Your Job Search Made Easy: Everything You Need to Know About Applications, Interviews and Tests

Your Job Search Made Easy: Everything You Need to Know About Applications, Interviews and Tests

by Mark Parkinson (Author)

Synopsis

Job-hunting can be a daunting business, but it is also one in which persistence and preparation can pay great dividends. This handbook is designed for job-hunters of all types and deals with every aspect of the job-search process, from advert to interview. Advice on making an application is followed by guidance on passing psychometric tests - including sample tests to practice on - and what to expect at an assessment centre. Mark Parkinson, an occupational psychologist, also discusses how to get through the interview itself by revealing what recruiters are looking for in a candidate and how to combat interview stress. This edition is updated to include the impact of the Internet on job hunting.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 136
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
Published: 28 Oct 2002

ISBN 10: 0749438975
ISBN 13: 9780749438975
Book Overview: A handbook for job-hunters of all types, dealing with every aspect of the job-search process, from advert to interview. Advice on making an application is followed by guidance on passing psychometric tests, including sample tests. This edition of Your Job search Made Easy is updated to discuss the impact of the Internet.

Author Bio
Dr Mark Parkinson is a business psychologist and psychometrics expert. He helps organisations in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors recruit high-performing graduates and senior managers. He is the designer of a number of successful commercial tests and questionnaires, and also advises on university admissions testing. Mark writes regularly on psychological matters and is an authority on the psychology of entrepreneurs. Mark Parkinson has written four 'careers & testing' books for Kogan Page, plus a book on using psychology in business. In addition Mark is a press spokesman for the British Psychological Society on assessment & selection issues, and using creativity in business.