This book provides systematic frameworks, insightful information, and
practical tips that will help professionals and job seekers boost their first impression
on others and increase their value to employers—both in the physical and virtual world.
Geared toward any professional or job seeker, Impressive First Impressions: A
Guide to the Most Important 30 Seconds (And 30 Years) of Your Career shows how to make
your first impressions take hold in all contexts of daily professional life—from job
interviews and client meetings to working in teams and persuading others of your ideas.
Based on an extraordinary wealth of research and proven, effective techniques,
Impressive First Impressions distills a vast amount of information into straightforward,
practical steps. Part I covers the big picture—strategies and philosophies—while Part
2 gets down to specific "tactical and practical" advice for initial encounters
of all kinds in the professional world. The concluding section for the advanced reader
shows how to master the art of the first impression by embracing one's ACE (audience,
culture, and environment), as well as how to approach the "virtual first
impression" when initial introductions are made via telephone, teleconference, or the
Web.
224 pages, Hardcover