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Getting the Job You Want Now: 50 Winning Moves for Spotting Hot Companies HiringPatterns, and Landing A Great Job
Tells how to research growing companies, find hidden opportunities, control the job interview, overcome any weaknesses in one's resume, make follow-up calls, and negotiate a salary
177 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1994
About the author
David H. Roper
10 books28 followersDavid’s new novel, Rosie, debuted in April 2026. Set against the raw beauty of the Maine coast, Rosie is the story of how a young girl’s hope for the father she never had and a broken man’s past come together on a journey through grief, love, and redemption.
Watching for Mermaids, David Roper’s collection of stories and essays, was a three-time Boston Globe Bestseller. His earlier works include Beyond Mermaids, Rounding the Bend…The Life and Times of Big Red, and The Ghosts of Gadus Island. David also co-wrote the screenplay for Rounding the Bend, after it was optioned for a film.
David’s non-fiction work includes Getting the Job You Want Now!, published by Warner Books. He is a regular columnist for Points East Magazine and has been a featured writer in Cruising World, Lakeland Boating, Sail, Boating, Sailing, Reader’s Digest, and The Wall Street Journal's National Business Employment Weekly.
David was a three-time Best of Show fiction winner of the Marblehead Festival of Art Writers World. His work has been published in eighteen languages, including Mandarin, French, German, Dutch and Hungarian.
In his twenties, his primary residence was the home-built houseboat Dave’s Ark, moored eternally under a bridge in St. Paul, Minnesota. After obtaining his Coast Guard Masters License at age 27, he served as captain of a 135’ Mississippi River paddlewheel cruise ship. This was his inspiration for the novel Rounding the Bend.
In 1982 he founded A-Script, a career advisory and resume writing firm in Marblehead, MA, which he has run for the past forty years.
Contact: davidroper00@gmail.com
Writing Website (books & archived published writing): http://roperbooks.com/
Watching for Mermaids, David Roper’s collection of stories and essays, was a three-time Boston Globe Bestseller. His earlier works include Beyond Mermaids, Rounding the Bend…The Life and Times of Big Red, and The Ghosts of Gadus Island. David also co-wrote the screenplay for Rounding the Bend, after it was optioned for a film.
David’s non-fiction work includes Getting the Job You Want Now!, published by Warner Books. He is a regular columnist for Points East Magazine and has been a featured writer in Cruising World, Lakeland Boating, Sail, Boating, Sailing, Reader’s Digest, and The Wall Street Journal's National Business Employment Weekly.
David was a three-time Best of Show fiction winner of the Marblehead Festival of Art Writers World. His work has been published in eighteen languages, including Mandarin, French, German, Dutch and Hungarian.
In his twenties, his primary residence was the home-built houseboat Dave’s Ark, moored eternally under a bridge in St. Paul, Minnesota. After obtaining his Coast Guard Masters License at age 27, he served as captain of a 135’ Mississippi River paddlewheel cruise ship. This was his inspiration for the novel Rounding the Bend.
In 1982 he founded A-Script, a career advisory and resume writing firm in Marblehead, MA, which he has run for the past forty years.
Contact: davidroper00@gmail.com
Writing Website (books & archived published writing): http://roperbooks.com/
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