 [Larger view] | Headhunters Revealed! Career Secrets for Choosing and Using Professional Recruiters
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 Must-reading for job-seekers | |
| Gurney's book was a real eye-opener for me. It should be must-reading for any job-seeker who wants to add a unique dimension to the search for a new job. Gurney provides a thorough explanation of how recruiters work and how the job-seeker fits in. In a straightforward, no-nonsense, yet entertaining way, Gurney tells exactly how to best take advantage of a relationship with a headhunter. To ensure the reader truly understands the way a headhunter operates, Gurney provides a chapter called "A Day in the Life." Gurney's advice on how to reduce the database resistance of your job-search materials is alone worth the price of the book. His chapter on keywords also is must-read. I highly recommend Headhunters Revealed! as a must-have addition to one's career library and a book that provides loads of information from a unique insider perspective that the job-seeker simply will not find anywhere else. | |
| A job-seeker lifeline | |
| In a turbulent economy with continuing waves of unemployment, Darrell Guerney's book is a lifeline for new job-seekers and those in career transition alike. Headhunters Revealed offers concise, practical advice on how to search and assess professional recruiting firms. The checklists at the end of the chapters provide organizational incentives for those starting struggling with the job search process. Guerney writes with a bright, accessible style, but always with an underlying empathy, honesty and concern for both the headhunter and the client, stressing the value of the individual and the value of the work. The quotes,from Desiderata to Drucker add perspective and humor. An excellent resource. I recommend it to my own clients. | |
 Not Perfect, but a very good resource nonetheless | |
| While, as some of the previous reviews note, this book is guilty of dispensing some fairly obvious information (the most efficient headhunters have computers, for example) and the hypothetical exchanges featuring a fictitious headhunter and some fairly heavy-handed humor do little to keep you turning the page, if you evaluate this book strictly on the usable information contained, it is a very good value. Inside information, such as how to increase the likelihood that your resume will be read and how to format your resume for cut and paste email are two items that I do not recall seeing elsewhere and are very much on point for an effective career search campaign. If you look past the "humorous" vignettes (as Gurney actually is an effective and witty writer otherwise) and I found this to be that fairly rare commodity that delivers what it is supposed to. |
