A straight-talking, highly supportive networking manual.
A quick, concentrated how-to guide designed to maximize the efficiency of job searches.
Management consultants and debut authors Perez and Ballinger aim to help unemployed people crack the mysteries of “the invisible job market,” which consists of job openings that aren’t publicly announced. Companies fill these quietly and internally, they say, through private recommendations or referrals: “a whopping 70% of all jobs are obtained through people you know!” Hence the overwhelming importance of networking, which the authors say is “more than important. It is vital. It is the lifeblood of your job search and, in the big picture, your career.” As the book’s title indicates, one of the key elements of successful networking is brevity, and Perez and Ballinger lay out strategies to help job seekers streamline their approaches. They illustrate their recommendations—such as avoiding passivity during the interview process or finding an “evangelist” willing to sing your praises to potential employers—with fictional interludes that show how they might play out in real-life situations (or not, if the character chooses not to heed their wisdom). Some of the advice can be off-puttingly blunt (“Save the irrelevant chitchat,” and the like). However, at other times, the authors assure readers that networking is “not about being slick and smooth” but rather about forging personal relationships through quick, meaningful encounters over stretches of time. It adds up to a well-rounded approach that touches on elements of business relationships that other job-search guides often overlook, particularly in a section on following up with contacts. All of this advice will give job seekers, especially new ones, a great deal to think about.
A straight-talking, highly supportive networking manual.Pub Date: March 18, 2016
ISBN: 978-0-9859106-4-8
Page Count: 182
Publisher: Career Innovations Press
Review Posted Online: Feb. 16, 2017
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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