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Cracking The Hidden Job Market

How to Find Opportunity in Any Economy

How to Find Opportunity in Any Economy

By Donald Asher

By Donald Asher

By Donald Asher

By Donald Asher

Best Seller

Category: Business

Category: Business | Personal Growth

Paperback $14.99

Dec 28, 2010 | ISBN 9781580084949

Ebook $8.99

Dec 28, 2010 | ISBN 9781580086394

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    About Cracking The Hidden Job Market

    Can’t find a job? Maybe you’re seeing only half the picture!
    Half the job market is invisible
     
    Are you spending all your time applying to posted job openings—postings that draw hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of applications? No matter how perfect you are for the job, there is always someone else who’s a little more qualified, more experienced. The key to success in the current job market is breaking through to the hidden job market. Over half of all jobs go to someone who did not apply to a posted opening at all. What are they doing and how are they doing it? They’re finding new jobs before the posting hits the Internet.

    Career guru Donald Asher offers proven strategies for finding great opportunities in any industry. With Cracking the Hidden Job Market you’ll stop wasting time and effort and beat the job-search odds by learning how to:
     
    • find jobs that are never posted anywhere
    • get complete strangers to help you find a job
    •  convince potential employers to give you an interview—even when they’re “not hiring”
    • find—and land—the new jobs in this, or any, economy
     
    Every page of Cracking the Hidden Job Market is packed with no-frills fundamentals to change the way you look for a job, this time—and forever!

    About Cracking The Hidden Job Market

    Can’t find a job? Maybe you’re seeing only half the picture!
    Half the job market is invisible
     
    Are you spending all your time applying to posted job openings—postings that draw hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of applications? No matter how perfect you are for the job, there is always someone else who’s a little more qualified, more experienced. The key to success in the current job market is breaking through to the hidden job market. Over half of all jobs go to someone who did not apply to a posted opening at all. What are they doing and how are they doing it? They’re finding new jobs before the posting hits the Internet.

    Career guru Donald Asher offers proven strategies for finding great opportunities in any industry. With Cracking the Hidden Job Market you’ll stop wasting time and effort and beat the job-search odds by learning how to:
     
    • find jobs that are never posted anywhere
    • get complete strangers to help you find a job
    •  convince potential employers to give you an interview—even when they’re “not hiring”
    • find—and land—the new jobs in this, or any, economy
     
    Every page of Cracking the Hidden Job Market is packed with no-frills fundamentals to change the way you look for a job, this time—and forever!

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    About Donald Asher

    DONALD ASHER is the author of eleven books on careers, job search, and higher education. He is a contributing writer for numerous publications and career sites and is a tireless speaker, making more than 150 appearances at college and corporate… More about Donald Asher

    About Donald Asher

    DONALD ASHER is the author of eleven books on careers, job search, and higher education. He is a contributing writer for numerous publications and career sites and is a tireless speaker, making more than 150 appearances at college and corporate… More about Donald Asher

    Product Details

    Category: Business

    Paperback | $14.99
    Published by Ten Speed Press
    Dec 28, 2010 | 208 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781580084949

    Category: Business | Personal Growth

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Ten Speed Press
    Dec 28, 2010 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9781580086394

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    Praise

    “The no-nonsense, common-sense Cracking the Hidden Job Market … could certainly jump-start a stalled job search. … Asher’s book will hold your hand while you try to get your foot in the door.”
    —USA Today, 1/18/11

    “Networking involves the ‘law of large numbers.’ Asher points out connection sources most of us already have and shows us how to manage 100 contacts.”
    —Dallas Morning News, 1/16/11

    “Cracking the Hidden Job Market offers tips and strategies for standing out in the crowd—and looking where the crowd’s not. …a simple formula for job-hunting success.”
    —Washington Post Express    , 1/10/11

    Table Of Contents

    Acknowledgments . . . vii
    Preface : How to Use this Book . . . viii
     
    1. Musical Chairs and Porridge . . . 1
    2. How the Job Market Really Works . . . 13
    3. Where Are You Going? . . . 23
    4. How to Measure Your Search Activities . . . 39
    5. Building Lead Lists . . . 51
    6. Managing Hundreds of Leads . . . 77
    7. How to Reach Out to People . . . 81
    8. Dust off Your Network . . . 109
    9. What to Talk about with Friends and Strangers . . . 115
    10. Engaging Possible Employers . . . 127
    11. Objections and Gatekeepers . . . 133
    12. How to Break into Organizations . . . 149
    13. Staying Alive . . . 181
    14. Job Clubs, Chance Opportunities, and Perserverance . . . 185
     
    Index . . . 192

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