Job Seekers: Win a Copy of Alison Doyle’s New Book, “Internet Your Way To A New Job”

Are you a job seeker in need of help with learning how to use the internet to your advantage in your job search?

Alison Doyle, Job Search Guide for About.com, has published the second edition of her book, titled Internet Your Way To A New Job. Here is your chance to win a copy of the book, valued at $19.95.  From the cover, “Alison Doyle is a job search and career expert with many years of experience in human resources, career development and job searching. Alison focuses on writing, in print and online, about integration between technology and job searching, providing expertise, comentary and advice to both job seekers and those interested in news about the field; especially online job searching. She has covered job searching for About.com (A New York Times Company) since 1998.”

This book covers several important topics about online job search and how to perfect your technique; including building your professional “brand”, online career networking, resumes & cover letters, how to job search online, privacy & safety issues and more.

So how do you win? Here’s the fun part (for me, anyway): A Job Search Haiku Contest!

What’s a haiku?

A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that consists of three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively.
Here’s an example:

Job searching is hard
it’s almost a full time job
someone hire me!

Now that you know what a haiku is, it’s time to put your thinking cap on and come up with your most creative haiku that relates to your job search. To submit your entry, simply reply to this post. You will have until Friday, June 5 at 5pm EST. At that point, I will create a poll here with the haiku entries and allow voting to begin. The best haiku wins! Simple as that. In order for your haiku to qualify it must actually be a haiku and follow the standard haiku format of 5,7,5.

If you have any questions, just ask! Contact me at robin [at] jobshouts dot com.