Ellen Gordon Reeves

A job hunter's guide, casual style, with lots of side bars, graphics, & humorous anecdotes to lighten the burden of the hardest job you'll ever do: hunt for one. A few examples of Reeves' tips follow from the chapter, Getting Through the Interview.

""What you are saying when you present yourself in an interview is, "This is as good as it gets. This is the best me you will ever see.""

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the sub-chapter, Nobody Likes a Whiner states the following:

""Everything you say and do must project a show more positive vibe. If you know yourself to be a chronic whiner, complainer, or "glass-half-empty" type, do some serious attitude adjustment before your interviews--no reflexive complaining about the weather or the traffic.""

Reeves offers practical suggestions, resume basics, the usual in a job-hunting guide, while managing to keep her book to a manageable length. I like her style, and her positive manner. It's a definite go-to book for the young job seeker, whether fresh out of college, or not. show less

While I disagreed with the author's answer to the title question "Can I weare a nose ring to an interview?", I thought this was a good introduction to corporate America for those entering the workforce.

Having read "What Color is Your Parachute" I feel that this is a more simplistic approach to the job search, but useful nonetheless. Having recently pierced my nose around the time that I requested this book and knowing that I would soon be looking for a job I found this to be a fortuitous chain of events to have received this book. The book takes you from the search to getting the job, and leaving it. Resume examples and cover letters are diagrammed and good and bad examples are given. The show more way it's formatted would be good for referring back to from time to time. This was written in a very direct way without being too dry. show less

The title of Reeves book is intriguing and fun. In the Introduction, she explains that she isn’t really talking about nose rings, rather about the "complexities of the job hunt." She breaks her chapters down in a way that leads you from one to the next. The chapters are well named and talk about exactly what the name implies.

Even if you’re not looking for your first job this is still a good book to read. Along with first timers, she talks about people who have lost their jobs or been show more laid off because to the recession. She does an excellent job on this also.

I liked the book a lot and certainly wish I had this 30 years ago. show less