by Neil Berdiev ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 2014
Invaluable, authoritative tipsheet for job candidates.
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A seasoned hiring manager shares his advice on the do’s and don’ts of job interviews.
Drawing on nearly two decades of business experience, much of it in banking, Berdiev (Credit Analysis 102, 2012) offers a host of tips to prepare for and behave during a job interview as well as to follow up after it. His book is organized into 105 concise chapters, generally a page and a half each. The first nine chapters focus on what he calls fundamentals, including how to rehearse answers to potential interview questions (and to have someone observe/critique this rehearsal), proof resume and cover letters, and leverage “the power of the notepad”—always bring one to the interview. The next 30 chapters cover important pre-interview issues: don’t use a bizarre email address for communications or make scheduling the interview difficult for the recruiter/hiring manager. Berdiev then spends the bulk of his book on the interview itself, with 51 chapters addressing areas such as body language and asking for the interviewer’s business card (unless it’s not a practice to have one in your industry): “If you do not ask for one or otherwise do not obtain the contact information you need to follow up with a thank-you note, it can deduct a point or two from your candidacy.” He then follows with 10 chapters touching on strategies regarding the follow-up: for instance, avoid “desperado” language, don’t beg, “act subservient,” or come across as standoffish. Berdiev wraps up with a section called “Bonuses,” which offers insights specific to the commercial banking industry as well as general advice on using online networking tools. Berdiev’s guide is easy to read and surprisingly entertaining given its stress-inducing subject. His time as a hiring manager gives this book particular power, and his statement that “hiring managers continue to be exasperated over the fact that so many applicants fail everything, from the very elementary must-haves to more sophisticated expectations” should give readers pause. Indeed, while much of what Berdiev says may seem basic or obvious, job hunters would do well to follow his wealth of advice.
Invaluable, authoritative tipsheet for job candidates.Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2014
ISBN: 978-0-9774117-3-3
Page Count: 256
Publisher: DNB Advisory
Review Posted Online: May 12, 2015
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 2015
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
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by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955
An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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