Page 10 - James Caan - Get the Job you Really Want

box, and turning the usual conventions upside down, he had
landed his ideal job.
This book is about precisely that: how to get the job you really
want and transform your career. At a time when the only thing
in business that seems certain is uncertainty, and the job market

is as challenging as it’s ever been, I am going to give you the
best advice I can, based on thirty years of experience working in,
setting up and running recruitment companies.

It’s a battle royal out there in the job market, so you need all
the ammunition you can get to give you an extra edge and to
make a real di≠erence.
I will take you through the whole process step by step. How
to remain positive in a di≤cult economic climate. How to be

proactive in finding the right job opportunities. How to go about
packaging yourself to make sure you secure an interview. The
vital importance of preparation, so that you are relaxed and

confident in the interview, and can give a great performance.
How to close the deal on a job o≠er to your best advantage. And
at every stage I will try to shed a di≠erent light on the traditional,
formulaic ways of approaching the whole process.
This is a time for flexibility and imagination. But you also need

to put in the hard work – just as Greg had done in researching
Hamilton Bradshaw so thoroughly (although, just in case you’re
thinking of pitching up in reception to try and ambush me in the

way he did, that was definitely a one-o≠!). Unbelievably, ninety-
five per cent of candidates never bother to go that extra mile.
Nobody has ever told them how to go about getting a job. They

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