Get Hired Now! How to Accelerate Your Job Search, Stand Out, and Land Your Next Great Opportunity

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller

Accelerate your job search, stand out, and land your next great opportunity

In Get Hired Now!, ZipRecruiter founder and CEO Ian Siegel tells you exactly how to find a new job fast. With an insider's view of how over a million employers really make hires, Ian pulls insights from the data to give you step-by-step instructions for writing a resume that works, finding the right jobs to apply to, acing a job interview, and negotiating a job offer.

• Debunk the conventional wisdom
• Break the unconscious habits that are sabotaging your success
• Get hired in record time

Relevant for every stage of your career and for every industry, Get Hired Now! is a one-stop resource for job seekers looking to level up, stand out, and land the job.

Ian Siegel is the CEO and co-founder of ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter, an employment marketplace for job seekers and employers, was started in 2010 and is now on Fast Company’s "Most Innovative Companies in World" power list. In addition to leading ZipRecruiter, Siegel has 25 years of experience building tech startups.

Introduction xi

Part I Get Prepared Now! 1

1 Accept the Truth About Bias 3

2 Write a Resume That Works 7

3 Polish Your Online Brand 29

4 Network to Build Relationships 37

PART II Find the Right Job! 47

5 Use Job Sites That Have These Features 49

6 Tools You Have to Use in Your Search 57

7 Apply to These Jobs 61

8 How to Ace a Pre-Screen 85

9 What to Wear to an Interview 91

10 How to Ace a Job Interview 99

11 How to Follow Up After the Interview 121

PART III Go Get That Job! 125

12 You Must Negotiate 127

13 Negotiating Your Job Offer--A Step-by-Step Guide 135

14 How to Quit Your Current Job the Right Way 143

15 Congratulations on the New Job! Let Me Know

How It Went! 149

Appendix: Before You Start the Search 151

Summary 161

Notes 187

Acknowledgments 195

About the Author 197

Index 199

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