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| Author: John Lucht
Publisher: Viceroy Press
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
Buy New: $19.77
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 12252
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 672
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0942785304
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.409
EAN: 9780942785302
Publication Date: September 2000
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 Must own resource for managing your career November 21, 2000
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
If you only read one book that will help you manage your career this is the one. John's communication style makes it a quick read with real life examples of what the recruiter, employer, and the job seeker are thinking. It will provide you with the tools necessary to prepare for and get the job your seeking and fullfill your career aspirations.
The bible of recruiter & job search strategy July 29, 2002
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have to agree with the superlatives laden on this book. One hallmark of its value is that's it's hard to summarize - you get something from all the 20 chapters and 300 pages. Particularly valuable are the insights into the complex interlocking strategies of firms, recruiters, and jobseekers - thought-provoking (but hardly beach reading) even if you're not jobhunting this year. Lucht is opinionated but savvy. I found this book far more valuable than its...cost.
The inside scoop for executive job-hunting January 12, 2000
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
John Lucht gives an insider's view of how the recruiting business works and teaches you how to make it work for you. A friend lent me the book, but halfway through I went out and bought my own copy. Don't start working with recruiters without reading this book first.
You'll Wish You Read It Ten Years Ago February 21, 2001
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I was given this book as a gift in the late 80's with the comment "You'll wish you'd read this ten years ago." Well, I'm glad I got it then, because it has been an invaluable resource in my career ever since. Lucht's point-of-view on resume writing, while it may seem a bit radical at first, is dead-on. Senior-level marketers executives, in particular, have adopted Lucht's approach to resume writing (which says it all). He'll also make you realize how clueless you've been in dealing with headhunters. The only issue I found with Lucht's book is that he needs to update it for the significant impact the Internet has had on job search. For instance, many headhunters no longer accept hardmail resumes -- only electronic resumes. There are also some valuable career portals out there, but most aren't worth the time and money. Aside from that, it's the Bible of career management.
Best job-hunting book there is September 26, 2000
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is by far the best job-hunting book available.
As a retained executive search consultant (I also have an executive job-hunting site: [...]), I constantly deal with people who are looking for work, and am dismayed at how poorly most people do so. Lucht's book will change your mindset on job-hunting. He reminds you to use all of the major job-hunting techniques, including networking, direct mail, recruiters, and want ads, and teaches you new techniques for doing each one of these. He also has a chapter on how to be interviewed that is easily worth the $[...] you'll pay for the book.
I first read the book long before I moved into executive seearch and was able ti use the techniques described in it to develop a number of job offers.
In addition, the book is readable and fun; it's obvious that John really cares, and wants the reader to be successful.
Some have complained that this book doesn't pay enough attention to internet job boards. It doesn't, because it shouldn't. Job hunters who spend their days probing the internet to find work get disappointed (less than 10% find work through job boards).
I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a new job; anyone who plans his job-hunt without reading this book risks selling themselves short, because they'll be missing too many avenues.
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