| Job Hunting 101 was an informative and introspective | | | | pitch with you as the product. I personally learned a lot |
| read. Geared towards graduating college students, it | | | | from this section, especially when the author discussed |
| lays out in a simple format how to go about getting a | | | | how to "factually quantify" what goes on your resume |
| first job. One of the things that appealed to me about | | | | rather than bragging about yourself in a |
| this book was its encouragement to "Find your | | | | "self-evaluative" way. His abundance of examples |
| passion" and "If you want to be successful, you had | | | | really helped me understand the difference between |
| better really enjoy at least most of what you do." | | | | an okay resume and an excellent one. |
| The basic format was much like a workbook or | | | | Chapter three was devoted to gaining interviews by |
| textbook. The author explained a principle and then | | | | utilizing your school, the phone, book, cover letters, and |
| asked questions to help you brainstorm about your | | | | even cold calling. I was impressed at the sheer volume |
| personal career choices. He walks you through | | | | of examples that really buttressed the arguments the |
| everything from deciding what you want your career | | | | author made. They really convinced me of the |
| goals to be to your resume, interviews, handling offers | | | | importance of attaining quality interviews in the search |
| and your first couple months on the job. | | | | for a job. In chapter four the author discussing |
| In the first chapter, the author begin by helping you think | | | | preparing for an interview. The practice interview |
| about what you want to do for your career, where | | | | questions were extremely helpful, especially if you |
| you would like to live, etc. and had sections in the book | | | | have never had an interview before. Interviewing is |
| where you could write down your thoughts. This in turn | | | | basically selling yourself to the company and chapter |
| led to areas such as what you enjoy doing and what | | | | five dealt with ways to be prepared and research the |
| your best skills are. A five year goal's sheet was also | | | | best way to tailor your answers to a particular |
| included to help you think not only about what job you | | | | company. Once you've received an offer from a |
| want now, but where you eventually want to go with | | | | company, or more than one, what should you do? |
| your career. | | | | That was the subject of chapter six. Chapter seven |
| The second chapter dealt with resumes. The author's | | | | dealt with the best way to continue selling yourself |
| two main points for the chapter were that a resume is | | | | after the interview by sending them thank-you notes, |
| a "necessary tool" to aid you in finding a job but that | | | | and keeping abreast of their latest accomplishments in |
| "nobody was ever offered a job from a resume | | | | case a position opens up in the company later. |
| alone." He explained that a resume is basically a sales | | | | |