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The Insider's Guide To Job Search provides an easy to follow, step-by-step method to find the contacts and resources you need for a productive Job Search.
Written by an Executive Recruiter whose experience spans 25 years.
The website http://jobsearchguide.ca, which partners with this ebook,
contains hundreds of free resources and can be translated into 30 languages.

Available in Hardcover & Paperback in Feb, 2014 - Friesen Press

"Kevin Buckley is a highly experienced recruiter with tremendous knowledge of the industry he serves, offering excellent advice to his clients as well as the potential candidates within the industry. In addition, he willingly and freely shares his expertise with job seekers, even those who are not within the sectors he serves. His "Insider's Guide To Job Search" is a valuable collection of tips, techniques, and well directed suggestions for improving the search as well as networking and negotiation in the 21st century.

Margaret Riley Dikel
author, The Riley Guide
rileyguide.com"
The above is from a Linkedin Recommendation on Kevin Buckley's Profile.

A step-by-step guide to self-marketing in a changing economy.

Chapter 1: When Change Happens
I've Been Downsized - Now What?
Wrongful Dismissal - Getting Help
Signs That Your Job May Be At Risk
Chapter 2: Job Satisfaction: Defining Your Needs
Chapter 3: Organizing Your Job Search
Chapter 4: Self-Marketing In A Changed Marketplace
Chapter 5: Recruiters: What To Look For
Chapter 6: Social Networking Sites
Chapter 7: Criminal Background Checks - Verify Your Record
Background Checking
Misrepresentation: Truth and Integrity
Chapter 8: How Do I Stand Out From The Competition?
Chapter 9: Resumes and Cover Letters
Resumes and the First Page Contents
Plain Text Resumes: What Works Best
Cover Letters: Brief and Focused
Creating Buyer Interest
Chapter 10: Making Contact
Job Boards
Creating Job Search Agents
LinkedIn Groups, Profiles, and Networking
Tips For Using LinkedIn Features and Resources
Chapter 11: Job Search For Mature Candidates 1
Job Search For Mature Candidates 2
Dealing With Discouragement
Chapter 12: Changing Your Perspective
Chapter 13: Body Language In An Interview
Staying Focused in an Interview
Chapter 14: Assessing Employers
Before The Interview
During the Interview
After the Interview
Questions To Ask The Employer
Chapter 15: Interviewing
The Interview: Are You A Potential Leader?
Attitudes, Values & Feelings
Chapter 16: Why Should We Hire You?
Chapter 17: Successful Interviewing
Common Interviewing Mistakes
Don't Oversell Yourself Out of a Job Offer!
Chapter 18: Paving The Way With References
Chapter 19: Perseverance And Patience
Some Aspects Of The Hiring Process That Are Beyond Your Control
Chapter 20: Do I Stay Or Do I Go?
Overcoming Inertia: Moving Forward
Chapter 21: Negotiating Compensation
Negotiating Compensation Effectively When Between Jobs
Patience In Negotiating
A Low Salary Offer - Improving Your Position
Chapter 22: Resigning Without Burning Your Bridges
Counter Offers: Points To Consider

A quick reference guide to pre-selecting candidates for key job openings. What to look for in Emails, Cover Letters, Resumes; Telephone and Physical Interviewing; References and Background-Checking, including social media; LinkedIn Profiles, Negotiations, Offers and Counter-Offers; Recognizable candidate types, Positive and Negative; Reference Questions; Management and Sales Candidate Questions.

The Insider's Guide To Candidate Selection is written from a 25 year perspective on recruitment and selection by a Canadian CPC - Certified Personnel Consultant.

These are real-world, proven techniques to rapidly assess the suitability of applicants.

Chapter 1: The Candidate's Approach

Email Messages, Cover Letters, And Resumes
Ten Negative Signs in An Email Message
Ten Positive Signs Of A Good Email Message
Key Warning Signs In A Cover Message
Resumes And What They Tell You
Reasons For Leaving Past Employers
What Good Candidate Resumes Share In Common
Twelve Warning Signs - Resume Content

Chapter 2: Background Checking & References

Background-Checking, Resumes, And Reference Issues
Seven Items To Consider With A Background-Checking Firm
Social Media Warning Signs - Facebook and LinkedIn Profiles
Chapter 3: Typical Candidate Profiles
Candidate Profiles, Positive and Negative
Positive Candidate Profiles
Negative Candidate Profiles

Chapter 4: Telephone and Personal Interviews

The Telephone or Virtual Interview
12 Key Questions To Ask In A Telephone Interview
Specific Questions For Specific Topics
Personal Interviews - What To Watch For
Signs of Honesty and Dishonesty
Interview Issues - Body Language
Objectivity and Subjectivity (The Halo Effect)

Chapter 5: Negotiations, Offers and Counter Offers

Warning Signs That a Candidate Isn't Committed
Counter Offers
Power Issues and Manipulation of the Candidate By Others
Employment Offer Contents

Chapter 6: Is The Candidate A Potential Leader?

Chapter 7: Recruiters, Personality Assessments

Recruiters - What To Look For
Personality Assessment Tools

Chapter 8: Keeping Good People

Appendix

Reference Questions, and Questions for Management and Sales positions
Reference Checking Questions
Questions For Management Candidates
Questions To Ask Sales Candidates
Questions Candidates Ask Employers
Changing the Student's Perspective
Employer Interviewing Styles
Common Interviewing Mistakes Part I
Common Interviewing Mistakes - Part II

It's a tough job market for graduates and students. This Guide contains useful advice on personal presentation, resumes, using email effectively, networking and sourcing hiring managers, job fairs, campus recruitment, and much more, including updated links to get started with your job search. Written by a Certified Personnel Consultant. This is a concise, useful handbook with updated, active links to resources for employment for recent graduates across Canada.

What Are Recruiters Looking For?
Where Do I Look For Work?
Student and Youth Employment Boards
Tips For Attending Career and Job Fairs
Questions To Ask Career Fair Reps
Academic Resumes - Points To Enhance Your Appeal
Your Expectations In An Interview
Your Interview Begins On The Phone
Passive And Active Listening
How Do I Get Hired With Minimal Experience?
Establishing Positive Relations In An Interview
University Student Career Centres
Provincial Youth Employment Job Boards

Being Interviewed provides an insider's view on how to prepare for, undergo and follow up your job interview.

The focus is on Interviewing: Telephone, Physical & Virtual

What An Interview Is, And Isn't
Telephone Interviewing
Gather your materials together
Interview Handouts: Influencing The Hiring Decision
Your Interview Begins On The Phone - New Graduates - Calling Employers
When You Are Being Called By A Potential Employer
Setting the tone when you call back
Passive and active listening
When It Comes To First Impressions, It's The Little Things That Count - You Out!
Personal Grooming and Attire
Staying Focused in an Interview
Assessing Potential Employers
Before The Interview
Arriving for the Interview
During the Interview
After the Interview
Questions To Ask The Employer
The Interview: Are You A Potential Leader?
Attitudes, Values & Feelings
Why Should We Hire You?
A Guide To Successful Interviewing - Points to Remember
Employer Interviewing Styles
Common Interviewing Mistakes
Frequent Interviewing Mistakes - Part I
Frequent interviewing Mistakes - Part II
Don't Oversell Yourself Out of a Job Offer!
Body Language In An Interview: Reading The Signs
The Unique Challenges Facing Mature Candidates
The Virtual Interview - Looking Good!

The choices we make in life largely govern the course of our lives. This book explores making choices based on honesty, kindness, and responsibility. As we mature, we find that people, events, and circumstances present choices and decisions to make. The way ahead is not always clear. Fear and anxiety cloud our perceptions. When you are grounded in a personal code of conduct and values that carries you through the minor and major challenges of your life, you have the security of a heart fortified within itself. Trust defeats fear. It's useful to have a handbook that addresses the transformative question of daily living: What is the right thing to do now?

Choices You Make empowers you with ideas for personal decision-making.

Kevin Buckley lives and works in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. An executive recruiter by profession, he is a Certified Personnel Consultant, plays the guitar and banjo and loves to grow organic vegetables.
He is blessed in life with his lovely life partner, Anna, and two teenage sons, Steven and James, who continue to teach him much about life and living.