Excuse Me, Your Job is Waiting

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I was the lucky winner of the Excuse Me, Your Job is Waiting giveaway on Blogging Away Debt. (Check out Tricia’s review as well.) Like Tricia, I’ll be passing along the copy to a random commenter. If you’d like a chance at receiving the book, just leave a comment on this post by May 29th, 2007. (U.S. & Canadian participants only, unless you want to pay for shipping.) I’ll attempt to contact the winner on May 30th, 2007, and will need to hear back from them no later than June 7th, 2007 or I will choose a new random commenter to win. Now, on to the review:

There’s no question about it, Excuse Me, Your Job is Waiting (affiliate link) is all about energy and the Law of Attraction. I have to admit that I wasn’t very thrilled with the 10 pages or so early on that were all about “wants”. Something about those particular pages just rubbed me the wrong way, which is odd because I do believe in and regularly practice the Law of Attraction. However, once I got over those few pages I realized that the book has quite a bit of useful information in it that I hadn’t read elsewhere. Of course it was also chock-full of suggestions on how to send out positive energy and visualize yourself in the job of your dreams.

The book is just under 300 pages, and includes 24 chapters plus an appendix & index. The chapters are broken into 3 major sections: Energy, Economics, and Equilibrium. They walk you through the entire job-hunting process, ranging from understanding how your real desires affect the process, to what to wear when going on an interview, to economics and how it affects the world around us. They also include stories and ancedotes (such as the person who arrived at an interview wearing a prom dress) which help to personalize the concepts being explained.

My favorite hands-on tips involved interviewing, cover letters and followup letters. The examples given for those were outstanding and extremely helpful. It was great to see something like that written by a human resources professional. I also particularly liked the point-system suggestion at the very end of the book.

There was also a section on self-employment, which I could identify with very throughly. It was nice to see something like that included in a book of this sort, because it recognizes that not everyone’s dream of attracting the work they want involves working for someone else. I found it helpful to see it spelled out that the same methods used to attract a job could be used to attract customers and grow your business.

Posted in Books on May 23, 2007

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19 Responses to “ Excuse Me, Your Job is Waiting ”

# 1 MSMomsmoney Says:
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:08 am
Sounds like a great book. Enter me in it. Would love to share with my kids too.

Thanks!
# 2 Tread Says:
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:12 am
Interesting. I’d like to check it out.
# 3 CH Says:
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Sounds like a good read. Thanks for the info on it.
# 4 Jaime Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 3:20 am
I just came over from Blogging away Debt and found your blog! It looks great, looks like I’ll be going through archives today instead of cleaning! :)
# 5 Kathryn Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 4:08 am
Thanks for the review. I can’t wait to read it.
# 6 Sharon Firebaugh Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 4:19 am
I’m 62, and understand the “laws of attraction”, remember them so well in early job hunting. But, now I feel so removed even though I have two strong Masters in teaching. How do I regain former enthusiasm? Enjoyed the page, and yes, you may put my name in the pot. Thanks!
# 7 Chris Jones Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 5:46 am
I’d love to read this book - thanks for passing it on!
# 8 Dustin Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 7:06 am
This whole pass-it-on idea is a great way to build up a network. Count me in.
# 9 Beth Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 7:17 am
Please drop my name into the hat for the drawing. I would love to read this book!
# 10 Adriel Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 7:57 am
This book sounds like just the inspiration I need right now!
# 11 John Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 7:58 am
I hopped over from Blogging Away Debt as well. I can’t wait to peruse your archives as well.

The book sounds like a great read.
# 12 Jeff Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 8:41 am
I’ve heard so much about this book. I’d love to give it a read.
# 13 Donna Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Very cool to pass it on. I would love to read it since I’m trying to incorporate what I love to do into a possible career path.
# 14 Maren Knight Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 11:28 am
I’m currently looking for a job, and this book sounds like it would be extremely helpful! I’ve been reading blogging away debt so I was reffered from there. Thank you so much for passing on your luck!
# 15 Stacy Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Sounds like a great book. Enter me into the drawing!
# 16 Sam Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Sounds great! I would love to read it!
# 17 binkie Says:
May 25th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Heck yeah, I’m pretty random and would love to read and pass that book, too - enter me in the random drawing, pretty please!
# 18 Amber Says:
May 25th, 2007 at 11:39 am
I would love to read this book!
# 19 MARTY TAYLOR Says:
May 29th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
I have been wanting to read this book since I heard about it on the Blogging Away Debt site. Hope I am the lucky pick. Thanks for sharing.