Slam Dunk Job Search: 6 Steps to Landing Your Ideal Job in Any Market

Become the Candidate Employers Can’t Wait to Hire

What if you could navigate your job search with clarity, confidence, and even joy?

In Slam Dunk Job Search, David Parker simplifies the often intimidating job search into an empowering and innovative step-by-step process that shows you how to wow employers and land your ideal job. Job seekers have used Parker’s approach to secure positions in more than 65 different industries, on seven continents, and in hundreds of fields and companies.

Unlike most job search books that focus on the fundamentals, Slam Dunk Job Search goes beyond the basics, providing job seekers with steps and tactics for standing out and sealing the deal. Most people can land a job in a strong market, but the author’s goal in this comprehensive guide is to help readers land an “ideal” job in any market and against any competition.

Sharing thorough, immediately actionable insight gained from over 30 years as a university career services director and a recruiter for a Fortune 50 company, Parker covers every angle of securing a fulfilling, lucrative career. From “grab attention” cover letter and resume advice to qualities of competitive candidates, “slam dunk” interview guidance to easy-to-implement negotiation tactics, the author leaves nothing to guesswork, simplifying and clarifying all the steps necessary for you to become the candidate employers can’t wait to hire.

Slam Dunk Job Search will help you. . .

• Rise above your competitors right out of the starting gate
• Eliminate the words “networking” and “elevator pitch” from your vocabulary
• Get in the door at your target organizations and uncover the hidden job market
• Learn how and why you should break the traditional job search rules
• Use steps, diagrams, and checklists to make the job search process much easier
• Understand how to stand out and fit in at the same time
• Implement “slam dunk” tactics throughout the entire job search process

With vivid examples, powerful principles that apply to any industry, and step-by-step guidance for successfully navigating all stages of the job search process, Parker pulls together the numerous, convoluted aspects of job searching into a clear and user-friendly guide that truly works, as evidenced by over 35 compelling testimonials contained in his book.

Whether you are an unemployed job seeker, a student getting ready to graduate, a professional interested in making a career change, or a seasoned employee focused on landing a higher-level job, Slam Dunk Job Search will help you get from where you are to where you want to be.