Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xvii, 216 pages : 24 cm For Executives Only: Applying Business Techniques to Your Job Search covers what you need to know to execute an effective job search. These techniques are based 25 years of research by The Five O'Clock Club, a national career coaching and outplacement organization. The authors have coached over 400 managers and executives in their private practices, and bring these techniques to you! For Executives Only includes case histories so you can learn from others' successes as well as the pitfalls experienced by those who tried to tackle the job-search process on their own. A few of the key areas the authors cover are: How you can bring your "A" game to the job-search process ... The Five O'Clock Way; Is your career in a "green light, yellow light or red light" mode? How you can assess career danger signals and decide which actions to take; The common pitfalls executives encounter in their job search and how you can avoid them; The keys to effectively marketing yourself, such as how you can write a world-class résumé and marketing plan The Five O'Clock Club Book Series for Professionals, Managers and Executives Includes index Why this book? -- Career danger signals: what to look for -- Finding the right job: It is all about self-assessment! -- Targeting: the start of an organized search -- Packaging yourself: the best ways to market you! -- Is networking motherhood? No! -- A no nonsense approach to interviewing -- Campaign management: running a successful search -- Getting and staying organized: critical to a timely, successful search -- The two big S's: salary and severance -- Dealing with the emotional rollercoaster of job search -- Mission accomplished! preparing to on-board -- Appendixes. The seven stories exercise -- Your fifteen-year vision and your forty-year vision -- What is the Five O'clock Club? "America's premier career coaching network."