Get Hired Fast!

For anyone caught in a frustrating job search, direct calling is the most effective way to get fast results. Yet many job seekers don't use it-or don't know how to use it effectively. While other career books advise job seekers to call potential employers, they don't tell them what to say or do to get the desired response: an interview. Get Hired NOW! gives readers a step-by-step 15-day action plan to generate at least three interviews in three weeks, make connections, and get employers to say, "Yes!"

An Adams Media author.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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PART ONE When the Rules Don't Work, Change the Game: Why Direct Calling Works When Nothing Else Does

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CHAPTER ONE This Used to Be Easy-What Happened?

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Learn why it's often tough to get a job, why it isn't your fault, and why today's job market is so challenging and unpredictable.

CHAPTER TWO When the Old Rules Don't Work-Break Them

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In today's market, when most of the jobs are "invisible," the direct-calling strategy is the proven way to get a great job.

CHAPTER THREE Should You Still Use Traditional Job-Hunting Techniques?

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Find out how to supplement your search by using networking, job boards, and other "old-fashioned" techniques in a smart and time-efficient way.

PART TWO The Fifteen-Day Direct-Calling Campaign: Your Game Plan for Success

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CHAPTER FOUR Identify Your Targets And Know What They Want

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Well before you pick up the phone, your successful direct-calling campaign begins with a well-organized research program.

CHAPTER FIVE Making Contact: Your Fifteen-Day Action Plan

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Your mission: fifteen days of intense effort. Your goal: three interviews in three weeks. Your reward: a job.

PART THREE Following Through: How to Nail the Job

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CHAPTER SIX The Phone Interview

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Discover how to turn an initial phone conversation into the face-to-face meeting that could land you a job.

CHAPTER SEVEN The Face-to-Face Interview

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Be prepared to make the best possible impression in your interview, and learn how to counter even the toughest of questions with a winning response.

CHAPTER EIGHT What If They Say Yes? What If They Say No?

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You can turn that hoped-for job offer into an even better job, and you can even convert a job rejection into a positive for your career.

PART FOUR Take Control of Your Future: How to Enhance Your Job Security-And Your Long-Term Career Security

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CHAPTER NINE Keeping Your New Job Once You Get It

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Make yourself indispensable from the first day you start your new job.

CHAPTER TEN The New Reality: Keep Looking, Even When You Have a Job

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With the days of a one-company career long gone, you need to learn how to continually develop new and better job opportunities.

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