Contents

 
Preface

Part 1: We Gotta Talk About the Job Search

14 Incorrect beliefs about how employment works

Employers, they’re just like us

Part 2: Preparing for Battle

The ground rules

Step 1: The Target Employer List

Step 2: Hack your own skillset

Step 3: How to write the perfect CV

Step 4: How to write the perfect cover letter

Step 5: Finishing touches

A brief interval

Part 3: We Network, So That We Get Work

Step 6: Approaching the people you already know

Step 7: Approaching the companies you want to work for

Step 8: Approaching the Magical Sparks

Part 4: And Now It’s Your Turn

Step 9: Rinse and repeat

Interview advice

Final pep talk: let’s get you hired

Bonus chapter: Emails from my personal archive

A thank-you gift from me

Acknowledgements