Improve your chances to get your dream job

By Karen Macphee

• Written specifically for the candidate – whether new to the job market or a seasoned career candidate
• Each section of the book can be read independently
• The book peels away the recruiting process explaining clearly the reasons why recruiters and clients/companies have these processes
• The candidate needs to think of themselves as a product and sell themselves, as no one else will
• The candidate is asked to imagine and really question their skills and the value they would bring to the company
• Don’t leave to chance the opportunity to give yourself the best chance to get the job that could change your life

Leading recruitment consultant Karen Macphee shares her top tips for landing the career of your dreams in the challenging post-Covid-19 jobs market.

In her twenty plus years in recruitment and coaching, Karen has reviewed thousands of CVs and screened hundreds of candidates on their suitability for different jobs. The feedback that almost all successful candidates shared with her was that they wished they had been better prepared for interview.

In her concise, constructive and upbeat guide Get Hired, Karen draws on her rich experiences to help readers do exactly that: prepare perfectly to excel in interview and land the job of their dreams. An interview can change a life, offer career advancement, increase financial status, improve work-life balance or present an exciting new challenge, and yet so often we set aside scant time to prepare. Karen acts as a bridge, allowing candidates to travel to where they want to be, by laying a clear, comprehensive path through the complexities of the recruitment process, ensuring candidates maximise their employability.

Covid-19 has devastated parts of the business world. Redundancies are high and vast commerce sections have decimated. Even a seasoned candidate can find themselves, perhaps for the first time in their career, having to face the daunting task of writing a CV, or the unfamiliar prospect of an interview. Get Hired is essential reading for career workshops, sixth forms, colleges and universities, as well as for those thinking about a career change or currently redundant. With Karen’s help, readers can hope to sell themselves to better effect, improve their confidence and nail their interview technique at a time when the stakes for job applicants have never been higher.

Few know better than Karen how abruptly life can turn on a sixpence. She was forced to radically change how she worked and supported her family when her husband was seriously injured in an accident and unable to work. She has learned how to face professional adversity head-on, and how to grab opportunity with both hands. With these important experiences in mind, she’s able to provide a terrific support to candidates she coaches, helping them to build confidence and broker tough situations with common sense and humour.