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Posted: 26 Apr 2013 08:25 PM PDT Get Rich Click!: The ultimate guide to making money on the Internet Author: Marc Ostrofsky Publisher: Free Press There have been a number of books on getting rich in today's digital world. Here is another. And like the rest, they all promise the same thing – a step-by-step guide to achieving financial success by leveraging on sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, among some of them. Author Marc Ostrofsky is a speaker and venture capitalist and he believes there is much to be made, and much to be learned from the Internet world. Risk to Succeed: Essential lessons for discovering your unique talents & finding success Author: Ricky Cohen Publisher: McGraw-Hill Written in a series of parables, this is a story of a young elephant who is not content to move with the herd. It makes its way into the world and befriends a butterfly who takes it on a risk-taking journey. These "laws of the jungle" are meant to be applied in today's corporate jungle and other aspects of your life. The Power of Self-Confidence: Become unstoppable, irresistible, and unafraid in every area of your life Author: Brian Tracy Publisher: Wiley & Son Your level of self-confidence determines the size of the goals you set, the energy and determination that you focus on achieving them. It also includes the amount of persistence you apply to overcome every obstacle. Self-confidence allows you to move out of your comfort zone and take risks without any guarantee. Once you have moved passed a goal, you will be empowered to go for the next. |
What you should NEVER do in a job interview Posted: 26 Apr 2013 08:25 PM PDT ● Come into to the interview room with compromised grooming. Even if that means brushing your teeth a second time that morning in the office bathroom. Tasteful, best- business attire on, well-groomed, showered … this pretty much says it. ● Don't interrupt the interviewer. Even if you think you get where they're going and have the most outstanding answer ever to their question, this is one of the most annoying things you can do. Give them a chance to finish. ● Don't wear overpowering perfume or cologne. Generally fragrances don't belong in an interview, it's not that kind of date. Worse, some people may be allergic. n Don't go heavy on the make-up.The closer to natural you look, the more the real you can shine through. ● Don't listen to your iPod, play video games, make calls, etc. while waiting to be interviewed. Take care of all that before you come in the door of the building. ● Or, if you really need to make important calls while you wait, ask if you may use a private area to do so. Watching someone dial their chums or play video games while waiting, leaves the impression the person will be doing that during their workday too. ● Since you are there to present yourself as a capable, serious candidate, start your presentation from the moment you walk in. Impressions you leave will last well beyond the day of the interview. And you never know whom you run into on the elevator or even as you enter the building. After the interview, maintain your best interview demeanour until you are away from the building. |
Having an edge in job interviews Posted: 26 Apr 2013 08:25 PM PDT Crazy Good Interviewing: How Acting A Little Crazy Can Get You The Job Authors: John B. Molidor with Barbara Parus Publisher: Wiley HUGE parts of the global economy are still showing sluggish growth or are in decline. And many of the countless tens of millions who lost their jobs during the Global Financial Crisis Parts 1 or 2 (or arguably Part 3) have not been fully re-employed. The picture in Malaysia is somewhat better than large swathes of North America and the EU bloc. But we all know someone who has been unexpectedly knocked back, time and time again in the current job market. It's getting a little desperate out there. Employers are not helping. In the good old days, generally, all you needed was a one-on-one interview, and if you had managed to reach the interview stage, you could pretty much count on getting the job, barring some unforeseen interview-room catastrophe. With middle managers now having to their justify their existence and salaries to an ever-greater extent, the interview process has, in many places, become tortuously elongated. Very often there's the Skype interview. This is followed by the one-on-one. Then there's possibly a second interview. Then a panel interview. Then a group assessment. Holy cow! These are testing times. Dr John B. Molidor steps in to give the poor overwhelmed interviewee a bit of confidence and a fighting chance to make it to the finishing line, in the lively and engaging Crazy Good Interviewing: How Acting A Little Crazy Can Get You The Job, published by Wiley. On its release last year, it was called one of the best career books for 2012 by the Wall Street Journal's professional career site. So, how does Molidor present his case that slightly eccentric behaviours can tip the scales in the applicant's favour? "Crazy Good Interviewing shows readers that 'crazy good' behaviour, can make an applicant stand out favourably in a sea of mediocrity. Crazy good behaviour can range from a candidate who created a keynote presentation on his iPad to show what he could bring to the job or the one who created a DVD highlighting her abilities. I hope this book gives job hunters an opportunity to get their creative juices flowing so they can become the stand-out applicant at their next interview and land a new job." Molidor penned Crazy Good Interviewing as a result of his many years of conducting workshops and teaching interview techniques. In the book, Molidor explores how crazy good interviewing is all about applying a variety of mental strategies and positive verbal and non-verbal communication skills to the interview process to ensure the best possible outcome. The book contains self-assessment tips, quizzes and examples from workshops, and tips for reducing interview-day jitters and conquering the group interview. Molidor is CEO and president of Michigan State University Flint Area Medical Education and a community assistant dean and Professor of Psychiatry at MSU College of Human Medicine. His speciality is helping individuals understand how their brain, communication styles, and interviewing skills can function together with the best synchronicity possible. The employment-industry-insider wrote this with Barbara Parus, who has considerable experience co-authoring books on human resources-related topics, as well as ghost-writing experience. Parus is also the director of publications for the National Speakers Association in Tempe, Arizona. Here's a breakdown of what you'll find in the book. Firstly, crazy good and crazy bad behaviours that one might come across in an interview. By understanding what an excellent response to a question would be, you can use this great information to help shape your answers to questions put to you. Secondly, the all-important business of making a terrific first impression. Molidor points out that "when you upgrade your appearance, there is a greater likelihood of being hired and an 8%-20% higher projected salary as a result of your upgraded look." Obvious, true. But worth reiterating. Thirdly, the book shows you how to assess your strengths, and goes through each area of strengths and weaknesses and explains how you can include them – and/or mitigate them – in your interview. Moreover, the author helps you look outside of the box at strengths you may not consider when thinking of your interview. He talks about how one can present hobbies and volunteer work in ways to enhance their relevance to those skills pertaining to the new job you're looking to secure. To a considerable extent, this book is really old wine in new bottles. To have managed to crank out an entire book on this topic, albeit with the help of one of America's most prolific ghost-writers, is quite an achievement in itself. In summary, this is a useful and insightful text if you're a rookie in the job-market. And a handy and inspirational book to leaf through if you are unlucky enough to be one of the many sorely jaded by going through all those hoops, time and time again. The essentials of course can be found in the countless dos and don't lists that appear on a regular basis. And Lady Luck, Molidor can't help you with. But this book does offer possibilities to increase your odds at the interview stage. A most welcome addition to the get-ahead-in-tough-times genre. |
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