DEAR JOYCE:

I've been looking online and in the bookstores for help with finding a job. There are lots of books on interviewing and resumes. But wherever I turn, there are no job openings.

I need to work! What can I do? -- H.F.

Jeffrey G. Allen is the nation's premier placement attorney, as well as one of the most knowledgeable job-hunting voices in the constellation of top employment experts. I've known and admired Allen professionally since 1983, the year he wrote the classic book "How to Turn an Interview into a Job."

Now, 23 books later, Allen skips the too-familiar bromides of most job-finding advice to deliver a must-read powerhouse of innovative thinking that can pull you out of the unemployment ditch.

Allen's new book, ""Instant Interviews: 101 Ways to Get the Best Job of Your Life " (Wiley), explodes with the energy of new ideas.

You haven't seen these techniques on the Net or anywhere else. Simple, upbeat and action-oriented, the book is testimony to Allen's 40 years of experience as a recruiter, human resources manager, consultant's consultant and job-getting machine.

Allen devotes 101 chapters to "Do's"-- his term for creative, step-by-step advice designed to spark hiring offers sooner rather than later.

Summing up the techniques that make each "Do" work doesn't adequately illustrate their value, but here's a drive-by look at four of the chapters.

 

LINING UP INTERVIEWS

In "Appearing Magically -- Like a Genie," Allen delivers a roundup of practical tools and tips, showing you how to be a champion producer of interviews that hold the potential of putting you on an employer's payroll.

His system covers how to dress, where to go, when to arrive, how to greet, what to say, how to close, how to follow up and how to ignite a job offer.

 

 

GETTING THE HANDSHAKE RIGHT

The chapter titled "Making and Taking the Instant Interview Magic Potion" analyzes the specifics of an effective handshake designed to give you the staying power you'll need for consecutive interviews.

Mastering the connecting shake will make you quick on the uptake, help radiate positive signals and make you feel great.

BEING REMEMBERED

"Shifting into Overdrive with the Callback Card" is a chapter describing a special breed of business card that combines a resume, a "help-available" ad and a traditional business card.

If you prepare and distribute it as Allen recommends, you greatly increase your odds of garnering immediate interviews.

USING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS

In "Indemnifying an Offeror for Your Instant Dream Job," Allen explains an unusual strategy to whip up a hiring offer. ("Offeror" is the term he uses for your immediate employer target.)

The book gives you an actual agreement you can use for your target job and shows you how to interview as you present it. The agreement eliminates the reluctance to hire, especially in a shaky economy, because it removes the risk for the employer.

 

 

"Instant Interviews " is filled with new and unexpected breakout techniques for getting back to work in a rebooted economy.

It is very sales-oriented and will, I expect, become the top seller in a long line of best-sellers that Allen has produced.

The book Instant Interviews can be ordered online and is available at bookstores everywhere.

There's never been a book like this, and he's the only one who could write it.

 

Place your order now, because it will be a sellout by its release in June

Highly recommended!

 

E-mail career questions for possible use in this column to Joyce Lain Kennedy at jlk@sunfeatures.com; use "Reader Question" for subject line. Or mail her at Box 368, Cardiff, CA 92007.

(C) 2009 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

 

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