Hire Me, Inc. : interviews that get offers / Roy J. Blitzer.

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- ch. 1. Market analysis -- Doing your homework -- Listing your accomplishments -- Using the job description -- Summary -- ch. 2. Competencies : what are employers looking for? -- Analytical skills -- Attentiveness -- Compliance -- Customer focus -- Dealing with conflict -- Decision making -- Determination -- Ethics and values -- Flexibility -- Goal setting -- Group dynamics -- Summary -- ch. 3. More competencies : what else is your employer looking for? -- Innovation/creativity -- Leadership -- Motivation -- Organizational sensitivity -- Planning skills -- Problem solving -- Self confidence -- Sensitivity -- Task orientation -- Team skills -- Time management -- Tolerance of uncertainty/ambiguity -- Verbal skills -- Writing skills -- Summary -- ch. 4. Technical and behavioral options -- Case studies -- Puzzles and brainteasers -- Technical requests -- Presentations or stand-up deliveries -- Using an answer model -- Summary -- ch. 5. Packaging yourself: differentiators equal advantage -- Your look -- Nonverbals -- The interview presentation -- Preparing for questions -- The improper question -- Follow-up activities -- Practice makes perfect or perfect practice makes perfect -- ch. 6. The risks of your replies -- Descriptors -- Availability -- Right for the position? -- Strengths -- Descriptors -- Weaknesses -- Critiques by bosses -- Salary requirements -- Company knowledge -- Qualifications -- Significant business achievement -- Mistakes -- Handling objections, overcoming resistance, and resolving skepticism -- Summary -- ch. 7. Questions you should ask -- Business, company, industry, trends -- Boss -- Staff/department -- Environment/culture -- Self -- Summary -- Future plans and next steps -- Summary -- ch. 8. Variations on a "theme" -- Traditional one-on-one --$