50 Ways to Get a Job, Dev Aujla
50 Ways to Get a Job, Dev Aujla
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50 Ways to Get a Job
An Unconventional Guide to Finding Work on Your Terms

Author: Dev Aujla, Lodro Rinzler

Narrator: Dev Aujla

Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2018

Synopsis

A new personalized way to find the perfect job—while staying calm during the processYou are so much more than a resume or job application, but how can you communicate that to your potential employer? You need to learn to ask the right questions, stop using job sites, and start doing the work that actually counts.Based on information gained from over 400,000 individuals who have used these exercises, this book reveals career expert Dev Aujla’s tried-and-tested method for job seekers at every stage of their career. Filled with anecdotes and advice from professionals ranging from a wilderness guide to an architect, it includes quick-step exercises that help you avoid the common pitfalls of navigating a modern career. Whether you’ve just decided to start the hunt or you’re gearing up for a big interview, 50 Ways to Get a Job will keep you poised, on-track, and motivated right up to landing your dream career.

About Dev Aujla

Dev Aujla is the CEO of Catalog, a recruiting firm that has provided talent and strategy to some of the world’s most innovative companies, including BMW, GOOD magazine, Change.org, and Planned Parenthood. His writing and work have been featured in dozens of media outlets, including the New York Times, Glamour, MSNBC, CBS News, and the Globe and Mail.

About Lodro Rinzler

LODRO RINZLER has taught meditation for fifteen years in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and is the award-winning author of six books: The Buddha Walks into a Bar; Walk Like a Buddha; The Buddha Walks into the Office; Sit Like a Buddha; How to Love Yourself (And Sometimes Other People); and Love Hurts. He travels frequently for his books, and has spoken across the world at conferences, universities, and businesses as diverse as Google, Harvard University and the White House.Dubbed "the cool kid's Buddhist" by The Boston Phoenix, Rinzler's work has been featured in The New York Times,The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, FOX, CBS, and NBC. In addition to serving as co-founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of media darling MNDFL, NYC's premier drop-in meditation studio, Lodro is the founder of the Institute for Compassionate Leadership. He lives in the East Village of New York City with his fiancé Adreanna and a menagerie of small animals.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz Armstrong

Maybe the title just should've been An Unconventional Guide to Finding Work on Your Terms. On its own, 50 Ways to Get a Job is wildly misleading in some respects, because sitting in silence for 45 minutes is not, under any circumstances, straightforward job-hunting advice. It is, however, a great ex......more

Goodreads review by Rajiv

This is a choose-your-own-adventure style book on job hunting, though that broke down for me quickly quickly out of impatience and the clumsiness of flipping back and forth on an eReader. This book's structure is a metaphor, in a way. One of its goals is to ease the reader into a non-linear career p......more

Quotes

“Based on interviews with thousands of career counselors, self-help gurus, recruiters, and career changers, the author’s many recommendations and exercises will undoubtedly resonate with job seekers and career changers receptive to the notion that the quest for nonlinear careers requires unconventional strategies.” Library Journal

“The author helps the reader to discover his or her unique path by making a list of different milestones, relationships, people, jobs, or experiences in life and connecting them chronologically. He then guides the reader with fun and practical exercises into the mechanics of job seeking…Patrons in job transition in public and academic libraries as well as new job seekers will find this quick read useful.” Booklist

“Chock-full of exercises…well-laid-out…Aujla has parlayed his experience into an excellent job hunter’s 101 for the young and ambitious—or just unemployed.” Publishers Weekly

“Dev’s book offers fun and practical exercises for feeding your professional curiosity…An energizing read.” Mike Steib, CEO of XO Group

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