Job Reconnaissance

Introduction

You are about to read a book on job hunting, but it’s not your usual sort of book.

The usual sorts will teach you individual skills—how to identify what you want to do, how to craft résumés, how to dress, how to interview well, how to negotiate for salary, etc. This book is different. It will teach you a process for getting not just a job, but a job that will make you happy and make you feel fulfilled—for a long time. This book will touch on the individual skills in passing, but it’s the process that’s important, and that’s what this book is about.

This book is not intended to stand alone. Many people already own other job hunting books. This book is a supplement—a patch, if you will—to areas that other books tend not to cover well. ...