Bay Area Veteran Recruiter Issues Market's First Job Search CD-ROM; Teaches Guerrilla Job Strategies for Cracking Toughest Market in Years.

Business Editors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2003

Fifteen-year veteran recruiter Nancy Perlin today announced the formation of Nancy Perlin Partners Search, Inc. (www.partnerssearch.com), a Bay Area consultancy focused on helping unemployed workers tackle one of the most challenging job markets in years. Packaging a new CD-ROM entitled Winning the Job You Want with one-on-one coaching, Perlin teaches mastery of the four phases of the job search process: locating the hidden job market; turning phone calls into onsite interviews; learning the language of "interview speak;" and writing thank you letters that produce offers.

"Job seekers need fresh strategies for securing work in such a competitive market; spending hours surfing Monster.com won't bring the offers," says Perlin. "Today's job seekers need to learn new ways to generate leads and build new networks. During interviews they need to think and act as if they already work for the company, and learn to rephrase answers to questions and share anecdotes that instill confidence and delight even the most skittish employers. They need to offer solutions to problems during the interview and in follow-up thank you letters."

Since the late 1980's Perlin has placed thousands of job candidates and has been retained by more than 50 companies throughout the U.S. She has a 95% closing ratio, and because she gives equal importance to job skills and chemistry, 60% of her placements have been with only one candidate. Perlin attributes her track record to the deep insights she's developed over the years into what employers are thinking before, during and after the interview. Through her new venture, she is coaching job seekers to leverage this knowledge of the hiring process to their best advantage.

While the marketplace is flooded with how-to career books that make most readers drowsy, Perlin is the first to offer a practical and entertaining video CD-ROM. In Winning the Job You Want, Perlin delivers a two-hour seminar to desktop viewers, complete with tips, anecdotes and exercises, covering such topics as:

-- How to use the current economic conditions to your advantage

-- How to develop interviewing skills that set you apart from

other candidates

-- How to close the deal - a simple and successful negotiating

strategy

-- How to overcome problems with references

-- How to handle last minute concerns or special requests before

accepting the offer.

Perlin presents highlights from her CD-ROM to professional organizations in the Bay Area. She is a frequent guest commentator on San Francisco's KRON TV.