You understand the importance of a positive mental attitude and you know how to get one... anytime. You know how to define your career objectives before you start. You understand the importance of planning your job campaign, and you know how to do so. You are familiar with the techniques necessary for developing a great resume, and you know how to generate high-quality interviews through sales letters, advertisements, the telephone, headhunters, and friends. And you know how to use high-twists as well.
If you are employed, you have mastered the techniques of job hunting in secret. If you have just left the service, you know how to overcome the special job hunting problems faced by former members of the military. If you are unemployed, you are not dismayed, because you know you have real advantages over your employed competitors in job hunting. Further, with your command of techniques for interviewing and negotiating you look forward to job hunting as a challenge; you enjoy trying to get a great job offer from each interview.
Knowing all these things, you still realize that everything is up to you. All this knowledge and all these techniques are worthless unless you put them to use. If after you have read this book thoroughly you do not act, all the effort on both our parts has been wasted.
If you aren't looking for a job at the present time, put the book away. The knowledge you have gained will give you a new self-confidence and freedom of action in your present job. When the time comes to start your campaign, take out the book and read it again. Regardless of your circumstances, the techniques described will give you the confidence and ability to find a great job.
