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Featured in the "National Business Weekly" of "The Wall Street Journal", this book outlines the major issues involved in determining salaries: secrecy, salary history, salary requirements, salary ranges, and negotiating tactics. Dispelling several myths and outlining many mistakes, "Dynamite Salary Negotiations" reveals how to value positions, acquire salary information, respond to ads and applications requesting salary history, and more.

Synopsis: These days more and more employers are using "competency-based" job interview questions to try to ensure that new hires' experience and abilities match the demands of the positions they're filling. Designed to elicit real-life career events demonstrating your knowledge, judgment, and skills, this new breed of interview question can trip up even the savviest job seekers. And in this extremely tough job market, there are no second chances....

"This classic book uncovers what interviews are really like at America's top software and computer companies and provides you with the tools to succeed in any situation. The authors take you step-by-step through new problems and complex brainteasers they were asked during recent technical Interviews." "50 interview scenarios are presented along with in-depth analysis of the possible solutions. The problem-solving process is clearly illustrated so...

Ask Behavioral Interview Questions is a video to develop skills for asking behavioral questions to find out how a candidate copes in particular situations. The interviewer explores how the candidate dealt with problems in the past as a guide to how they'll handle challenges in the new job. The Ask Behavioral Interview Questions video provides four key behavioral questions that should be asked. You will learn to use behavioral interview questions to...

This highly acclaimed video will help you avoid the pitfalls of the interview process--because getting an interview is only the beginning. Before you walk through the door for an interview, you had better know a few things: what the business is all about, how to stay cool under pressure, and how you feel about working with people of different races and genders. After all, an interview is a serious conversation about business, how you react to stress,...

HR consultant Peter Wallbridge explains how to prepare for and manage recruitment, beginning with crafting the position description, creating a value proposition, and targeting the advertising. He explains how to use criteria to screen applicants, when phone interviews are valuable, and how to finalize the shortlist. He explains the need to deliver a consistent message about the business and role to the interviewee. He describes how an interviewer...

A best-selling, indispensable resource, YOUR CAREER: HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, 9E helps you move from "job seeker" to "job finder." Packed with innovative resources you can use now and throughout your career, this step-by-step guide helps you find and keep the ideal job. This book introduces a manageable process for marketing yourself to prospective employers. Each chapter provides practical tips you can apply to your unique goals. Clear instruction...

A manager's guide to hiring the right employees introduces the practical and effective A Method for Hiring, which draws on the expertise of hundreds of high-level executives to present a simple, easy-to-follow program to guarantee hiring success.

Flying to a secret job interview in Texas in the wake of an unsatisfying relationship and career, Kevin Quinn falls for a fellow passenger and obsessively worries about terrorist threats in Europe while spending an ensuing eight hours hoping for personal reinvention.