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Contents

All the Information Is Right at Your Fingertips 210
How to Get Your Hands on a Computer 210
Company Web Sites 212
Company Mission Statements 212
Company Culture 213
Targeting Your Skills to the Company’s Needs 215
Use Your Library Card as a Job Search Tool 217

CHAPTER 5 Winding Up Your Strategy 219
Recommendations 221
References 224
The Presentation Packet 227
Punctuality 227
The Preinterview Checklist 228

CHAPTER 6 Managing the First Twenty Seconds
of the Interview 229

First Impressions 231
Facial Expression 233
What to Wear 233
Your Handshake 238
Your Greeting 238
Your Attitude 239
You Passed the Test! 240

CHAPTER 7 Answering Interview Questions 241
Straightforward Questions 243
Questions behind Questions 249
Stress Questions 258
Illegal Questions 264
Questions to Ask the Employer 265
Stalling and Accessing 266
Handling Questions in Nontraditional Interviews 267
Group Interviews 269
Body Language 270

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