In a competitive employment market, a viable job opportunity may seem as rare as a hat trick in hockey or a 63-yard field goal in football."Job opportunities are a scarce commodity, and a precious interview is a terrible thing to waste. To help prevent disastrous, wasted interviews, Bob Ward, executive recruiter and "Your Friendly Headhunter," has condensed 25 years of recruiting, coaching, and interviewing experience into a comprehensive guide for job seekers. Ward's real-life tales from the interview front can be amusing, amazing, or downright uncomfortable. But From Interview Disaster To Interview Master is not just an entertaining storybook. The pages are full of useful content regarding how interviews proceed and how candidates can increase their chances of success in each step of the process. The book opens with a series of chapters on "Getting the Interview," which include general advice on self-evaluation, resume-writing, research and networking.The remainder of the book focuses on "Mastering the Interview.

" In these chapters, Ward discusses: - Surviving your first pitch by phone- Wardrobe Reset Survey what to (and not to) wear- Common interview formats - Thinking "across the desk" - The "two-minute answer rule" - Tough questions-and-answers- Bad acts- Restaurant interviews: You vs. Ribs- Post-Interview "stalking"- Negotiating bucks and benefits- And MORE.The book closes with a list of 70 Interview Quick Tips, a perfect chapter for those who prefer preachers with short sermons (or forget to read the book until the day of the interview).Part teacher, part motivator, part storyteller, Bob Ward lays it all out in this practical, conversational guide to interviewing. From Interview Disaster To Interview Master details how a candidate can master the skills necessary to survive an interview and secure a paycheck.