Get the inside scoop on the job search.
Insights from Recruiters and Hiring Managers to Help You Get Hired
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"The hiring process is a mystery."
Discover how HR and hiring managers prioritize applicants and how you can attract positive attention to stand out.
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"How do I write about all my experience?"
Get concrete examples of how to write about your experience in resumes and cover letters.
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"How to fit my experience to job descriptions?"
See exactly how sought-after professionals word their experience to match requirements.
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"What are hiring managers even looking for?"
Understand what hiring managers need, then learn to orient your job search around solving their problems.
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"I can't progress after in-person interviews."
Learn how to properly prepare for an interview and demonstrate your value.
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"How do I talk about compensation?"
Understand the most effective ways to negotiate salary and ensure compensation is worth taking on a new role.
“It shouldn’t be this hard to find a job!”
Getting a job is a full-time job. In today’s competitive market, it can easily become an overwhelming obsession rife with emotions. Most job applicants suffer from their lack of knowledge about how and why companies hire, coupled with an inability to describe what they’ve done in their careers.
Winning the Job Search offers the inside track for finding a new job and getting hired. You’ll find dozens of misconceptions about the job application and hiring process, including insights from professional recruiters, HR leaders, business and technology executives, and career coaches.
You’ll learn how to:
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Get out of your own way (and your comfort zone)
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Develop and memorize stories about your career
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Present yourself confidently in front of an interview panel
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Parse and respond to a job description
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Write a high-quality cover letter and resume
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Take control of your job hunting experience
Reviews of Winning the Job Search
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Good stuff and an excellent reference guide!
For most of us, job hunting is excruciating under the best of circumstances. But if you heed the advice of Anthony Garone and Ellis Fitch in their latest book, Winning the Job Search: The Hard Truths About Getting Hired, you just might find your job search to be a little less painful. At the very least, you will discover you’re not alone on the journey.
The book has a conversational in tone and is divided into 57 hard truths and misconceptions. Not only is it filled with helpful anecdotes, advice, and commentary from experts, but you also get a male and female (a.k.a. Anthony and Ellis) perspective on the job search. Spoiler alert: Women face additional challenges that range from what to wear (polo shirts and chinos don’t cut it) to dealing with creepy vibes from an interviewer.
I was delighted to learn that Winning the Job Search is written by two self-acknowledged introverts, which makes this functioning introvert feel seen. I found the Misconception #26: Using Introversion as an Excuse to be particularly relevant and helpful. I’m definitely using Anthony’s example of how to answer a question about strengths and weaknesses as an introvert (Misconception #14: You Can’t Prepare for an Interview) as a talking point.
—Lisa Sorg-Friedman, Content Strategist
Particularly useful
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I am happy to have read the book. Having completed recently a successful job process as a candidate, I can see how my applying several of these concepts to my process were what paved the way to my success. I hadn't read the book by then, but now I will recommend it to others.
In my opinion, most of the concepts seem obvious to me, but clearly are less-than-obvious to others. What this book does wonderfully is the systematization of the process. Its methodical approach is crucial for success. It clearly, compellingly, and succinctly takes the reader from point A to B. It is particularly useful, I believe, for people who are first hitting the job market, as well as for people who haven't looked for a job for a long time.
Now, to the downside: I believe that this book cannot guarantee that the person applying these principles will get a great job. But I do believe that understanding the key levers presented in the book will both improve the odds of getting a job as well as provide a great platform to get the right type of job (for both the hiring team and the candidate).
—Prof. Bernie F. Quiroga, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at West Virginia University
About the authors
Anthony Garone and Ellis Fitch are creative entrepreneurs from Arizona who built their own successful business from scratch.
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Anthony has interviewed and hired hundreds of people in various industries, advised dozens of businesses and college programs, launched several businesses, and written a handful of books.
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Ellis is an experienced writer and job seeker. She has led content marketing initiatives for a number of SaaS companies and been through the hiring wringer, from being ghosted to fielding multiple offers at once.