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Interview Expert, The: How To Get The Job You Want
Written by the UK’s most well-respected expert, this is THE definitive guide to job interviews, covering absolutely everything you’ll ever need to know about the whole process – from planning and preparing to delivering a winning performance - in one, easy to- read and easy-to-access guide to success.
For over 25 years, author John Lees has been at the forefront of careers advice and has spent all of his career training recruiters, interviewers, HR professionals and interviewees. He knows exactly what makes a great interview and offers his vast insider knowledge here.
238 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 10, 2011
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John Lees
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John Lees is one of the UK’s best-known career strategists. He has written 15 books on work and career management. How To Get A Job You Love was twice listed as WHSmith Business Book of the Month and regularly features as the best-selling careers book by a British author. His books have been translated into Arabic, Polish, Georgian, Japanese and Spanish.
John acknowledges Richard Nelson Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, as a major influence. John’s work as a career strategist was inspired by the creativity, wisdom and generosity of 125 hours’ teaching from Dick Bolles at two of his summer workshops in Bend, Oregon, and a decade of continuing support and encouragement. Dick Bolles wrote the preface to the current edition of How To Get A Job You Love.
As a career coach, John specialises in helping people make difficult career decisions – difficult either because they don’t know what to do next, or because there are barriers in the way of success. John Lees Associates helps career changers across the UK, and John is a regular keynote speaker at UK events, has presented at the world’s largest international career conferences and delivered workshops in the USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Switzerland and Germany.
John has written careers columns for Metro and People Management and thought leadership pieces for The Times and The Guardian. He appears regularly in the national press with features in Management Today, Company, Cosmopolitan, Prospects, and Psychologies, His coaching work has been profiled in Coaching at Work and The Sunday Times. TV appearances include the BBC interactive ‘Back to Work’ programme, BBC 2’s ‘Working Lunch’, Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’, and ITV’s ‘Tonight – How To Get A Job’). He is a regular blog contributor to Harvard Business Review online and in 2012 wrote the introduction to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job.
John is a graduate of the universities of Cambridge, London and Liverpool, and has spent most of his career focusing on the world of work. He has trained recruitment specialists since the mid-1980s when he was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now the IRP). He has worked with a wide range of organisations on career management issues including: British Gas Commercial, The British Council, CIPD, Fairplace, Harrods, Hiscox, The House of Commons, Imperial College, The Association of MBAs, Lloyds Banking Group, Marks & Spencer, NAPP Pharmaceutical, Oakridge, Tribal, and business schools across the UK. John is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals, a NICEC Fellow, and was a founding Board Director of the Career Development Institute.
Alongside his day job, John serves as an ordained Anglican priest. John is married to the poet and children’s writer Jan Dean. They live in East Devon.
John Lees is one of the UK’s best-known career strategists. He has written 15 books on work and career management. How To Get A Job You Love was twice listed as WHSmith Business Book of the Month and regularly features as the best-selling careers book by a British author. His books have been translated into Arabic, Polish, Georgian, Japanese and Spanish.
John acknowledges Richard Nelson Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, as a major influence. John’s work as a career strategist was inspired by the creativity, wisdom and generosity of 125 hours’ teaching from Dick Bolles at two of his summer workshops in Bend, Oregon, and a decade of continuing support and encouragement. Dick Bolles wrote the preface to the current edition of How To Get A Job You Love.
As a career coach, John specialises in helping people make difficult career decisions – difficult either because they don’t know what to do next, or because there are barriers in the way of success. John Lees Associates helps career changers across the UK, and John is a regular keynote speaker at UK events, has presented at the world’s largest international career conferences and delivered workshops in the USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Switzerland and Germany.
John has written careers columns for Metro and People Management and thought leadership pieces for The Times and The Guardian. He appears regularly in the national press with features in Management Today, Company, Cosmopolitan, Prospects, and Psychologies, His coaching work has been profiled in Coaching at Work and The Sunday Times. TV appearances include the BBC interactive ‘Back to Work’ programme, BBC 2’s ‘Working Lunch’, Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’, and ITV’s ‘Tonight – How To Get A Job’). He is a regular blog contributor to Harvard Business Review online and in 2012 wrote the introduction to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job.
John is a graduate of the universities of Cambridge, London and Liverpool, and has spent most of his career focusing on the world of work. He has trained recruitment specialists since the mid-1980s when he was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now the IRP). He has worked with a wide range of organisations on career management issues including: British Gas Commercial, The British Council, CIPD, Fairplace, Harrods, Hiscox, The House of Commons, Imperial College, The Association of MBAs, Lloyds Banking Group, Marks & Spencer, NAPP Pharmaceutical, Oakridge, Tribal, and business schools across the UK. John is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals, a NICEC Fellow, and was a founding Board Director of the Career Development Institute.
Alongside his day job, John serves as an ordained Anglican priest. John is married to the poet and children’s writer Jan Dean. They live in East Devon.
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May 28, 2017
I read this entire book cover to cover within two days and found it very helpful - so much so, that I got the job that I had the interview for! The main appeal to me from this title was that John Lees writes in a warm and accessible tone so that it feels like a highly qualified friend is helping you. This book is your coach through the whole interview process, from learning how to tell your story to understanding why interviews go wrong. It's packed with standard job book information on presenting yourself and how to overcome nerves, but also with some other less usual chapters. These include how to get into the right frame of mind, prepare your questions and prepare your answers. I like the fact that the book isn't like others which are lists of questions you might be asked and how to answer them, instead Lees shows you how to think for yourself and learn how to respond to any question that could be asked of you.
I'd definitely recommend it.
I'd definitely recommend it.
July 27, 2016
260 გვერდიანი წიგნიდან მხოლოდ ორი ერთწინადადებიანი ადგილი მოვნიშნე, როგორც "საინტერესო".
დანარჩენი მთელი წიგნი აბსოლუტურად ამცდარია ქართულ რეალობას და არ იძლევა არანაირ ხელშესახებ, გამოსადეგ ცნობას თუ რჩევას.
1. რჩევები, რომელიც CV-ის შეეხება, აბსოლუტუად გამოუდეგარია. ჩვენ მსგავსი ტიპის რეზიუმეებს არ ვიყენებთ. ეს არის სუფთა ამერიკული რეალობიდან გადმოკოპირებული ტექსტი, რომელსაც აქ ვერ გამოიყენებ.
2. გასაუბრების მეთოდები ჩვენთან არ მისულა ამ დონეზე, რომ მსგავსი რჩევები გამოვიყენოთ. არც ჩვენი გამსაუბრებლები არ არიან იმ დონეზე, რომ მათთან როდესმე მსგავსი რამების გამოყენება დაგჭირდეს. დაჭირვება ერთია და რამდენად გაიგებენ, ან მოეწონებათ, ან მიგიხვდებიან ქართველი გამსაუბრებლები საერთოდ ამ ყველაფერს?
მოკლედ, სულ ტყუილად დავკარგე რამდენიმე საათი ამ სისულელის კითხვაში.
დანარჩენი მთელი წიგნი აბსოლუტურად ამცდარია ქართულ რეალობას და არ იძლევა არანაირ ხელშესახებ, გამოსადეგ ცნობას თუ რჩევას.
1. რჩევები, რომელიც CV-ის შეეხება, აბსოლუტუად გამოუდეგარია. ჩვენ მსგავსი ტიპის რეზიუმეებს არ ვიყენებთ. ეს არის სუფთა ამერიკული რეალობიდან გადმოკოპირებული ტექსტი, რომელსაც აქ ვერ გამოიყენებ.
2. გასაუბრების მეთოდები ჩვენთან არ მისულა ამ დონეზე, რომ მსგავსი რჩევები გამოვიყენოთ. არც ჩვენი გამსაუბრებლები არ არიან იმ დონეზე, რომ მათთან როდესმე მსგავსი რამების გამოყენება დაგჭირდეს. დაჭირვება ერთია და რამდენად გაიგებენ, ან მოეწონებათ, ან მიგიხვდებიან ქართველი გამსაუბრებლები საერთოდ ამ ყველაფერს?
მოკლედ, სულ ტყუილად დავკარგე რამდენიმე საათი ამ სისულელის კითხვაში.
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