Author Description

Jobseekers Guide to a Galaxy aims to help executive job hunters looking to improve their prospects or recover from redundancy or dismissal. It helps you build on the past without regret and look to a much better future. It helps you analyse your real interests, your ideal job, and your transferable skills. It guides you through writing persuasive CVs/Resumes which reflect your many achievements, excellent Cover Letters and the building up of a Personal Portfolio for use at interview; as well as the whole process of being interviewed. It points you in the right direction for marketing yourself, especially through developing your network of contacts - essential in tough economic times. Finally it helps you understand and deal with perceived prejudice and unfairness in the recruitment process, with badly run interviews and incompetent interviewers. It is all based on the writer's many years of experience on both sides of the recruitment desk, which includes handling personal redundancies.