The Image of Success
Make a Great Impression and Land the Job You Want
By: Lizandra Vega
Published: May 19, 2010
Format: Paperback, 264 pages
ISBN-10: 0814414540
ISBN-13: 978-0814414545
Publisher: AMACOM
"Balancing the components of your image is an attainable and cost-effective way to gain a competitive edge while seeking a job", writes respected recruiter, career development and image coach, and Co-founder and Managing Partner of Perennial Resources International (PRI), Lizandra Vega in her results oriented personal image transforming book The Image of Success: Make a Great Impression and Land the Job You Want. The author shares proven techniques to enhance your personal image with flair, including appearance, behavior, and communication.
Lizandra recognizes that each person is person is different, and provides advice that will emphasize a person's style strengths while removing and correcting the weaknesses. The author begins her advice with a discussion of the various elements of appearance. Lizandra Vega provides valuable advice and assistance in selecting that ideal interview suit that fits each man or woman's body type individual style. She also shares tips on choosing the often overlooked factors of shirt and accessory selection. For the author, these details can make or break a job applicant. Along with the clothing makeover advice, the author points out the critical importance of proper grooming and personal hygiene.
Lizandra Vega (photo left) understands that appearance alone is not enough to ensure that a job applicant gets offered employment. The author demonstrates the importance of good posture, making and keeping good eye contact, having a strong confident handshake. She also points to the critical element of a positive, can do attitude. Lizandra Vega describes how a person's body language and their words may not be in harmony, and how to reconcile them. She also shares valuable pointers on negotiating the best compensation and benefit packages. At the same time, Lizandra Vega shares her thoughts on the often forgotten area of communications. Practical advice for networking joins tips on writing better cover letters, resumes, and thank you notes. With so much of modern communication taking place online, the author provides a very good chapter on etiquette on the internet.
For me, the power of the book is how Lizandra Vega provides a holistic approach to creating an image of success for job seekers. The advice draws together the importance of the right clothing and accessories, with the unspoken message conveyed by one's behavior, and the value of learning and practicing strong communication skills. With today's employers seeking a well rounded individual, and the competition for available positions so intense, this book can mean the difference between being hired and being passed over for another applicant. The complete examination of all aspects of a job seeker's image sets this book apart from other interview advice books. The integrated aspect of the advice works for everyone seeking a new job, regardless of age and employment experience. For many long time employees, facing a job interview for the first time in many years, are provided with a reassessment and updating of their image. For first time interviewees, the information in the book may be their first success image advice, especially if they are not aware of their own critical first impression.
I highly recommend the comprehensive and information packed book The Image of Success: Make a Great Impression and Land the Job You Want by Lizandra Vega, to men and women of any age, who are seeking new employment opportunities in today's economy. The tips and advice are presented in an engaging and often humorous manner, helping the readers to laugh at their own foibles, and in updating and improving them.
Read the practical and timely book The Image of Success: Make a Great Impression and Land the Job You Want by Lizandra Vega, and make that great first impression, ace the interview, and get offered the position you really want. If your success image is a bit tattered and tarnished, this book can indeed change your life for the better.
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