Jeff Ton - Amplify Your Job Search: Strategies for Finding Your Dream Job

What others have said

A perfect recipe to elevate your career.

If you want to learn how to boost your career, this book is for you. This book presents well-established concepts to differentiate yourself from the crowded workforce market. It is equipped with all needed information that is required not only for a better career but also for a successful one.

Imran Khan

Senior IT Consultant, Sondhi Solutions

A must-read primer.

Jeffrey S. Ton has written a must-read primer for anyone engaged in a job transition or contemplating a new job searchRead this bookand learn from one of the best.

Ken Bryan

Fractional CxO, Husker Consulting

Networking works!

Working in the information technology industry for over thirty years, I have found different points in my life where it was necessary to seek new employment, whether this transition meant promotion, travel, work/life balance, or being let go by a previous employer. The one constant in finding new opportunities was my method of finding it. Many consider the typical avenues: job search engines, headhunters/recruiters, personal contacts, business social forums, and formal networks. Personally, every opportunity I have found has been through networking. There are personal contacts, networking forums such as LinkedIn, or the source of my latest position, the Indy CIO Network. To put this in perspective, I accepted a position several years ago entailing frequent travel, which diverted my attention away from local networking. When the time came to eye local employment, it consumed roughly three months. After working locally for a few years, using the networking techniques found in Amplify Your Job Search , I rebuilt my local network, enabling me to locate a perfect match in only three weeks.

Rob Brinkman

Director of Data Architecture, CNO Financial Group

Top ten lists landed my dream job!

Jeff advised me to create a list of criteria using the Amplify Your Job Search Top Ten Lists described in his book and use them to compare potential employers during my recent job search. This exercise helped me better understand what a dream job was for me and gave me confidence to wait for the right fit. Im happy to say it worked, and I start an amazing new position next week!

Brad Long

Information Systems Manager, Young & Laramore

Crank up your volume.

Jeffs new book Amplify Your Job Search: Strategies for Finding Your Dream Job speaks to cranking up the volume of your job search. You will put new tools in your tool belt to help you by defining your dream job, building a strong professional network, and identifying employers who have your dream job waiting! Jeff has spoken to Passport to Employment in Indianapolis (a job seekers networking group) on numerous occasions and is always well received leaving nuggets behind that make a difference.

Patti Quiring

Retired, Quiring Associates (a custom search and recruitment firm)

Tackle the hurdles and roadblocks.

In Amplify Your Job Search: Strategies for Finding Your Dream Job , author Jeff Ton takes the reader on a journey and reveals a framework to find, not just a job, but the job. Using a series of tools he calls Amplifiers, Ton guides the reader each step of the way. Finding a job is hard work. However, Jeffs casual and conversational tone helps the reader face the hurdles and roadblocks. This is a must-read for anyone seeking their dream job!

Amy Waninger

Author of Network beyond Bias

The urgency of professional networking.

In his book Amplify Your Job Search , Jeff highlights the urgency of professional networking not only to your job search but to your career. As he points out, while you are in transition, joining a job seekers group can provide guidance and support to you while you conduct your search. Jeff has presented these concepts to TNG, a job seekers networking group and helped their members find their dream jobs. With this book, many others will find strategies to guide them in their search.

Dale Hinshaw

CEO OmniHR Consulting

Passion for people.

Jeffs passion for people shines as he presents his experience and wisdom in an approachable and friendly manner. Even if you are not looking to change jobs, his insights are valuable, and his practical guidance can genuinely help you amplify who you are.

Ben Miller

Senior Cloud Solutions Architect and Author of Like Minds

Sound, practical advice.

Based on real-life experiences together with sound, practical advice, Jeffs book is a great guide to finding your next job. And not just any job, but your dream job. So often, job seekers dont take the time to reflect, self-assess, and really dive into what they want and need in a job. Jeff walks the reader through all the steps they need to take to manage their career successfully. He discusses the emotional rollercoaster of job searching and provides a structure to help make the whole process more manageable. Whether youre looking for another job by choice or necessity, Amplify Your Job Search will be a useful guide for you.

Cathy Ginsberg

President, Coach, and Trainer, People Focus Training

The good of talent acquisition.

In Amplify Your Job Search , Jeff shares his knowledge and expertise. The book provides a very thorough path for the reader to follow. My 20+ years of experience are from both sides of the career negotiating table. I know the good, the bad, and the ugly of talent acquisition. I speak as a candidate, advisory recruiter, career exploration, and job search strategy coach. Readers should not have any concerns finding their dream job after reading this book.

KayLee Haw

Career Exploration Coach

Jeff Ton has successfully done it again!

Amplify Your Job Search by Jeff Ton, who also authored the book Amplify Your Value , has successfully done it again! It is such an easy read, and it walks you through a journey of how to find your next opportunity. While your next position might not be your dream job, the techniques Ton offers, along with specific guidelines and strategies, may get you really close! You will understand how to effectively use your social network, establish warm introductions from your network, and how to effectively journal as a means to becoming that much more successful in landing your next opportunity and so much more! Ton can relate to those who have lost their job, those who were a part of a reduction in force, those who search for other opportunities while workingthe list goes on. He will teach you that you are not alone and show you how he can relate to the different situations you may be in. You will be able to go all the way back to when you graduated high school and remember what your summer job was, if you had a summer job. You will be able to journey back to all of the organizations with which you were affiliated, including the military and college. The learning opportunity here is to recall all of the above and include the details in your Accomplishment Amplifier. What is an Accomplishment Amplifier? You will find that out and more while reading Amplify Your Job Search . If you are looking to level up your career, if you are in the middle of a job search, or if you are currently working and need another challenge, I highly recommend Amplify Your Job Search in order to land that next best opportunity.

Stephanie Gilbert

Talent Acquisition Manager, Givelify

Understand where you have been.

There are two ways to go about the search for your next job: taking a shotgun approach and taking the time to evaluate where you have been and what you have accomplished, then building a detailed plan that will be laser-focused on making a move. Ton applies best practices developed over a decades-long career of success. Told in a conversational style designed to help you get to your best role, following his advice will not only help you land your next job, it will set you up on a track to build your career over the long-haul. And the chapter on networking makes the book worth buying on its own!