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• Job Interview Quiz
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• Thompson-We Are Forty

TO SUM UP

To assist the reader in getting the most possible benefit from this book, the job formula with its outstanding points is here set down in outline form. It contains no magic, but offers a sound, prac­tical plan for an orderly job-hunting campaign. It has worked for us, it has worked for others, and it is our deep hope that it will work for you.

Nor is this formula limited to the jobless. For persons who are now holding positions but want better ones, it presents a definite method of get­ting ahead.

PLANNING FOR THE JOB

1. Look your best (page 28)

(A)          Do not take yourself for granted (page28)

(B)           Trifles, and lost job chances (page 30)

2.   Root out the defeatist attitude (page 33)

(A)           Face your fear (page 33)

(B)            Use all your thoughts in a constructive job-getting campaign (page 34)

3.   Find your employable characteristics (page 36)

(A)           List all jobs ever held (page 36)

(B)            Put down special abilities (page 36)

4.   Survey all possible fields for your talents (page 38)

(A)   Decide where you could be valuable (Page 39)

(B)   Draw up a list (page 39)

5.   Take your talents to market (page 39)

(A)           Hunt for job by reading (page 40)

(B)            Use telephone book (page 40)

(C)            Pick right employment agency (page 41)

(D)           Dig up an idea (page 41)

6.   Put employer's needs before your own (page 42)

(A)          Visualize needs of the person for who you want to work (page 42)

(B)           Keep your troubles to yourself (page 43)

                 LANDING THE JOB

1. Make your letter stand out in answering an ad (page 153)

(A)   Decide exactly how you would be valua­ble for the job and say it convincingly (page 153)

(B)   Keep routine information brief (page152)

2.   Put your personality across in a telephone re­sponse (page 191)

(A)           Study, line up and write down what you are going to say before picking up the receiver (page 192)

(B)            Keep your voice cheerful and interested (page 191)

3.   Put  everything you  have  into  an  interview (page 175)

(A)            Look your best and be your best (page 2 8)

(B)             Prepare in advance. Line up all facts in good order (page 174)

(C)             Sell your personality (page 168)