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17 Volumes of Interview Training Videos, Here is what you get:

Volume #1: Key Interview Skills

Volume #2 Nondirective Interviews

Volume #3: Overcoming Objections

Volume #4: Telephone Screening Interviews

Volume #5: Project Enthusiasm

Volume #6: The Right Attitude.....I'm Here to Sell Myself

Volume #7: Control the Content - Not the Interview

Volume #8: Be Prepared

Volume #9: Board Interviews

Volume #10: Dress Properly

Volume #11: Sell Yourself at Every Opportunity

Volume #12: Practice Interviews

Volume #13: Screening Interviews

Volume #14: Project & Sell a Winning Personality

Volume #15: Series Interview

Volume #16: Selling Your Skills

Volume #17: Stress Interview

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Table of Contents

Volume 1

1.0 INTERVIEW PREP

1.1 Career Planning
1.1.1 Know what skills you most enjoy using
1.1.2 Match your interests to career-related skills
1.1.3 Identify a career direction
1.1.4 Maximize your resources
1.1.5 Research occupations
1.1.6 Gain practical experience
1.1.7 Begin preparation
1.1.8 Prepare a career portfolio
1.1.9 Plan your job search
1.1.10 Interview people whose occupations interest you
1.1.11 Anticipate and prepare for problems
1.1.12 Determine the best way to market yourself
1.1.13 Determine what skills employers want
1.1.14 Expand your horizons
1.1.15 Learn new skills
1.1.16 Decide which employers to contact
1.1.17 Probe the marketing trends of the workforce
1.1.18 Develop a daily plan
1.1.19 If you are currently unhappy in your present position, start planning now
1.1.20 Assess your career choices
1.1.21 Talk to the people you know
1.1.22 Maximize your online resources
1.1.23 Narrow your focus
1.1.24 Look for new career ideas in all areas of your life
1.1.25 Listen! Be patient and be real

1.2 Before The Interview
1.2.1 Practice interviews
1.2.2 Take a personality inventory
1.2.3 Build an inventory of your successes and accomplishments

1.3 Behavioral Interviews
1.3.1 Creating inventory
1.3.2 Qualities to convey to the company
1.3.3 Quantifiable results
1.3.4 Inventory of success

1.4 Make A Friend
1.4.1 When is the connection made

1.5 Research The Career Field And The Company
1.5.1.1 Why do research before your interview
1.5.1.2 Skill Fit
1.5.1.3 Information for discussion
1.5.1.4 No knowledge of the career field

1.6 Resources For Learning About Career Fields
1.6.1 The internet
1.6.2 Annual reports
1.6.3 Stay current with industry trends

1.7 Read "This" Before Your Initial Interview
1.7.1 What you should search for
1.7.2 Specific career fields

1.8 Resources For Learning About
1.8.1 For-profit companies
1.8.1.2 SEC filings
1.8.1.3 PR newswire
1.8.1.4 Third-party profiles
1.8.1.5 News reports about the company
1.8.1.6 Company financial reports
1.8.1.7 Current employees

1.8.2 Resources for learning about nonprofit and governmental agencies

1.8.2.1 INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION
1.8.2.2 US Federal Government Agency Directory
1.8.2.3 State Search
1.8.2.4 BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY
1.8.2.5 NEWS REPORTS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
1.8.2.6 FINANCIAL REPORTS
1.8.2.7 CURRENT EMPLOYEES

1.9 Review Potential Questions
1.9.1 Elements of the job
1.9.2 Practice inventory of success
1.9.3 Check lists of questions
1.9.4 Practice interview questions

1.10 Why To Prepare Questions

1.11 References

1.12 Job Search Prep
1.12.1 What's the job search all about
1.12.2 Planning your career
1.12.3 Job search success
1.12.4 Marketing Strategy
1.12.5 No one knows your product better than you
1.12.6 Realities of interviewing
1.12.7 Job market - marketing yourself
1.12.8 Finding a job
1.12.9 Procrastination
1.12.10 Things to consider
1.12.11 Get "Pumped-Up"
1.12.12 Smile

1.13 How To Rise Above The Competition
1.13.1 Ten important factors


2.0 THREE "ACES"

2.1 Compelling Story
2.1.1 Is your story working?

3.0 JOB SEARCH 101

3.1 Setting Up Your Job Search Workplace

3.2 Telephone Etiquette

3.3 Proper Use Of An Answering Machine

3.4 The Job Search Tracking System

3.5 Personal Information Managers

3.6 Your Job Search Toolkit

4.0 GETTING THE INTERVIEW

4.1 Match Yourself To Companies

4.2 Where Is The Advertised Job Market

4.3 Hidden Job Market Candidates
4.3.1 Your contacts
4.3.2 Calling employers

4.4 Getting Inside Hiring Companies
4.4.1 Fear of rejection
4.4.2 Who to talk to
4.4.3 Hiring managers

4.5 Two Steps To Making Contact
4.5.1 Step 1
4.5.2 Step 2

4.6 How To Find Your Target Contact

4.7 I'm Calling About The Mailing List

4.8 Making Friends

4.9 Handling Voicemail

4.10 What To Say To Get The Interview

4.11 Send Me Your Resume

4.12 Faxing Your Resume

4.13 Customized Resume

4.14 Multiple Interviews


5.0 NETWORKING

5.1 The "You" In Networking

5.2 Finding Job Leads

5.3 Building Your Career

5.4 Principals of Network Interviewing
5.4.1 Principle #1
5.4.2 Principle #2
5.4.3 Principle #3

5.5 Creating Your Networking List

5.6 Conducting The Interview

5.7 Be Organized

5.8 Think About How You Can Return The Favor

5.9 Stay In Touch

5.10 Professional Associations

5.11 Internetworking Resources

6.0 JOB FAIRS

6.1 Choosing The Right Fair

6.2 What Employers Want

6.3 Basic Tips

6.4 Tactics For Job Fairs
6.4.1 Take the event seriously
6.4.2 Create the ideal resume
6.4.3 Plan your strategies carefully
6.4.4 Your "mini-interview" should be a dialogue, not a monologue
6.4.5 Answer questions directly, politely and concisely
6.4.6 Expectations
6.4.7 When a second interview is arranged, be sure to be there on time
6.4.8 Don't forget to "network"

7.0 RECRUITERS

7.1 How Recruiters Work

7.2 Retained And Contingency Firms

7.3 Finding The Right Recruiter

7.4 Prepare Your References

7.5 Making A Connection

7.6 What To Ask

7.7 The Final Responsibility Lies With You

7.8 Following Up


8.0 INTERNET JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES

8.1 Web Sites

8.2 Internet Resumes

8.3 The SIG Postings

9.0 LONG DISTANCE

9.1 Improving Your Out-Of-State Search

9.2 Visiting Company Web Sites

9.3 Career Fairs

9.4 Out-Of-State Interviews

10. 0 DRESS

11.0 NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS

11.1 Confidence

11.2 Nervousness

11.3 Untrustworthy/Defensive

11.4 Important nonverbal points
11.4.1 Eye contact
11.4.2 Facial expressions
11.4.3 Posture
11.4.4 Space
11.4.5 Nonverbal interview

12.0 TYPES OF INTERVIEWS

12.1 Behavioral Interviews
12.1.1 Prepare for behavioral interviews
12.1.2 Job description
12.1.3 Identify
12.1.4 Inventory of success
12.1.5 Things to remember
12.1.6 Steps to preparation

12.2 Phone Interview
12.2.1 Phone interview success

13.0 The INTERVIEW

13.1 During The Interview
13.1.1 Sell yourself
13.1.2 Be enthusiastic, but be sincere
13.1.3 Listen carefully to the interviewer
13.1.4 Think about how you can set yourself apart from other applicants
13.1.5 Keep the interviewer's attention
13.1.6 Non negatives

13.2 After The Interview
13.2.1 Evaluate the interview
13.2.2 Before you go on the second interview


14.0 QUESTIONS

14.1 The Five Types Of Interview Questions
14.1.1 Credential questions
14.1.2 Experience questions
14.1.3 Opinion questions
14.1.4 Dumb questions
14.1.5 Behavioral questions

14.2 Review Potential Questions
14.2.1 Think
14.2.2 Inventory of questions, answers & examples
14.2.3 Practice

14.3 Sample Questions & Answers


15.0 QUESTIONS TO ASK

15.1 Questions Not To Ask
15.1.1 You demonstrate your interest in the job and the company
15.1.2 You demonstrate that you have researched the company to the extent that
you can now ask more detailed and probing questions
15.1.3 To Win the interview

15.2 Sample Questions

15.3 Questions Not To Ask


Volume 2

16.0 IMPORTANT INTERVIEW FACTORS

16.1 Articulate Your Background

16.2 The Complainer

16.3 Competitive


17.0 ADVISE FROM RECRUITERS

17.1 30-Second Commercial

17.2 The 3-Aces

17.3 25 Tips For Interviewing

18.0 MISTAKES OR CONCERNS

18.1 16 Interview Crimes

18.2 Worst Of All


19.0 INTERVIEW ETIQUETTE

19.1 Interview Awareness

19.2 On-Site Interviews

19.3 Exams And Testing
19.3.1 Intelligence/mental ability tests
19.3.2 Work simulation tests
19.3.3 Specific skills tests
19.3.4 Personality tests
19.3.5 Honesty tests

19.4 Test Prep

19.5 Interviewing And Meals
19.5.1 Do's & do not's
19.5.2 Never to order

19.6 Interviews And Smoking


20.0 CLOSING THE INTERVIEW

21.0 AFTER THE INTERVIEW

21.1 What To Do Now

22.0 THANK YOU LETTER

23.0 FOLLOW-UP

24.0 THE OFFER

24.1 Proactive Offers

24.2 Quick Offers

24.3 Golden Boy Syndrome

24.4 Multiple Offers

24.5 Refused Offer

24.6 Before You Accept A Job Offer

24.7 Offer In Writing

24.8 Know What You're Getting Into

24.9 Find Out The Hours

24.10 Is It Right For You

24.11 Negotiate

24.12 Decision Technique

25.0 THE ACCEPTANCE

25.1 Your Final Commitment

25.2 Counteroffers

25.3 Accept A Counteroffer

25.4 Giving Notice

25.5 Don't Make Enemies

26.0 When the Offer Does Not Come

26.1 Three Techniques To Use

27.0 INTERVIEW JITTERS

27.1 Dealing With Interview Anxiety

27.2 Preparation

27.3 Having Fun Yet

27.4 Get Perspective

27.5 Nervousness

28.0 ILLEGAL QUESTIONS

28.1 What To Do

29.0 REFERENCES

29.1 Reference Preparation

29.2 Who To Ask

29.3 How To Present References

29.4 Stay In Touch

29.5 Letters Of Recommendation

29.6 Bulletproof References

30.0 Dealing With Unemployment

30.1 Dealing With Unemployment

30.2 Don't panic

30.3 Your Family and Unemployment

30.3.1 Daily Routines

30.3.2 Household Duties

30.4 Financial Worries

30.5 Managing Emotions

30.6 Blame Issues

30.7 Changing Values

30.8 Children's Concerns

30.9 Spouse Concerns

30.10 Seven To Do's

31.0 HOW TO BEAT YOUR COMPETITION.

31.1 Sincerity

31.2 Qualified

32.0 GET MOTIVATED - Great Quotes.
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