
What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Rethinking Interviews
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Three Most Important Things About Job Interviews
- Boiling Things Down to Their Essence
- The First Most Important Thing to Know About Interviews
- The Second Most Important Thing to Know About Interviews
- The Third Most Important Thing to Know About Interviews
- Summary
- 2. Before the Interview
- The Crucial Part of the Interview
- Researching the Organization Before the Interview
- Researching the Job Before the Interview
- Researching the Interviewer(s) Before the Interview
- Researching Salary Ranges Before the Interview
- Practicing "The Elevator Speech"
- How to Dress?
- 3. During the Interview
- Types of Interviews
- A Telephone Interview (Audio Only)
- Face to Face with a Group (All At Once)
- Face to Face with a Group (One At a Time)
- Face to Face with One Person
- A Skype Interview (Audio and Video)
- The Beginning of the Interview
- How Should You Greet the Interviewer?
- The Interview Is a Two-Way Conversation
- Your First Key Concern in the Conversation
- Your Second Key Concern in the Conversation
- How to Deal with "Tell Me About Yourself"
- The Middle of the Interview
- What Is Your Greatest Weakness?
- What Is a Bad Employee?
- How Am I Doing, So Far?
- Time to Describe the Job
- Indulge Your Curiosities
- Your Impressions
- The Closing of the Interview
- If They Say No
- If They Say Maybe
- If They Say Yes: Possible Job Offers from the Employer
- Full-Time Work Offer
- Part-Time Work Offer
- Project Work Offer
- Zero-Hour Work Offer
- Get It in Writing
- At-Will Employment
- 4. After the Interview
- The Thank-you Note or Notes
- If You Got the Job: Keep On Job-Hunting
- If You Didn't Get the Job: Why You Didn't
- Appendix A: Handicaps
- You Are Handicapped, Eh? Everyone Is Handicapped
- Real Handicaps: What You Can't Do and What You Can Do
- Phantom Handicaps: Only in the Eyes of Some Employers
- Handicap vs. Prejudice
- The Key Employer Prejudices
- Appendix B: Salary Negotiation
- The First Secret of Salary Negotiation
- The Second Secret of Salary Negotiation
- The Third Secret of Salary Negotiation
- The Fourth Secret of Salary Negotiation
- About the Author
- Index
- Additional Helpful Resources from the Author
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