Next Job, Best Job

"This generous and useful book strips away the shame and fear from a job search and can help you get past the resume and see a better way forward." —Seth Godin, bestselling author of This is Marketing
 
If you’re struggling to find work in an uncertain job market, Next Job, Best Job by headhunter Rob Barnett delivers game changing strategies to get you hired now. For readers at any phase of a career, Barnett saves you months of wasted time surfing random job postings and uploading resumes into oblivion. His new process gives you the end-to-end tools to find the work you want.

Rob Barnett is an innovator, a two-time entrepreneur, and a senior executive with five decades inside legendary media companies. As an advisor to thousands of job seekers and company heads, he is uniquely positioned to disrupt the job search industry. His inclusive platform is a life-saving escape hatch during the darkest hours of unemployment and an expert guide to the work you deserve.
 
With humor, compassion, and a healthy dose of tough love, Barnett covers everything from the essentials of a modern job search to ageism, ghosting, navigating LinkedIn and Zoom, and mastering the voodoo of social media.
 
Pivot from worrying to winning with inspired steps to:

Score perfect job interviews

Negotiate like a pro and get to “yes”

Rebrand yourself with a unique resume, digital profile, and killer cover letter

Ignite focus and restore motivation

Identify the best career path

Define the right job title

Get immediate replies and callbacks

Master networking

Banish self-defeating thoughts

Embrace success

Pay it forward

 

New strategies replace ancient job search rules that lead nowhere. Rise above every other candidate with an empowering, easy method that finally works.
 
“Rob Barnett reimagines today’s career search and offers a proven process to land the right job (or client) fast.” —Small Business Trends

 
“(Barnett) leads the reader through a birth-to-earth version of job search, starting with being fired or laid off and culminating in his advice for negotiating the next offer. He peppers the steps along the way with anecdotes from his own experience and the kind of advice meant to help you keep the job once you land it.” —St. Paul Pioneer Press