Wow! How Did You Get That Job?: 12 stories tell it all (Wow Books)

What would you be willing to spend to sit down and have a coffee with a CEO, media personality or top-line industry professional and ask them about how they got their current job and what it took to secure their idyllic role?

For less than the price of coffee and cake, this book sits you down not just with one, but twelve industry leaders within the more competitive fields, and unravels the mystery of their success. In an era when accessibility to top professionals and key influencers has never been more difficult, now’s your chance to get to the bottom of how you go about getting the job you feel destined for.

Here are the industries: Stockbroking / Computer Science / Food and Hospitality / Logistics / Sports Management / Events Management / Football Fan Engagement / Communications & Media / Agribusiness / Film Animation / Law / Engineering.

People interviewed include:
- CEO of Linfox Logistics - Michael Byrne
- CEO of the Canterbury Bulldogs (NRL) - Raelene Castle
- Journalist and ABC Presenter - Chris Uhlmann
- Google Engineer - David Claridge
- Masterchef Finalist 2010 - Courtney Roulston
- Producer, Major Events (Summer Olympics, FIFA World Cup etc Opening, Closing Ceremonies) - Celia Smith
- Head of Fan Engagement, English Premier League - Cathy Long
- Investment Banker/Portfolio Manager/Dealer - Andrew Perry . . . and more .

The author reminisces “The people interviewed in this book were wonderfully open, honest and a joy to meet. Their tenacity, humility, sense of humour and sense of self were fabulous. I'm grateful for their contribution and have great admiration for them all. We hope their stories make a difference in your life.”

You'll discover (i) what to do when you're trying to get into an industry; (ii) what to do when you're made redundant; (iii) how you can rise to the top even if you don't get going until a decade after everyone else; and (iv) how exactly employers rate experience verses qualifications verses social referral in searching for good talent.

Wow How Did You Get that Job is a project of MarketConnectAU.com, an organisation dedicated to debunking the idea that jobs are obtained by waiting in long on-line queues, hoping that your CV will be the one "drawn out of the hat" or thinking that another degree or qualification will get you out of the jobless doldrums. MarketConnectAU offers real-world solutions for getting into work - all tried and tested with approximately a thousand students.

"It’s more about who you know than what you know - and connecting with people fast. Never has the move towards building meaningful, strategic, face-to-face relationships looked and felt so natural and we show you how! Now's the time to read the book, leave your desktop, get that job and end the wait!" Francis Peoples