Posts Tagged: Shawn Graham

Job hunting is like dating: flirting with potential employers, making the best first impression you can, hoping to find a great match. This is the premise of Shawn Graham’s book, Courting Your Career: Match Yourself with the Perfect Job.

Shawn is associate director with the MBA career management center at UNC-Chapel Hill. He knows that job searching isn’t always fun for students and young professionals, so he decided to use the dating metaphor to make the process more palatable. It works. Shawn’s tone is friendly, knowledgeable and detailed, and the dating metaphor is clever (e.g., cover letters as pick-up lines).

My favorite part of the book is the sample scripts, where Shawn outlines exactly what to say in various situations, such as calling a networking contact or approaching a recruiter at a career fair. He also provides some tips I haven’t seen elsewhere, such as a guide to the best places for men and women to buy interview suits (helpfully ranked by price).

Recommended for Gen Y job seekers looking for expert advice combined with a fun twist on the career search process.

Click here for a preview of tips from Courting Your Career: Match Yourself with the Perfect Job.

For more, check out Shawn Graham’s Courting Your Career Blog.