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WHERE'S MY OASIS?

Random House published Rowan Manahan's Where's My Oasis? under the Vermilion imprint in the Summer of 2004. Cover price is £12.99 stg (circa €20.00). Look out for special offers on the web bookstores.

This must-have treatise on Career Management will be of value to readers who are:

Leaving formal education for the first time

Making move within their sector or going for promotion

Returning to the workforce following a career break or the loss of a job

Considering a change of career path

The author says: "In today's market place, job-hunting is for dummies - the smart people are career-hunting. You need to present a cogent, structured picture of yourself to a potential employer from the earliest 'moment of truth' right through to the final stage of the process."

Where's My Oasis? takes you through the process of managing your career in six stages:

1.

WARMING UP (The state of the market - things you need to know)

2.

APPLYING FOR THE JOB (Before you get to meet them)

3. FACE-TO-FACE I (Groundwork for interviews)
4. FACE-TO-FACE II (From the initial handshake onwards)
5. FACE-TO-FACE III (Elements and oddities in the recruitment process)
6.

I THINK I WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH MY LIFE (Changing careers)

 

Check out the FORTIFY MY OASIS blog here:

Full information on the contents of Where's My Oasis? here. Cover art and copy here.

You can read extracts here: Extract 1 (Introduction) Extract 2 (Common mistakes) Extract 3 (Some tricky questions) Extract 4 (Cover letters - on recruitireland.com)

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From Recruitireland.com: Meaningful career planning
Extract from Where's My Oasis on salary negotiation used by the CPA as part of its continuing professional development programme.
Beat 102-103: A wide-ranging chat
Sunday Times: New year career planning
From RTE: January blues
From Recruitireland.com: How to avoid the bin with your CV
Christmas parties - how not to blow it. (from the Sunday Times)
We were invited to take part in a TV debate on the dumbing down of news. Details here.
From The Independent: "I can't decide what to do now that I have completed my degree." A Career Doctor question.
From Marketing magazine: The decline in television news - a rant by Rowan. (Not exactly our usual fare, but hopefully will raise a smile nevertheless)
From The Independent: Zombies in the workplace - presenteesim. Interesting article, plus our thoughts.
From Recruitireland.com: Style versus Substance - the eternal struggle. How does it apply when compiling your CV?
From The Irish Times: What is at the heart of job melancholy?
An hilarious piece from The Independent on the perils of lying in the job-hunt. Remember our mantra: If you have to lie to get your foot in the door, this probably isn't the job for you.