Rule #1. Always demonstrate your value -- Rule #2. Your résumé : it's about the value you create -- Rule #3. Use social media and other sites for job leads -- Rule #4. Interviews : they're about the value you demonstrate -- Rule #5. You get what you negotiate, not what you deserve -- Rule #6. Career choice is more than following your passion -- Rule #7. The best way to reenter the job market is to never leave it -- Appendix A. Helicopter parenting is a good thing -- Appendix B. Financial planning for new career realities -- Appendix C. Applying the job-search rules to worldwide employment -- Appendix D. Example of a functional résumé.
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