Peggy McKee has 15 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 52 ratings. The most-rated is Hidden Figures.
Hidden Figures
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The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space. Now a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets and astronauts into space. Among these problem solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South's segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America's aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly these overlooked math whizzes had shots at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam's call, moving to Hampton, Virginia, and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Even as Virginia's Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langley's all-Black West Computing group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War and complete domination of the heavens. Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades as they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellects to change their own lives - and their country's future.
©2016 Margot Lee Shetterly (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers
How to Answer Interview Questions
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Can you explain why you're the person they need to hire? Employers ask you 100 different interview questions...but what they really want to know is, "Why should we hire you?" If you get interviews but you don't get the job, you have not explained that to them. This is the audiobook that will show you how to use your answers to get the job. What this audiobook will do for you: Tell you why interviewers ask certain questions Show you what they are looking for in your answer Give you strategies for answering the toughest questions Warn you about answers that will kill your chances Give you how-to tips, phrases, and words for answering 101 job interview questions What kinds of questions are in the book? Tell me about yourself. What's your greatest weakness? What salary are you looking for? Why do you want to join this company? Why should we hire you? Why do you have a gap in your employment history? Tell me about a time when you failed. Describe a time when your work was criticized and how you handled it. What motivates you? What questions do you have for us? Who needs this book? If you have ever felt that you don't have the words you need to explain why you're the person they need to hire... Can't quite "sell yourself" for the job... Stumble over your answers because you don't know what they really want to hear... Just want to be more confident in the interview... Then this is the audiobook for you! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2012 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee
Roadmap to Job Search Success eReport Bundle
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Peggy McKee is a recruiter, career coach, and the CEO of career confidential, an online resource for job seekers to get the tools and training they need to sell themselves for the job and get the offer. Here is a bundle of 8 eReports that will step you through your job search in the most effective and efficient way possible. The #1 Improvement you can make to your resume - quantify your accomplishments In this report, you will learn: Why hiring managers love to see resumes with numbers, dollars, or percentages. How to quantify your accomplishments--no matter what job you do or how much experience you have. 10 major work areas you can easily tap for numbers to add to your resume. Tips and tricks to using LinkedIn like a pro-that you won't learn from LinkedIn. Find a Great Job in 7 Simple Steps. Use these 7 steps to jump start your job search and be wildly successful. In this report, you will discover how to: Shorten your job search by months. Uncover many jobs that are a great fit. Sell yourself with your resume and LinkedIn profile. Utilize the 5 most valuable interview tips. If you follow the steps in this report, you will see an immediate and dramatic positive change in your job search.
©2014 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee
How to Ace Your Phone Interview
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Can you ace every phone interview - and get invited to the face-to-face? Phone interviews are really phone "screens". Employers use them to weed out candidates and come up with a short list of people to interview face-to-face. If you don't get invited to interview, you got screened out of the job. This book will keep you from getting screened out and consistently put you on the short list of candidates who get to interview in person. What this book will do for you: Give you exceptional answers to common phone interview questions Warn you about phone interview mistakes that get you screened out Help you be confident, relax, and make a fantastic first impression Give you powerful "how-to" tips for a perfect phone interview Get you invited to interview face-to-face What kinds of tips are in this book? Typical phone interview questions (and stand-out answers) Tips to "cheat" in a phone interview to give yourself an unfair advantage How to research the company and the interviewer before the call What never to say in a phone interview The one question you should ask in every phone interview How to help them qualify you for the face-to-face interview How to follow up after the interview How to plan, prepare, and execute a perfect phone interview Who this book is for: This book is for you if you want to slam-dunk every phone interview and get invited to the face-to-face. You will discover my best phone interview tips from 14 years of interviewing thousands of candidates (as a hiring manager and recruiter). Find out what hiring managers are really thinking about you. This is your key to phone interview success!
©2013 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee
How to Answer Interview Questions - II
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Deliver perfect interview answers that make you stand out and get hired! Join the tens of thousands of job seekers getting job offers because they learned Peggy McKee's secrets to powerful answers to the toughest interview questions. In this follow up to the incredibly popular How to Answer Interview Questions: 101 Tough Questions That Could Kill Your Interview Chances - Answered! you'll have the best answers to another 101 job interview questions. With this no-nonsense, straightforward guide, you'll know: What interviewers are looking for with every question (it's not always obvious) Special details to include in your answers that set you apart How to avoid mistakes that knock you out of the running Plus, scattered throughout the book: keys to a great interview (extra hints and tips for a wildly successful interview - preparation, questions you can ask, and more). What kinds of questions are in the book? Are you better at "managing up" or "managing down"? Describe a time you were asked to do something you were not trained to do. Have you ever fired someone? How will you identify problems and opportunities on the job? Tell me about the worst boss you've ever had. What are your long-term career goals? Walk me through your career from the start to where it is now. What do you expect from this job? What is one thing you'd like to do better? What would you look to accomplish in the first 90 days on the job? Will you be out to take my job? You have no experience. Why should I let you 'experiment' with us and pay you to learn on the job? BONUS: How to Handle Illegal Interview Questions And more!
©2014 Peggy McKee (P)2016 Peggy McKee
Networking Effectively: How to Build Your Network for Career Success
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Do you hate networking? Do you want to learn how to network more effectively in less time? Networking Effectively: How to Build Your Network for Career Success shows you how fast and easy it is to build a quality network that will benefit you many times throughout your career. Discover: How to network genuinely and authentically, without painful small talk Who should be in your professional network (It's more than you think) How to keep your network 'fresh' so it's easy to tap when you need it How to reach out to people you haven't spoken to in years without any awkwardness What to do if you resigned or were asked to leave What to say to everyone in your network How to grow your network by leaps and bounds How to network on LinkedIn without the mistakes most people make How to manage aggressively growing your network if you're an introvert
©2015 Peggy McKee (P)2016 Peggy McKee
Write a Resume
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The #1 improvement you can make to your resume - quantify your accomplishments! Quantifying your accomplishments means describing them in terms of numbers, dollars, or percentages. Even if you are great at your job, your resume won't show it until you add the numbers that prove it. This one resume improvement can make the difference in getting ignored or getting interviews. In this report, you will learn: Why hiring managers love to see resumes with numbers, dollars, or percentages. How to quantify your accomplishments - no matter what job you do or how much experience you have. 10 major work areas you can easily tap for numbers to add to your resume. This report is truly for everyone - you’ll see examples for jobs in sales, small business, manufacturing, technical jobs, project management, marketing, accounting, finance, research and development, administration, management, and more. Quantification is the key to making your resume stand out. If you want job interviews, this information will help you get them.
©2014 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee
Follow Up after the Interview
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Seal the deal and get the job with a smart, professional interview follow up plan. The game isn't over when you leave the interview. You're still in a conversation about this job, and you can win it or lose it with what you do after the interview. In this report, I show you the very best follow-up strategies that go way beyond a generic thank you note. What to do in the interview to ensure a perfect thank you note What to say in your thank you note When it's OK to call after you send your note What to say if you call the hiring manager How to keep your candidacy moving forward This report will show you how to keep the conversation going after the interview and will give you the very best chance of getting the job.
©2014 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee
Job Interview
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Boost your chances of getting the job by 30-40 percent just by asking two simple, strategic questions in the interview. Hiring managers love to interview potential employees who ask questions. They see these candidates as more enthusiastic, intelligent, and relatable. In this report, you will: Uncover information that will help you answer every interview question better throughout the interview Eliminate doubts or obstacles that will keep them from making you the offer Both questions help you get inside the hiring manager's head to find out what he or she really thinks of you as a potential employee and raises the chances of getting the offer by 30%-40%. If you want the offer, you need to know these questions and get comfortable with asking them.
©2014 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee
How to Work with Recruiters Effectively
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What's the most powerful place you can be in as a job seeker? The most powerful place you can be as a job seeker is having someone the company knows and trusts marketing you for the job - that someone is a recruiter. Recruiters speed up your job search and open doors for your career you didn't even know existed. Having a recruiter on your side puts you at the front of the line for the plum jobs in your field. Peggy McKee and Carl Chapman, both long-time recruiters, tell you everything you need to know to find a recruiter and get them to market you for top jobs. What This Audiobook Will Do For You: Written by recruiters for anyone who wants a job, or a better job, this book will show you: How to find recruiters who are right for you. How to make recruiters want to submit you for great jobs. What mistakes job seekers make every day that shut them out of opportunities. How to use recruiters to get the job. What Kinds of Tips Are In This Book? Types of recruiters you should be familiar with: How recruiters work with job seekers. Whether you are a good candidate for a recruiter (and how to become one if you are currently not). How to find recruiters appropriate for you. What will make recruiters love you and market you to employers. Who This Book Is For: Everyone! If you are in a job search now, or want to get better and better opportunities throughout your career, you need to understand how to leverage the considerable power of recruiters.
©2014 Peggy McKee & Carl Chapman (P)2014 Peggy McKee & Carl Chapman
Brag Books
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Whether you call it a portfolio, kudos folder, or brag book, it's an incredibly exciting and powerful interview tool that anyone can and should create. A brag book goes beyond your resume, providing visible "proof" of your greatest accomplishments. It functions as a powerful reference for you and shows evidence of your character, your track record, and your ability to do the job. In this report, learn: Exactly what goes in a good brag book What should NOT go in your brag book How to put together an impressive book How and when to present your brag book in the interview Put yourself in a hiring manager's shoes: If you were faced with two great candidates for the job and one had an organized, professional document of their success, and the other only had a resume, which candidate would you likely choose? Brag books get job offers for you. A brag book is a document of your career success that you need today.
©2014 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee
Career Confidence Instruction Manual
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Are you being held back by a lack of confidence? Are you afraid to go after jobs or promotions? Do you believe that your ideas aren’t good enough or that you’re lacking in some way? That lack of confidence is the only thing standing between you and the success you want. The good news is...confidence can be learned. It’s a skill you can practice and develop until it feels natural for you. Once you have it, you can have the success that you want and deserve. In this audiobook, I’m sharing lessons I’ve learned in my own life and in working with thousands of people as a career coach. I encourage you to put these tips and strategies into practice immediately and start enjoying the benefits of boosted confidence - a better outlook, stronger relationships, and greater success in your life and career. You’ll learn how to: Build up your mental game Improve how you talk to yourself Feel more confident today Project confidence with body language Make sure your environment supports you Avoid weak language Overcome fear Improve your focus Invest in yourself Ask yourself the big question everyone should ask You can achieve the things you dream of, and you can make your life better.
©2018 Peggy Irene McKee (P)2020 Peggy Irene McKee
'Sell Yourself' for the Job
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Stand out and get the offer when you sell yourself for the job. Some job seekers think that "selling yourself" means you have to change your personality or act like a super-aggressive sales rep. You don't have to do either one. But you do have to understand what it means to "sell yourself", because the job search is a sales process, and you're the product. In this report, I give you the secret to successfully "selling yourself" for the job. Anyone can do this, and anyone can be successful. You will learn how to: Sell yourself in a positive, compelling way Clearly demonstrate why you are the one they should hire Write a resume that sells you with only two key improvements Generate opportunities with a great LinkedIn profile Ask two questions in the interview that help you get the offer Make sure every interview answer moves you another step toward the job If you regularly get interviews but not job offers, you need to learn how to sell yourself for the job.
©2014 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee
Salary Negotiations
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Learn words, phrases, and answers that guarantee you the best job offer possible. Employers will ask you questions about money (how much do you make, how much do you want to make) in the interview, and you must know what to say when they do. In this report, I tell you how to keep everybody happy by smoothly answering questions about salary, from the interview to the negotiations. You will learn how to: Find out what you're worth in terms of salary Deflect salary questions in the interview Set the bias for a higher salary offer Negotiate compensation or benefits from a positive point of view (everybody wins, no one gets angry) If you have ever been uncomfortable talking about salary, compensation or benefits with employers, or felt that you didn't get everything you could have, then you need this report.
©2014 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee
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Tips and tricks to using LinkedIn like a pro - that you won't learn from LinkedIn More than 80% of employers and recruiters search for potential employees on LinkedIn. If you want to attract them like a magnet to your profile and get them to contact you about great jobs, this is the report you need. You will discover: How to make your headline interesting (even if you are unemployed) The most important things to include in your summary How to use LinkedIn for a better, faster job search How to utilize LinkedIn for advanced interview prep Easy ways to add connections and grow your network What to do about recommendations What to say if your boss comments on your profile (and suspects you are job hunting) The 5 biggest LinkedIn profile errors (and how to avoid them Whether you are actively job searching or just want to make sure you never miss an opportunity, you need a great LinkedIn profile. This report is your key to getting noticed and developing resources that will benefit you for the rest of your career.
©2014 Peggy McKee (P)2014 Peggy McKee