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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | As a techie, you're a special breed, with special challenges facing you in the job search. Your competition is smart, tech-savvy, and highly resourceful. Expectations among employers are higher. Your competition will run you over if you're not up to the challenge. Land the Tech Job You Love gives you the background, the skills, and the hard-won wisdom to bypass the mistakes of those who don't prepare.
You might not think you need this book. Conventional Wisdom has it that finding a job is simple: send some resumes, go on some interviews, and take the offer that sounds best. But that's only the start. You've got the background and skills to work the Web and other resources that the general job seeker doesn't. This book shows you how to take advantage of those skills or be left behind by competing techies who do.
It all starts with an examination of you, your strengths, and where you want your career to take you. Without a roadmap, you'll wind up in any old job. Life's too short to spend in a job that you don't love. From there, you'll see how to find the job you want that fits you and the employer, using your technical and web savvy to find the hidden jobs that never make it into the classifieds or Monster.
"Marketing" is not a dirty word, and you'll learn how to present yourself, your skills, and your background in the way that shows the hiring company that you're the right person for the job. Create a resume that tosses out conventional wisdom, write cover letters that sell your background, and assemble a portfolio of work that will wow the interviewer.
Social networking has been the darling of the Web in the past few years, but it's no substitute for the sort of personal interaction that makes relationships that help in future careers. As one manager said, "One recommendation is worth a million resumes." This book shows you how to make and maintain the connections that will drive your future career moves.
Land the Tech Job You Love pulls no punches and lays out the details for what gets you an interview, and gets you hired in a job in the technical world that makes you happy.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Andy Lester | | Paperback: | 225 pages | | Publisher: | Pragmatic Bookshelf | | Publication Date: | July 05, 2009 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1934356263 | | Product Length: | 8.92 inches | | Product Width: | 6.02 inches | | Product Height: | 0.52 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.75 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.9 inches | | Package Width: | 6.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 11 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A Useful Resource Jul 01, 2009
By Sensibletron
I'm very happy that I purchased this book. It gives a sensible, clear rundown of the steps to take to put yourself in the best position possible to get the job that you want.
The book touches on finding a job that you actually WANT, preparing your resume and cover letter, researching a company, and the interview process--you know, the stuff that seems incredibly simple until you actually sit down to do it. The advice given is practical and could apply to most fields, although the author does address specific concerns for those applying for tech jobs. I enjoyed the clarity of the author's writing.
My husband's a programmer--I purchased the book with him in mind--and thus far the book has been very helpful in his ongoing job search.
Highly recommended.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Valuable for job seeker AND hiring manager Dec 26, 2009
By V. M. Brasseur
I read this book from the perspective of a former developer who's now responsible for hiring and managing developers. Having been on both sides of the fence now I feel confident in saying that Andy's written a book that's great for everyone in the tech industry.
The writing here is direct, unintimidating and no-nonsense. Andy knows what geek job seekers need to hear and--more importantly--how to say it so they'll actually listen. At each point he doesn't simply say "do this" but he also includes the oft-overlooked WHY. This sort of insight helps technically-minded folk grok the problem in fullness, allowing them to adapt their approach to the specific company/job at hand rather than simply rattling off canned answers. In essence, he's broken the job-getting process into a set of well-defined use cases, each with fully documented business logic.
As I said, this is a book for everyone. As a hiring manager reading this book I constantly found myself thinking of ways in which my own department/company could improve its own hiring and interviewing processes. After reading this book I now feel better prepared to get the right person for our team. It's very obvious that Andy fully understands the hiring managers' point of view. The first time he said (paraphrased), "The hiring manager WANTS to hire you: interviewing for a position is a pain in the ass that she'd rather be done with" I practically applauded. That sort of perspective is necessary to get the point across to the job seeker that we're all in this together.
In summary, this is a great book, an engaging read and well worth your time to pick up. I believe so fully enough that I've already purchased it for a friend in need of a change of professional venue.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Reading the Book You Love Jul 21, 2009
By Kevin Gisi
Andy Lester comes at this topic from a unique perspective - that of a manager, and that of a programmer. He's in a unique perspective to discuss both what the programmer is looking for in a position, and what a manager is looking for in an employee.
This book moves step-by-step, beginning with figuring out what you want. From there, you move on to resumes, your online presence, portfolios, job listings, interviews, and keeping on top of your game.
Andy does a great job of covering it all step by step, so that younger coders who may be newer to the process catch all the right information, but in a cheerful and friendly tone that doesn't patronize more experienced professionals for whom some of the content might be a healthy review.
Buy this book. Andy Lester provides useful and practical information, while inspiring confidence and reassuring you that you are quite in control when it comes to the job hunt. Enjoy!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Your personal job coach Nov 23, 2009
By Jeana Clark
At least 40 hours of our week are spent behind a desk. And sometimes we're lucky, and that time behind feels like play. And sometimes, we're not so lucky, and we feel like we're in prison. Andy Lester's, "Land the Tech Job You Love," emphasizes that those 40 hours do not have to be a drudgery... they can be, and should be enjoyable, productive, challenging, and helping us to become better in our field.
Written in a conversational style, "Land the Tech Job You Love" walks the reader through all of the phases of the job search, from thinking through what it is you want in a job, and on to helping you craft a detailed resume, preparing you for the interview, and waiting for that offer of the job that you will love. He focuses on the details of each aspect, helping the reader to understand that it is in the particular details of your successes that your 'awesomeness' will shine through to the hiring manager.
I only wish I had found this book sooner, but it's been timely and a close companion as I've walked through the aftermath of being laid-off. "Land the Tech Job that you Love" has helped me prepare a detailed resume, full of quantifiable facts (and not just generic 'I am a great designer' statements), which then carries over into how I prepare for the interview. Every 'success' statement has a story, and every story I share about past experiences, highlights a strength.
Buy this book--even if you have the Job You Love. Techies, designers, engineers and others would not go wrong having this book on their bookshelf. Although, I'd suggest reading it first before you shelve it away. In the pages of the book, you'll find a job coach you never knew you had.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Real-life stories pepper an account covering everything from interviews to the kind of technical job likely to make you happy Oct 15, 2009
By Midwest Book Review
Programmers, project managers and graphic designers have a harder time finding and landing a job: companies are demanding, the competition is smart and resourceful, and standard skills and approaches likely don't work in the tech industry. That's why Land the Tech Job You Love is a key acquisition for computer and business libraries alike: it tells how to locate the right job, understand the hidden jobs market of the tech industry, and shows what works and why. Real-life stories pepper an account covering everything from interviews to the kind of technical job likely to make you happy.
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