Instant Interviews: 101 Ways to Get the Best Job of Your Life

INSTANT INTERVIEWS: 101 Ways to Get the Best Job of Your Life......Page 1
Contents......Page 11
About the Author . . .......Page 15
Introducing Instant Interviews!......Page 17
Foreword . . . and Forward March!......Page 19
Do 1: Appearing Magically—Like a Genie!......Page 23
Identifying Yourself......Page 25
Gathering Information......Page 28
Showing Your Appreciation......Page 34
Motivating Yourself......Page 35
Repeating the Process......Page 41
Do 2: Making and Taking the Instant Interview Magic Potion......Page 44
The Potion’s Ingredients......Page 45
Making and Taking the Potion......Page 47
Do 3: Maintaining Magic Potion Potency Throughout the Day......Page 48
The Boosters......Page 49
Do 4: Breaking Out of the Box—Job E-X-P-A-N-S-I-O-N......Page 50
Do 5: E-Mailing, Faxing, and Mailing Your Rest-You-Mary......Page 53
Getting Offeror Attention......Page 54
Racing from Resume to Interview......Page 56
Planning for Scanning......Page 57
Do 7: Writing the ASCII Resume......Page 58
Answering about ASCII......Page 59
Peeking Under the Covers......Page 60
Writing the Better Letter......Page 61
Use a Preprinted Letterhead or Create Your Own......Page 64
Use 10-Point Type with Black Ink on White Paper......Page 65
Do 10: Faxmailing for Nofailing......Page 67
Assembling the Mail Package......Page 68
Go to the Bank and Get 20 Crisp Dollar Bills......Page 69
Explaining Yourself......Page 72
Writing the Classified IAA......Page 73
Faxing Fast......Page 74
Networking Socially......Page 75
Designing the Card......Page 76
Outing the Offerors......Page 78
Spearing Search Engines......Page 79
Instant Internetting......Page 81
Facing the Fictional Facts......Page 82
Do 17: Getting Personal to Get Interviewed......Page 83
Mentioning the Referral in the Interview......Page 84
Choose a Riveting Subject......Page 85
Write a Short Survey......Page 86
Do 19: Reading Between the Classified Ad Lines......Page 87
The Ones Who Don’t Know What They’re Saying (25 Percent)......Page 88
Tracking the Ads......Page 89
Do 21: Mining the Yellow Pages......Page 90
Go to the Heading for the Field You Want......Page 91
Do 22: Breaking the Code in Business Periodicals......Page 92
University Extension Departments......Page 93
Online Learning......Page 94
You Can Speak......Page 95
Do 25: Making Your Own Recordings......Page 99
Do 26: Expediting Executive Recruiting......Page 100
Understanding Who Recruiters Are and What They Do......Page 101
Now—What about You?......Page 103
Getting Placed......Page 104
Call Your Unemployment Office......Page 105
Do 29: Inciting Potential Offerors to Interview......Page 106
Focus on What’s Sticking, not the Person Who’s Stuck......Page 107
Ask to Work......Page 108
Shinnying Up the Chain of Command......Page 109
Pick a Trade Association......Page 113
Pick a Vendor......Page 114
Pick a Speaker......Page 115
Do 32: Forming Your Very Own Job Club......Page 116
Do 33: Launching a Proactive Proposal......Page 119
Interesting the Offeror......Page 121
Getting It Out......Page 122
Do 34: Interrupting the Interview Intervention......Page 123
Moving the Ball......Page 125
Getting Participation......Page 126
Attacking at Airports......Page 128
Do 36: Transforming Ground Transportation into Interview Information......Page 129
Do 37: Tracking on Trains......Page 130
Stop at Stations Where People Are Getting On Rather than Off......Page 131
Call a Travel Agent......Page 132
Book Online......Page 133
Arrive Even Earlier......Page 134
Plan A: Interviewing on Tight Flights......Page 135
Do 39: Developing Your Persona......Page 136
Do 40: Calling and Enthralling the Offeror......Page 139
Control the Volume......Page 140
Do 41: Reading the Offeror Like a Book......Page 141
Outgoing: Type One......Page 142
Analytical: Type Three......Page 143
Do 42: Increasing Your Interviewing Instincts......Page 144
Become Aware of Your Interview Options......Page 145
Do 43: Bossing around Your Boss to Get You Interviews......Page 148
Do 44: Indemnifying an Offeror for Your Instant Dream Job......Page 152
Do 45: Networking Out at the Jobgym......Page 157
Take Advantage of the Free Trial Period......Page 158
Go in at 7 A.M. and Leave at 9 A.M. Monday through Friday......Page 159
Head for the Free Weights and Resistance Machines......Page 160
Make Many Friends among the Morning Crew......Page 161
Friends......Page 162
Former Co-workers......Page 163
Other Acquaintances......Page 164
Do 47: Obtaining Publicity about Instant Availability......Page 165
Find an Offeror......Page 166
Do 49: Writing Articles or Columns......Page 167
Do 50: Using a Rent-a-Mentor......Page 168
Do 51: Sampling the Sweets at Job Fairs......Page 169
Do 53: Writing a Press Release......Page 173
Do 54: Crashing Parties at Hotels......Page 175
Do 55: Granting Celebrities an Interview......Page 176
Do 56: Mixing and Matching at the Chamber Mixer......Page 179
Do 57: Learning to Play Ball from the Blue Crew......Page 181
Do 58: Promoting Interviews Using Postal Centers......Page 182
Pick the Location Carefully......Page 183
Call the Postal Center Every Day......Page 184
Do 59: Targeting Interviews with the F-O-C-U-S Principle......Page 185
Creating......Page 186
Starting......Page 187
Write Down Your Talking Points......Page 188
Use Your Talking Points......Page 191
Submit the Expenses......Page 192
Security Guards......Page 193
Do 62: Running the Routes with the Jobjungle Scouts......Page 195
Selecting the Right Personal References......Page 197
Reassuring Reluctant Personal References......Page 198
Preparing Personal References......Page 199
Offer Assistance to Personal References......Page 201
Using Personal References for Job Leads......Page 202
Selecting the Right Professional References......Page 203
Preparing Professional References......Page 204
Notifying Professional References......Page 207
Using Professional References for Job Leads......Page 208
Essentials for Professional Reference Letters......Page 209
Write These Keywords on a Piece of Paper and Put It in Your Right Back Pocket......Page 211
Enter the Keywords in Your Responses to the Application Items......Page 212
Understand How Store Managers Think......Page 213
Know Where You Want Your Instant Interview to Go......Page 214
Do 66: Newspapering on Your Route for Instant......Page 215
Spot Something......Page 217
Do 68: Turning On Off-Offerors......Page 218
Flipping the Switches......Page 219
Do 69: Demonstrating the Instant You......Page 221
Contact a Demonstration Company......Page 222
Learn as Much as You Can about the Product, Price, and Competition......Page 223
Do 70: Auctioning Yourself Off to the Highest Bidder......Page 224
Your Looks......Page 227
Your Speech......Page 229
Do 72: Partying Early at the Offerors-Only Warehouse......Page 231
How I Did It......Page 232
You Can Do It Too......Page 233
Go at the Bigbucks Hours......Page 235
Execute the Grab......Page 236
Do 75: Interviewing as an Intern Instantly......Page 237
Am I Taking a Risk with You?......Page 238
Do 76: Zipping Through It All at City Hall......Page 239
Building Inspection Department......Page 240
Police Department Community Service Office......Page 241
Do 77: Accepting Temporary Assignments......Page 242
Decide What Specialty You’d Like......Page 243
Use the Assignment to Interview with as Many Offerors as Possible......Page 244
Do 79: Igniting Intense Interview Interest from Competitors......Page 245
Welcome an Instant Clue......Page 247
Do the Magic Four Hello with an Immigrant Finale......Page 248
Visit a Restaurant that Serves Food from the Offeror’s Country......Page 249
Don’t Disclose Your Disability Before the Interview......Page 250
Defining Reasonable Accommodation......Page 251
What to Do if You’re Not Accommodated......Page 252
Why I’m Telling You......Page 253
Rivet and Rhyme at the First Mention of the Offeror’s Name......Page 254
Say the Offeror’s Name During the Interview......Page 255
Do 83: Swap Meets for Top Greets......Page 256
List Every Adult You Like......Page 258
Ask Instant Interview Investigators Right Away......Page 259
Prepare Your Background Highlights......Page 260
Have a Conference among Intimate Investigators......Page 261
Do 85: Interviewing for an Instant Increase......Page 262
Use the Magic Four Hello and Stay with the Eye Contact and Smile......Page 263
Write Out a Script......Page 264
Do 86: Magnetizing Muckety-mucks......Page 265
Do 87: Getting Paid for Instant Interviewing......Page 266
Do 88: Getting Leads from Leasers......Page 267
Name......Page 269
Birth Date......Page 270
Type of Work Desired......Page 271
Bondability......Page 272
Conviction of Felonies......Page 273
Outside Interests or Hobbies......Page 274
Dates of Employment......Page 275
Job Duties Enjoyed Most or Least......Page 276
Consent to Verify Information......Page 277
Do 91: Using Lead Cards for Instant Referrals......Page 278
Indirect Referrals......Page 279
Pushing the Four Instant Buttons......Page 280
Understand the Reason It Works......Page 282
The Content of the Letter......Page 283
Do 94: Slipping in the Back Door this Saturday......Page 285
Arrange It for This Saturday......Page 286
Discuss How the Manager Will Lubricate the Hiring Process......Page 287
Make a List of Maven Maybementors by Category......Page 289
Call the Maybementor......Page 290
Respect the Mentor and His Referrals......Page 291
Go Out of Your Way to Do Nice Things for the Mentor......Page 292
Understand Why Informational Interviews Are So Effective......Page 293
Memorize These Questions......Page 294
Do 97: Consulting for Instant Resulting......Page 296
Situation Wanted Advertising......Page 299
Consider an Offeror’s Secretary to Be the Offeror......Page 301
Assume the Secretary Has Access to Secret Records and Scuttlebutt......Page 302
Announcing No Phones......Page 303
Giving a Fairness Ultimatum......Page 304
Using a Survey......Page 305
Confronting without Condescending......Page 306
Asking, then Listening......Page 307
Asking the Offeror Why No Offer......Page 308
Do 100: Pursuing Your Passion......Page 309
Take at Least One Day to Accept......Page 311
Call the Other Offeror(s) Immediately......Page 312
Evaluate Each Offer Objectively and Thoroughly......Page 313
Acknowledgments......Page 315
Index......Page 317