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WHERE'S MY OASIS?

Where's My Oasis? is is the definitive one-stop-shop book on career management for individuals to use while they advance in their working lives, move jobs within their sector or make a transition into a new career path. The book is comprehensive, taking you from the earliest stages of considering a job move right through the screening and selection process to the final steps of negotiating your salary. Part 6 of the book also addresses changing careers, life-planning and stress management. The approach propounded in the book is to adopt a long-term, professional attitude to the process of job-hunting and managing your career.

The full table of contents (below) looks quite daunting, but rest assured - Where's My Oasis? is written in an approachable, often humourous, style and is extensively cross-referenced throughout. There is no need to start on page one and slavishly read through the whole text - the book was written to be dipped into and, hopefully, will remain useful to you as you progress through your career.

FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prologue: A perfect day | Introduction
Extract 1 (from the introduction)
PART 1: WARMING UP (The state of the market - things you need to know)

1.1: Learning curve 1 - stagnation
1.2: A road map through the desert
1.3: Managing time effectively
1.4: Routes of entry into the job market
1.5: The internet
1.6: The horrors ahead
1.7: Tools of the trade
1.8: Thinking like them …

PART 2: APPLYING FOR THE JOB (Before you get to meet them)

2.1: Putting yourself on paper
2.2: Learning curve 2 - returning to work, a selling CV
2.3: CVs - the basic information
2.4: 360° - thinking objectively about yourself
2.5: CVs - look and feel
2.6: CV vocabulary
2.7: Me … at a glance
2.8: Summing it up - the cover letter | Extract 4 (on recruitireland.com)
2.9: The power of the phone
2.10: Little boxes - application forms
2.11: Learning curve 3 (a case study in blunders) |
Extract 2 (Common mistakes)

PART 3: FACE-TO-FACE I (Groundwork for interviews)

3.1: Before you even get started
3.2: Learning curve 4 - interview fatigue syndrome
3.3: What’s really going on …
3.4: Early preparation
3.5: Getting ready to talk about yourself
3.6: Research
3.7: Learning curve 5 - arrogance
3.8: Networking
3.9: Managing your references
3.10: Looking the part
3.11: Dress code dos & don’ts
3.12: The vital preparation form
3.13: Interview mapping
3.14: Countdown to the interview

PART 4: FACE-TO-FACE II (From the initial handshake onwards)

4.1: Introducing yourself well
4.2: Talking about weaknesses
4.3: Asking them questions
4.4: Types of interview …

4.5: The nightmare interview from hell |
Extract 3 (Some tricky questions)
4.6: Clangers
4.7: Body talk
4.8: Negotiating remuneration
4.9: After the interview

PART 5: FACE-TO-FACE III (Elements and oddities in the recruitment process)

5.1: Panel interviews
5.2: Learning curve 6 - lack of confidence
5.3: Learning curve 7 - discrimination
5.4: Platform tests
5.5: Public speaking at interviews
5.6: Learning curve 8 - presentation

PART 6: I THINK I WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH MY LIFE (Changing careers)

6.1: ‘I hate my job’
6.2: Three roads
6.3: Ten year plan
6.4: Stress
6.5: Breathing
Afterword
Appendices

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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.