Denise Taylor - Now Youve Been Shortlisted: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Being Successful at Interviews and Assessment Centres

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First published in Great Britain in 2010

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With love and thanks to my long-suffering husband and family who didnt get to see much of me for a few months whilst I was engrossed in writing.

This book is also dedicated to the hundreds of clients I have worked with over the years. Working with you has been an absolute delight, and Im always so pleased when you get the success you deserve with your job applications.

Denise Taylor is an award-winning career coach, chartered psychologist and registered guidance practitioner who has been helping people find out who they are, what they want to do and to be successful in their job search for more than 20 years. She is the founder of Amazing People (www.amazingpeople.co.uk) and noted as one of the top career coaches in the UK, working with clients from all over the UK, Europe and beyond.

With a combination of educational credentials and key industry expertise, Denise has specialised in career development for over 20 years, and has published extensively in this area. She has diplomas in coaching and counselling as well as Masters degrees in occupational psychology from Birkbeck College (University of London) and an MBA from the Open University.

Following a career which saw her rise from Post Office counter clerk to assistant director in less than 14 years, Denise moved into running her own career coaching company in 1999.

She works with individuals, students, graduates and career changers as well as public and private sector recruiters. She trains interviewers as well as interviewees, so the advice of her books is especially effective for those on the receiving end of recruiters tests and assessment.

Denise was the featured careers coach on ITVs Tonight programme How Safe is your Job? (November 2008) and is regularly asked on radio shows to discuss career-related issues. Her articles and comments have featured in a variety of magazines including SHE, Top Sant, Woman and Home, Woman, Newspapers such as The Times and The Independent and online at JobSite, Graduate Prospects and PR moment.

Denise has spoken at a number of professional events and conferences including The Open University Business School, Adult Skills and the Institute of Career Guidance.

Denise is the winner of two National Career Awards. In November 2007 she won a National Career Award (sponsored by the Independent newspaper) for her Gold Career Programme. In November 2009 she won a second award for her Job Search Support Programme.