A college grad has specific questions when trying to land the first job after school. How are just a few candidates chosen from a stack of hundreds of resumes? What exactly do recruiters want to hear in an interview? What are the common job-hunting mistakes students make time and time again? Confessions of a Recruiting Director gives the inside scoop on the entire hiring process- from a top recruiting director who's seen and heard it all-and delivers a specific, step-by-step approach to beating the odds. Step 1: Resumes-how to pass the 15 Second Test Step 2: Networking-how to use connections to get a job Step 3: Cover Letters-why nine out of ten never get read Step 4: Ace the Interview- the shocking truth about what recruiters want Step 5: Thank-You Notes- making a lasting impression Step 6: Follow Up-the fine line between persistence and stalking Plus: Real-life before-and-after resumes, cover letters, thank-you notes and the answers to ten necessary interview questions.

A college grad has specific questions when trying to land the first job after school. How are just a few candidates chosen from a stack of hundreds of resumes? What exactly do recruiters want to hear in an interview? What are the common job-hunting mistakes students make time and time again? Confessions of a Recruiting Director gives the inside scoop on the entire hiring process- from a top recruiting director who's seen and heard it all-and delivers a specific, step-by-step approach to beating the odds. Step 1: Resumes-how to pass the 15 Second Test Step 2: Networking-how to use connections to get a job Step 3: Cover Letters-why nine out of ten never get read Step 4: Ace the Interview- the shocking truth about what recruiters want Step 5: Thank-You Notes- making a lasting impression Step 6: Follow Up-the fine line between persistence and stalking Plus: Real-life before-and-after resumes, cover letters, thank-you notes and the answers to ten necessary interview questions.

Ready to look for the next step in your career? Have you been searching for a new job with no luck? This is the top secret guide to job searching! After years of domestic and global recruiting, Jaime gives you highly coveted information on how to turn your resume into interviews and interviews into offers! Sharing insider information on what you need to do to stand out to recruiters and interviewers, Confessions of a Recruiter is the job seeker's guide to success. Walk through the job search step-by-step from creating a resume to your first day to prepare yourself for your journey ahead. Sprinkled in are tales from the recruiting side to share with you what candidates did well to win the job and how others fell short. If you've been thinking about changing jobs or struggling to land offers, this is the book for you!

Memoir/Expose. The ugly, frightening truth about the recruiting, interviewing and hiring process and the inherently corrupt and discriminatory corporate culture. Secret codes, double standards, pretext – these are the tactics and strategies of the corrupt and discriminatory recruiting and hiring process. While most recruiters go along out of fear of retaliation, Executive Recruiter Brian Nord worked the system behind the scenes to help job applicants beat the secret codes and processes that unfairly eliminate them. Job Wars – is his story, but it's also about you, your right to work, and your right to know.

Learn the secrets of writing an attention-grabbing resume in this comprehensive guide from an experienced HR professional. Drawing from over fifteen years of experience in recruiting, author David Janssen wrote Confessions from a Recruiter - Resume Writing to show job seekers how to compose a resume that is up-to-date, in tune with current trends, and contains precisely what hiring managers are looking for-based on a survey of over one hundred human resource professionals. Using a clear, straightforward approach, Janssen begins by helping the reader understand everything a resume does. He then provides step-by-step instructions for creating a resume that highlights your strengths and is tailored to the position you're seeking. In addition to breaking down the specific parts of a resume, topics include: Types of resumes Formats Cover letters Bullet points Personal branding Common errors and corrections Action verbs Frequently asked questions A thirteen-question job accomplishment questionnaire helps readers with the all-important task of properly documenting work experience, and five cover letter examples and ten resume samples aid job seekers in creating resumes with confidence.

Mark Palmer has spent over thirty years in executive recruitment. He has worked within virtually every sector of the economy and undertaken searches at the executive, senior functional, and middle management level. During this time, he has recruited over one thousand executives or senior managers and has undertaken face-to-face interviews with over ten thousand people. He has interviewed every personality type and has witnessed his fair share of elegant and abhorrent behaviour. He has served over seven hundred different clients, most of whom have been a privilege to work for, while others have been a challenge to work for, and a few have been decidedly difficult. It is this mixture of the good, the bad, and the ugly that has prompted him to write Confessions of a Headhunter.