Careers with Character Book

Subtitled, “How to land the job of your life.” Taylor is the founder of monster.com. Hardy is a career and transition coach, now the General Manager of Monster Careers. This book is full of information and insights from recruiters, outplacement counselors, etc., based around the F.A.M.E acronym – Think like a Free agent, train like an Athlete, prepare like a Marketer and work like an Entrepreneur.
Full of useful information, the book is set up on a 10-week program: prepare for 2 weeks, get up to speed for 3 weeks and go after opportunities for 5 weeks. After introducing what the authors call the “new job search basics,” they focus on preparing your search, going into the marketplace and landing the job. Monster Careers includes many summaries and examples, as well as references “book to web” links to monstercareers.com. Excellent, practical advice is presented on almost the entire career process, from targeting and research to preparation (they mention a “pitch sheet” to quickly highlight your qualifications during networking), resumes and cover letters (I thought the examples were a bit long) to interviewing and salary negotiation. The book ends with solid guidance on starting a new job, as well as listing a significant collection of reference sites for a wide range of information, online and otherwise.