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Ignite Your Career!

Ignite Your Career!

by Kris Holmes

★★★★★ 4.9 · 119 ratings on Amazon
🏆 Bestseller in Job Interviewing

About This Book

Taking the first steps into your career should be one of the most exciting times in any young person’s life. Yet for many students and recent graduates, identifying the right direction and figuring out how to get there can be overwhelming, even paralyzing.What’s your dream job? What kind of culture will you thrive in? How do you begin to lay the path toward a career that will truly fulfill you? Throughout your academic journey, every step has been neatly planned out—but now, the way forward isn’t so clear.Through Ignite Your Career, Kris Holmes provides you with the same insight that has helped thousands of her clients find fulfilling careers. With this book, you’ll learn how to develop career goals that align with your strengths, giving you a clear path forward. From proven strategies for optimizing your resume, to practical advice on networking, finding the right company culture, prepping for interviews, and negotiating offers, this book is a step-by-step guide you’ll return to again and again.

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Kris Holmes

Kris Holmes is an executive recruiter and partner at O'Connell Group, a leading executive search firm in consumer marketing and market research, with more than twenty-five years of experience. She is a member of the Pinnacle Society, a consortium of industry-leading recruiters in North America. Before moving into recruiting, she spent a decade in consumer marketing with companies including Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, and Ralston Purina. Over her career she has placed more than 1,000 candidates and counseled over 20,000 people on their careers. A graduate of Tufts University with an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, she is the author of Ignite Your Career! Strategies and Tactics to Unleash Your Potential.

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