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
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