Cracking the Hidden Job Market: How to Find Opportunity in Any Economy (Paperback)

Acknowledgments . . . vii
Preface : How to Use this Book . . . viii
 
1. Musical Chairs and Porridge . . . 1
2. How the Job Market Really Works . . . 13
3. Where Are You Going? . . . 23
4. How to Measure Your Search Activities . . . 39
5. Building Lead Lists . . . 51
6. Managing Hundreds of Leads . . . 77
7. How to Reach Out to People . . . 81
8. Dust off Your Network . . . 109
9. What to Talk about with Friends and Strangers . . . 115
10. Engaging Possible Employers . . . 127
11. Objections and Gatekeepers . . . 133
12. How to Break into Organizations . . . 149
13. Staying Alive . . . 181
14. Job Clubs, Chance Opportunities, and Perserverance . . . 185
 
Index . . . 192