Ask the Headhunter: Reinventing the Interview to Win the Job

By Nick A. Corcodilos

In the tradition of business book classics such as What Color Is Your Parachute?, Nick Corcodilos presents a concise, revolutionary approach to job hunting. Ask The Headhunter is a guide to the new interview, a unique and aggressive method for job hunters to prepare for the interview and effectively showcase their expertise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452278015
• ISBN13: 9780452278011
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

An Honest Book for Jobhunters

The book Ask the Headhunter by Nick Corcodilos can best be described as an honest book; it has done some plain speaking. It should be admired for novelty of style and for propagating proactive and revolutionary ideas in job hunting. It reflects originality of approach to job search; and is conceptualized on hard realities and not imagination and fantasy. It reinvents the concept of interview and explores how it can be used...

not for everyone -- and that's what makes it so good

Nick Corcodilos runs a website called "Ask the Headhunter." I have never encountered so much valuable advice dispensed without a fee.In this book, Nick explains why the traditional job hunt almost never works. Then he outlines an absolutely brilliant method of breaking away from the Human Resources machine and separating yourself from the herd of "cows" looking for jobs.Best of all, almost nobody is going to do it! It is...

A Very Compelling And Focused Job-Search/Interview Tool

The majority of career books advise you to send out dozens of resumes, take a passive role, and then practice hundreds of "tough questions" to win the job in the interview. Few books have ever discussed the real objectives of the hiring equation: Can an applicant do the actual job? How can this be determined during the interviewing process? What is the best way for a candidate to demonstrate that they can do the actual job?...

Job Hunting or Hiring: A Must Read!

As a Recruitment Professional, I can honestly say that this is the best guide for finding and getting the right job that I have ever read. Nick Corcodilos obviously knows his business and shares with the reader what hiring authorities really want from job candidates and what they are willing to give in return to the well-prepared and knowledgeable candidate. From personal experience, I received an offer of $15,000 more...

Do you want a COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE in your next interview?

Nick Corcodilos, the author of 'Ask the Headhunter', has taken job hunting to the next level!Maybe I'm totally naive when it comes to job hunting (well, at least not anymore), but this book changed my entire mindset on the conventional methods of seeking employment. To cut directly to the chase....THE NEGATIVES:* Some of his writings get really redundant. He's trying to drive home a point, but too excessive.* His method...