The Evolving Science of Job Hunting

The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through thought-provoking questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it - alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others.

After reading this book, you will understand: How to suitably use your time when you don't work; How to engineer a successful professional-networking strategy; Why an atypical resume yields more interviews; How to take charge of an interview using authenticity, relevance, scarcity and audacity; and Why you need T.A.L.E.N.T. to find work, keep it and be promoted.

Who will benefit from this book? People looking for work; Students and recent graduates; Professionals contemplating a career shift; U.S. Department of Labor experts; Policymakers at state and local employment offices; HR managers and headhunters; Personnel in career services at colleges and universities; and Labor economists and thought leaders in employment dynamics. "