Skip to main content
Displaying 1 of 1
Job interview tips for overcoming red flags : winning strategies, examples, and short stories for people with not-so-hot backgrounds
2020
Where is it?
Large Cover Image
Trade Reviews
Booklist Review
How does someone with a less-than-stellar background manage the job hunt? This outstanding book addresses many of the challenges facing such applicants. The red flags of the book's title include chronic health conditions, criminal records, learning disorders, family difficulties, and past drug or alcohol abuse. Krannich, a career writer, asserts that honesty, effective communication, and preparation can potentially outweigh any negatives in an applicant's background. He makes his case clearly, using specific examples that will be relevant to anyone struggling to explain past mistakes to an interviewer. There are also extensive listings of career placement resources as well as tips about salary negotiation and suggestions for managing one's online presence. A particularly effective chapter gives sample answers to interview questions covering a variety of specific situations: lack of work experience, poor school performance, lack of focus, and having been fired from a previous job. The hypothetical answers are simple but effective, and can easily be tailored to fit many different job seekers. This book is a must-read for anyone with red flags looking to successfully navigate the job search and interview process.--Jennifer Michaelson Copyright 2019 Booklist
Summary

Most people have one or two red flags in their background - some minor and embarrassing, others major job killers. Given today's high-tech world, with its rapid communication and instant background checks, your red flags may follow you wherever you go. For employers, they become major objections to hiring and the bases for firing.

While most interview books are designed for the perfect job seeker - the well-educated, credentialed, goal-oriented, skilled, enthusiastic, and accomplished - this book addresses those who struggle to get ahead because of their less than stellar backgrounds. Many of them make poor education and career choices, frequently change jobs, get into trouble, and experience bad luck.They are risky hires.

That's the subject of this unique book for job seekers - how to best handle red flags during the job interview. It's all about convincing reluctant employers to hire you -- speaking truth to power, turning weaknesses into strengths, scrubbing a sketchy background, preparing for sensitive interviews, and knowing what to say and do when confronted with red flag issues.

Jam-packed with seasoned insights and solid job interview advice for people with not-so-hot backgrounds, this book examines:

- What employers really want and look for in great candidates

- Major red flags that consistently derail thousands of job seekers

- Ways to identify your red flags and transform them into green lights

- 101 questions asked at most job interviews by subject category

- Key nonverbal behaviors, from dress and handshakes to eye contact

- Great ways to impress interviewers with compelling examples and stories

- 35 common interview errors you must never commit

- Best ways to address 10 red flags that come up during many interviews

- Expert follow up and salary negotiation techniques that work wonders

- Key resources -- from books to blogs - that keep you focused on the prize

- Ways to scrub and repair online red flags and reputation issues

Filled with interview strategies, examples, stories, quizzes, questions, sample Q&A dialogues, and advice, this is the perfect interview book for anyone with a spotted background who is also highly motivated to move ahead with their career.

Table of Contents
1The Perfect Outlierp. 1
2What Employers Need and Wantp. 7
3People With Difficult Backgroundsp. 18
4Clues for Successful "Fit"p. 28
5Identify Your Red Flags, Present Your Best Selfp. 34
6Prepare for the Verbal Exchangep. 44
7Nonverbal Behaviors and Mixed Messagesp. 54
8Impress the Interviewerp. 61
9Avoid 35 Common Interview Errorsp. 69
10Key Questions You'll Most Likely Face and Ones You Must Askp. 80
1110 Red Flag Q&As With Memorable Examples and Short Storiesp. 90
12Close and Follow Up the Interviewp. 108
13Negotiate Salary & Benefits to Your Advantagep. 112
14Getting Help When Necessaryp. 131
15Handling Your Online Red Flags and Personap. 142
Indexp. 147
Career Resourcesp. 150
Librarian's View
Displaying 1 of 1