How To Get A Job
Whether you’re working now or you’re looking for your dream job, there are certain actions you can take to land you your favorite job. From money management, and improving your skills, these books will help.
4 Books That Will Land You A Job
1. Sales for Non-Salespeople Paperback –
If you know how to sell, you know how to succeed. Selling is the most important, and perhaps the most misunderstood, workplace skill. Once you understand how to sell, you will become more persuasive, naturally and confidently. This book clues you up on how to sell, in life and work.
2. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? –
There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people figure out what to do when there’s no rule book. Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations. Become indispensable and not only will you get the job, but you’ll keep it and rise to the top.
3. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants – Malcolm Gladwell
In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages. He usually changes peoples perceptions with his books, and this time, he challenges the perception of the underdog, and how some disadvantages can be advantages in the face of a greater power.
4. Confessions of an Entrepreneur: The Highs and Lows of Starting Up –
No-one ever tells you what it really feels like to be an entrepreneur. What you actually have to go through when you chase ambitions and fortunes. This book is very honest and frank about what its actually like to start a business from the ground up. It will show you the difficulties you will have to endure, and the sacrifices you’ll have to make, if you really want to chase your dreams.