Product Description

As America starts down the long road of recovery from the worst recession in more than a generation, millions are searching for new jobs. With unemployment peaking at more than 10 percent in 2010, strong job-search strategies aren't an option--they're a necessity.

This twenty-fifth edition of Martin Yate's guide contains:

• Strategies for the long-term unemployed about how to best focus on their skills and strengths to win a job
• Completely revised "Where the Jobs Are" section, with new advice for where to find the best employment opportunities in 2011
• A new introductory chapter that focuses on long-term career management

Today more applicants struggle for fewer jobs. Yate shows you how to get an edge, whether you're a recent college graduate, unemployed, or contemplating a career change. And once you get a foot in the door, this book shows you how to ace the interview and clinch an attractive, exciting job offer.

About the Author

Martin Yate, CPC is an internationally bestselling author with an unsurpassed body of work focused on lifetime career management. His previous positions include National Director of Training for Dunhill Personnel System, Inc., and Director of Personnel for Bell Industries Computer Memory Division. He is also the author of Knock 'em Dead Cover Letters and Knock 'em Dead Resumes and many other books.