Google the Type of Business and Geographic Area
Obtain the Name and Title of the Contact
Use a Preprinted Letterhead or Create Your Own
Use 10-Point Type with Black Ink on White Paper
Do 10: Faxmailing for Nofailing
Designing the Fax Cover Sheet
Assembling the Mail Package
Do 11: Dollaring for Instant Interest
Go to the Bank and Get 20 Crisp Dollar Bills
Do 12: Maximizing Instant Availability Announcements
Explaining Yourself
Placing a Classified IAA
Writing the Classified IAA
Deciding Where to Place the IAA
Do 13: Blasting Instant Availability Announcements
Faxing Fast
Internetting Instantly
Networking Socially
Do 14: Shifting into Overdrive with the Callback Card
Designing the Card
Do 15: Interviewing Instantly over the Internet
Outing the Offerors
Spearing Search Engines
Do 16: Courting a Corporate Partner—Online
Instant Internetting
Picking Corporate Partners
Facing the Fictional Facts
Getting Screened In
Do 17: Getting Personal to Get Interviewed
Maximizing the Referral
Mentioning the Referral in the Interview
Do 18: Surveying to Get Instantly In
Choose a Riveting Subject
Write a Short Survey
Do 19: Reading Between the Classified Ad Lines
The Ones That Don’t Say What They Mean (25 Percent)
The Ones That Don’t Mean What They Say (35 Percent)
The Ones Who Don’t Know What They’re Saying (25 Percent)
The Ones Who Say It and Mean It (15 Percent)
Do 20: Responding to Classified Ads
Tracking the Ads
Do 21: Mining the Yellow Pages
Know the Differences in Yellow Pages
Go to the Heading for the Field You Want
Look for Similar Businesses
Go to the Yellow Pages Online
Do 22: Breaking the Code in Business Periodicals
Do 23: Teaching a Class
University Extension Departments
Adult Education Departments
Classes Offered by Private Businesses
Online Learning
Do 24: Giving a Speech
You Can Speak
Do 25: Making Your Own Recordings
Do 26: Expediting Executive Recruiting
Understanding Who Recruiters Are and What They Do
Three Kinds of Networks
Now—What about You?
Do 27: Writing for Newspaper Special Sections
Picking an Advertorial Topic
Getting Placed
Do 28: Guiding a Counselor at a Free Career Center
Call Your Unemployment Office
Politely Listen to the Advice for a Few Minutes
Keep Checking In
The Payoff
Do 29: Inciting Potential Offerors to Interview
Know You Can Do Whatever You’re Asked
Be Responsible for What You Say
Focus on What’s Sticking, not the Person Who’s Stuck
Visualize and Verbalize a Cup Half Full
Build Up the Offeror
Ask to Work
Do: 30 Answering Inside Job Listings: Gold without the Shaft
Shinnying Up the Chain of Command
Do 31: Vacationing Free While They Interview Thee
Pick a Resort Area
Pick a Trade Association
Pick a Vendor
Pick a Speaker
Do 32: Forming Your Very Own Job Club
Do 33: Launching a Proactive Proposal