Job Hunt Like A Predator by Jim Rocca

Description

This is an aggressive job hunting book written by Jim Rocca a former Silicon Valley headhunter and corporate recruiter. It provides internet job hunting techniques using social and professional networks to find hidden jobs and befriend current and former employees at your target companies. On the flipside it shows how to use SEO (search engine optimization) techniques so you will show up on employer’s internet searches. This is just for starters.

Jim also provides headhunter’s tactics to show the job hunter how to cleverly work their way through a company and find their new boss. Tons of info here. Once in the interview Jim shows you how to take control of it and adeptly direct the interview so the job candidate works with the hiring manager to analyze and plan the growth of the department. The candidate then intelligently ties himself to this growth process causing them to be associated with a greater dynamic, delivering a valued added proposition that can’t be denied. The reader will also learn how to elicit a second interview while still in the first interview.

How to comprehend the offer letter and negotiate the best deal is next. Once the job candidate gets the job Jim lays out a strategic skills development matrix that puts the new hire into a position for rapid advancement making them a force in the company and industry. In this way, the job candidate learns not only how to get the job but how keep it. No other job hunting book does this.

This supports Jim’s mission to develop the job hunter to such a level of excellence that it renders future job hunting virtually obsolete. This is building the job hunter of the future. Tighten your seat belt.