Work It!
How to Get Ahead, Save Your Ass, and Land a Job in Any Economy
Excerpt
Chapter One: Get Out of Your Own Way: Diversify, and Get the Job You Really Want
Economies will rise and fall, but you, my friend, will always need a job. (Unless, of course, you're already rich and successful beyond your wildest dreams, in which case you can close this book now.) Instead of betting the farm on which way the economy's heading, you need to make your job search independent of the economy. It's going to be a very long time before we see a job market fueled by as much hubris, hype, and cash as that of the late 1990s. Back then, we could write our own tickets, choose among a variety of glamorous jobs, and reap fat salaries. Those days are long gone.
Somewhere in the midst of the boom years, we lost our grip on (or never learned) time-tested job-hunting strategies. We believed that the Internet would make finding a job (like everything else) easy, cheap, fast, and painless. The result: today, around the country, hiring managers and recruiters are scratching their heads, wondering where the solid candidates have gone. Left in their place are ... read full excerpt from Work It! ebook
