Lola Bridges

What you wish your guidance counselor had taught you! Acing Your Job Search: Strategies to Succeed Where Other Job Seekers Fail is a comprehensive and precise guide for the modern job seeker. This book navigates all aspects of the job search while identifying many unspoken truths all job seekers need to understand. This guide approaches the job search holistically, aiming to not only get readers the job, but to make them more employable throughout their careers and more resilient to criticism and rejection. “your role as a job seeker,” Mapleton suggests, “is to be the best version of yourself”. Using personal stories and lived experience, Mapleton walks job seekers through valuable lessons such as keeping a positive mindset, developing a robust set of documents, and creating a compelling narrative all while remaining concise, relatable, and informative. With helpful photos and suggestions, Mapleton’s chapter on critical workplace body language is a unique addition unseen in similar guidebooks and is especially useful to first time entrants to the job market. This chapter draws attention to the role of nonverbal communication in interviews and workplaces and helps job seekers understand where they can improve. Compact, direct, and easy to reference, this book is essential on the shelves of anyone who wants to stay prepared for the next challenge especially in today’s competitive employment landscape.