Job Seeker's Bundle
Job Seeker's Bundle
The following 2 books are included in this bundle...
About the Bundle
Whether you're looking for your first job or eyeing up that next big step in your career, how you approach the challenge of job seeking can mean the difference between success or failure. Plenty of qualified candidates stumble due to lack of preparation. These books have proven tools and strategies you can use to make sure you're prepared for success.
About the Books
Standout
A career guide to gainful employment as a skilled software tester
There is no shortage of material out there to help you become a better tester, but what about landing a role as a tester in the first place? How do you set yourself up for success? How do you set yourself apart from everyone else?
This book guides you through how you present yourself on paper and in person so prospective employers can see the best you have to offer. There’s a lot more to it than sending out your resume, a chat with a recruiter and an interview or two. We’re going to focus on
- Putting together a standout CV
- Techniques to improve your interview skills
- Building your personal brand and,
- What to do when you’re not actively looking
To make sure you’re prepared when the time comes to begin your job hunt or when opportunity comes knocking.
Manage Your Job Search
Is it time for a new job? How do you find a job that matches what you have to offer, that matches what you value in a culture?
Treat your job hunt like the project it is. Use a visual system to track your job search to increase your productivity, track your progress, evaluate your work, gain feedback, and throw out what doesn’t work while building on your successes. Learn from your past career to optimize for your next step. Full of tips, stories, and humor, you’ll apply practical techniques to take control of the most important project you’ll ever work on: find your next best job.
About the Authors
Ben Kelly has been in the testing industry for well over a decade. He has worked at companies ranging from startups to large enterprises. Notably, he was Head of Testing for eBay's European Product Development department where he ran a team called S.H.I.E.L.D. (Software Heuristic Investigation Exploration and Local expertise Division). He is now the managing director of House of Test UK.
Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” provides frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams see problems and resolve risks and manage their product development.
Johanna has been managing projects and programs since the Neanderthal era. She is the current agileconnection.com technical editor. She is the author of these books:
- Agile and Lean Program Management: Scaling Collaboration Across the Organization
- Predicting the Unpredictable: Pragmatic Approaches to Estimating Cost or Schedule
- Diving for Hidden Treasures: Finding The Real Value in Your Project Portfolio
- Project Portfolio Tips: Twelve Ideas for Focusing on the Work You Need to Start & Finish
- Manage Your Job Search
- Hiring Geeks That Fit
- Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects
- The 2008 Jolt Productivity award-winning Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
- Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management (with Esther Derby)
- Corrective Action for the Software Industry (with Denise Robitaille)
In addition, she is a contributor to:
Johanna writes the Pragmatic Manager, a monthly email newsletter. She writes two blogs on her site, www.jrothman.com, as well as a blog on www.createadaptablelife.com. She is a columnist about management for Techwell.com and is a columnist about agile project management for projectmanagement.com.
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