With this book, the recruitment website does a better job than rival did in its a few years back in offering an accelerated course in virtual and actual job hunting. The dirty truth is that most online job applications rarely elicit responses.
It’s a buyers’ market right now, so few employers apparently feel the need to respond to or acknowledge receipt of an e-mailed or online application — or are so swamped that they simply do not have the time to set up an auto responder. But rudeness aside, there are right and wrong ways to conduct an employment campaign, and it’s worth understanding the process regardless of which side of the desk you sit on. Though other books like “Sweaty Palms” and “What Color Is Your Parachute?” provide similar tutelage, this is an excellent and very current primer for those starting out — or starting over.
Richard Pachter, McClatchy Newspapers
