The Motivated Job Search is a practical no-nonsense guide to getting the job offers you want in the shortest time possible! Brian Howard provides as proven and systematic approach for conducting a real-world job search based on years of frontline recruiting experience helping thousands of job seekers find hidden job market openings, acing interviews, and winning job offers. The book gives you a distinctive competitive edge by teaching techniques that will make you stand out from other job seekers. The book covers every necessary and meaningful topic involved in a job search, along with many not otherwise written about in other job search books. It promotes a self-motivated job search approach where you can take charge by proactively engaging the job market in various ways to discover hidden opportunities. The self-motivated approach teaches impactful ways to engage employers in meaningful communications leading to interviews that result in job offers!
As a Certified Career Management Coach (CCMC), a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW), an actively practicing executive recruiter, and President of The Howard Group, Brian Howard has helped thousands of job seekers over the course of his career. With over 23 years of real world recruiting experience, he has received various accolades and international acclaim for his recruiting ability, and is a member of an international recruiting organization’s “Hall of Fame”. Under Brian’s leadership, The Howard Group has received the prestigious Best in Class Award for Overall Client Satisfaction and has been honored with the International Office of the Year Award. As a specialist in his field of recruiting, Brian is the only executive recruiter to have achieved the Certified Self-Funding Specialist (CSFS) designation through the Health Care Administrators Association and International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP). Prior to executive search, Brian practiced law specializing in ERISA and insurance defense. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Nebraska.