Often candidates who don't have basic qualifications or experience triumph over scores of more qualified people by projecting an upbeat personality, good interpersonal skills, and a genuine interest in the hiring company. Professional recruiters Larson and Comstock explode old myths about job hunting and hiring decisions.

"In this definitive guide to the ever-changing modern workplace, Kathryn Minshew and Alexandra Cavoulacos, the co-founders of popular career website TheMuse.com, show how to play the game by the New Rules. The Muse is known for sharp, relevant, and get-to-the-point advice on how to figure out exactly what your values and your skills are and how they best play out in the marketplace. Now Kathryn and Alex have gathered all of that advice and more in The New Rules of Work. Through quick exercises and structured tips, the authors will guide you as you sort through your countless options; communicate who you are and why you are valuable; and stand out from the crowd. The New Rules of Work shows how to choose a perfect career path, land the best job, and wake up feeling excited to go to work every day-- whether you are starting out in your career, looking to move ahead, navigating a mid-career shift, or anywhere in between"--

This text is aimed at helping ambitious high fliers to fly even higher. It helps readers understand their strengths, weaknesses and achievements, then find the right job in the market. It also lays out the practical rules for shining at interviews.

Job hunting can often be the most challenging of jobs and this guide lays out practical rules for ambitious individuals, managers, and executives who want to ensure that their next job is a career advancement. Focusing on the applicant as "the product," this resource helps identify an individual's strengths, weaknesses, and achievements, and aids in determining a wise career path. From acing interviews to negotiating a package once an offer is secured, jobhunting secrets are revealed, including the "three Cs"competence, chemistry and capacity for growth.

It is simple. The world of work has changed. How do you look for a job today? The game plan to achieve job search success is different than just a few years ago, and no one gave you the new rules--until now!

Win Interviews! helps you to understand how to prepare effectively for changing jobs today, what the new rules are, and how you can make them work to your benefit. It gives all levels of job seekers critical insight into the mindset and expectations of hiring managers and their use of applicant tracking systems. It also includes sections on creating your personal brand, effective resumes, what social media strategies you need, and much more. This information in this book will help you win the career you deserve.

Written by Louise Garver and Christine Edick, this book is the coordinated effort of two career coaches who have more than 40 years of combined experience in effectively coaching and training numerous people to be successful in finding jobs and achieving their career goals.

At the end of reading Win Interviews!, you will be able to create your personalized new game plan with the latest job-search information, tools, forms, samples, and strategies you need to win the interview and land the job you want. You will have learned how job search doesn't have to be hard, and you will be steps ahead of your competition with your new must-have game plan!

The New Rules of the Job Search Game: Why Today's Managers Hire...and Why They Don't, revised in 2016, gets "the new rules" back out there that still open doors to the competitive companies. This book will coach you well in why you still need to research companies to the point of becoming a prospective consultant to them and problem-solver for them before even your initial phone conversation with a recruiter. The authors take you inside the trends that still work even with the utilization of social media networking. They teach you step by step what to say and how to say it to prove that you, with your background tailored to fit the true needs and aims of the business before you, are the answer to company prayers.Study well the Focus Method developed by Jackie Larson and Cheri Comstock Hardman of FocusTech, Inc. headhunting company. Within these pages you'll see it works today just as it did when the original edition got on Good Morning America, CNBC, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. Follow up with the collection of updated resources within. The New Rules of the Job Search Game will then make you a winning job search player--one who is equipped as far as the strategies and tactics of the game and able to navigate its ins and outs.