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Now comes the real work ...

The sole objective of this book was to give you some ideas to put into action to improve your performance in employment interviews. It wasn't written for your entertainment or to provide intellectual stimulation. If that's all you were looking for, you could have spent your time and money better somewhere else.

For these ideas, methods, strategies, lists, and principles to be of any value to you, you've got to put them into action. Just reading them isn't enough. Learn them and use them, and I can guarantee that you'll improve your interviewing ability.

Beyond improving your own performance, you'll also gain a decided advantage over the average interviewee. But like every successful strategy, you'll find that the rest of the world will slowly be catching up. It's very likely that in another ten years, most of these strategies will be commonly used by nearly everyone looking for new work opportunities. Use them now. Competitive advantages don't last very long any more in any field.

When it comes to getting offers from employers, there are no mystic secrets, no simple gimmicks or easy techniques that guarantee success. It takes work-and lots of it.

You'll still hit roadblocks. And your offers will still be rejected sometimes. The only way any of us can avoid rejection is never to take the chance of approaching an employer.

Knowing these strategies will give you confidence in your interviews.

And it won't be the artificial confidence that comes from filling in the blanks in a book, wearing a nice suit, and having five compliments ready for the interviewer. You now know what it takes to do well in an interview ... to sell yourself. And when you get a chance to put these principles into action, you'll see first-hand the difference it makes.

Good luck.