Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career

Tell Me About Yourself shows you how to use the incredible power of storytelling to advance your career, whether by moving up in your current organization or landing a job with a new employer. Echoing the most commonly asked job interview question, Tell Me About Yourself shows you how to answer the question-and all others- in a way that coveys a true sense of who you are and what you can do for the organization. Storytelling is also the key to excelling in other job search activities, such as writing resumes and cover letters, networking, creating portfolios, and developing you personal brand. Tell Me About Yourself takes the reader through the steps for executing each of these crucial tasks impressively and successfully. The book also focuses on on-the-job storytelling that enables you to capitalize on opportunities to advance throughout your career.

Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., associate publisher of Quintessential Careers, is the author of Dynamic Cover Letters, Dynamic Cover Letters for New Graduates, Top Notch Executive Resumes, and A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market; and coauthor (with Dr. Randall S. Hansen) of Write Your Way to a Higher GPA and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Study Skills. She is a member of the Career Management Alliance, a Master Resume Writer, and a Credentialed Career Manager. She teaches college courses on writing resumes and cover letters and has critiqued resumes and cover letters for countless students. She blogs at A Storied Career (www.astoriedcareer.com).