- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover (Feb 23 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1591843219
- ISBN-13: 978-1591843214
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 3.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #165,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Harvey Mackay hits the bulls-eye. An important book for important times in our lives. The Shark Man at his very best.' Larry King 'Harvey Mackay knows how important the mental game is. Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door helps you form a good game plan, execute it, and win.' Shaquille O'Neal 'I always read Harvey Mackay's weekly column and this book should be on your must-read list too. This book is full of Mackay's job search "secrets" including how to identify your network of contacts who can make a difference in the outcome of your job search, how to apply marketing and PR techniques to your job search, how to prepare for an interview, and how to successfully manage your time when you're unemployed.' About.com - Alison Doyle 'This collection of job search tips by Mackay follows the style of his previous bestsellers, complete with humorous examples and "quickie" one-page stories that illustrate his main points... The short chapters with descriptive titles make it easy to navigate, and Mackay offers tips - from changing your attitude to getting hired - both for those currently employed but wishing to position themselves better in their current companies and for those who are out of work. Highly recommended for job seekers and career changers at all experience levels.' LIBRARY JOURNAL
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller
"You can have the finest moves in the talent contest, you can boast a trophy speed-dial list on your iPhone, you can possess the single-mindedness of Paul Revere and be as self-assured as Muhammad Ali . . . and you still won't nail the job unless you know how to mold and merchandise your personal pitch. If this is true when times are booming-and it is-you can only imagine how true it is in times like these."
Harvey Mackay, Fortune magazine's "Mr. Make- Things-Happen," has written five New York Times bestsellers, including one of the most popular business books of all time-Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive. Now he returns with the ultimate book on how to get, and keep, a job you truly love whether you're twenty-one, fifty-one, or seventy-one.
The average person will have at least three career changes and ten different jobs by age thirty-eight. In this era of downsizing and outsourcing, you can never be sure your job will still exist in five years- or five weeks. So you'd better think of your career as a perpetual job search. That demands a passion for lifetime learning and the skills for relentless and effective networking.
Mackay shows you how to be at your best when things are at their worst. His hard-hitting topics include:
- beating rejection before it beats you
- warning signals that you might be losing your job
- acing interviews
- negotiating the job you want not the job they offer
- taking advantage of the way bosses make hiring decisions
- blending the latest contact tools with old-fashioned face-to-face networking
Uplifting, amusing, and jam-packed with proven tips, Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door will guide you through the toughest job market in decades. It's also the definitive A-to-Z career resource for the rest of your life.
"You can have the finest moves in the talent contest, you can boast a trophy speed-dial list on your iPhone, you can possess the single-mindedness of Paul Revere and be as self-assured as Muhammad Ali . . . and you still won't nail the job unless you know how to mold and merchandise your personal pitch. If this is true when times are booming-and it is-you can only imagine how true it is in times like these."
Harvey Mackay, Fortune magazine's "Mr. Make- Things-Happen," has written five New York Times bestsellers, including one of the most popular business books of all time-Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive. Now he returns with the ultimate book on how to get, and keep, a job you truly love whether you're twenty-one, fifty-one, or seventy-one.
The average person will have at least three career changes and ten different jobs by age thirty-eight. In this era of downsizing and outsourcing, you can never be sure your job will still exist in five years- or five weeks. So you'd better think of your career as a perpetual job search. That demands a passion for lifetime learning and the skills for relentless and effective networking.
Mackay shows you how to be at your best when things are at their worst. His hard-hitting topics include:
- beating rejection before it beats you
- warning signals that you might be losing your job
- acing interviews
- negotiating the job you want not the job they offer
- taking advantage of the way bosses make hiring decisions
- blending the latest contact tools with old-fashioned face-to-face networking
Uplifting, amusing, and jam-packed with proven tips, Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door will guide you through the toughest job market in decades. It's also the definitive A-to-Z career resource for the rest of your life.
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MacKay's Prescription for Success for Job Seekers, Feb 18 2010
By Thomas M. Loarie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You (Hardcover)
Best selling author Harvey Mackay in his "Use Your Head..." has decided along with many others to cash in with advice for those in career-transition as a result of the 2008 economic meltdown. MacKay's book will be a good read for those in-transition as he covers all of the basic elements - the personal time out to understand who you are and what your talents are, the resume, the importance of networking, preparation for the interview, the interview, and follow-up.Mackay also authored "We Got Fired!" which is an excellent book and should be read along with "Use Your Head..." Other books of this genre which I highly recommend for those in-transition are Myer's "Get the Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring," Perry's Guerilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0." Those who have read these books and/or others like them will find Mackay's book redundant. Mackay does pepper some job search "secrets" throughout the book which provides some fresh insights, but they are few.
As both a reviewer of "jobs" books and as a team leader for a ministry devoted to helping executives, managers, and professionals get back on their feet, I have read and reviewed numerous books on this subject. Most, including Mackay's, are a good supplement to the search effort.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door, Feb 26 2010
By Richard Brooke "Author, Mach II, The Art of ... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You (Hardcover)
This book is so long overdue and fills such as huge need. I have processed thousands of job applications; interviewed hundreds and hundreds of people and hired of course a lot less.The degree of differentiation candidates create for themselves is pathetic. All the resumes look the same and most candidates show about as much creativity and personality as a mud puddle.
Harvey knocks it out of the park with this book as only he can. Study this book even a little and you will probably be the ONLY applicant your next interviewer even remembers.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Lots of great nuggets!, April 14 2010
By A. Turner - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You (Hardcover)
There are lots of great nuggets throughout the book. I dog-eared pages as I went to remind myself to go back and check websites and other resources that are mentioned in each chapter. It's also a quick, easy read and I found myself laughing out loud at some of Mr. Mackay's stories.
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