The reason  From Prison to Paycheck: What No one Ever Tells You About Getting a Job became a best seller so quickly is because there are very few books that can match what it has to offer. Not only is the material written for a ninth grade reading level, but its writing style in general makes it very accessible.

“This book should be mandatory jail reading.” — Jason W., Reentry Facilitator

This 152 page text provides inmates with the education they’re going to need when they begin to look for work.

 

 

Here is what inmates will learn from the book From Prison to Paycheck: What No one Ever Tells You About Getting a Job

 

• The words an employer wants to hear before hiring someone with a record.
• Exactly how to discuss your conviction in an interview.
• Step-by-step instructions for creating a strong resume.
• The traps that can sabotage your success.
• The incentives the government gives employers for hiring ex-offenders.
• How to get your resume moved to the top of the pile.
• How to respond to ads.
• Writing cover letters, from start to finish.
• The fastest way to get a paycheck.

 

Chapter 1: The Resume
One of the most important steps in your job search is creating a resume that gets you past the screening process and into an interview. No matter what you know about resumes, this chapter will help you become the strongest candidate possible for each job you apply for. If you’ve never constructed a resume before you’ll appreciate this chapter’s step-by-step approach that ensures you will finish with a resume in hand.

Chapter 2: The Job Search
There is a wrong way and a right way to conduct a job search. If you do it the right way you’ll find work sooner rather than later. If you do it the wrong way, you can end up feeling frustrated and defeated. This chapter shows you how to work smart so you don’t get in the way of your own success.

Chapter 3: Writing Killer Cover Letters
If you’re sending out resumes without a cover letter you are wasting your time. A cover letter needs to accompany every resume you send out. But not just any cover letter will do. This chapter walks you through the steps for writing the kind of cover letters employers love.

Chapter 4: Making Contact
Whether you call them or they call you, at some point you will make phone contact with potential employers. This initial phone screening is a mini interview. Blow it here and you could easily ruin your chances at going any further. This chapter describes how to handle yourself on that all-important call.

Chapter 5: Interview Like a Pro
Don’t spend your time looking for a list of companies who hire formerly incarcerated individuals. Spend your time learning how to interview like a professional so that you will appeal to a wide variety of employers. The truth is, that list or no list, you need to nail the interview. This chapter helps you sculpt good answers to commonly asked questions.

Chapter 6: Handling the Big Question
When you have a record you have to be prepared to address your conviction honestly and with finesse. Having a conviction on your record won’t stop you from getting a job, but not knowing how to discuss it in an interview can. There are five specific things an employer is considering when interviewing someone with a record. This chapter gives you an inside look at what they are so you can use the information to your advantage.

Chapter 7: The End is in Sight
Some people get all the way through an interview and blow it at the end. This is such a common and fatal error that an entire chapter has been devoted to making sure it doesn’t happen to you.

Chapter 8: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
What would your past employers say about you if asked? It’s true, the words of past employers can influence the decision of a potential new employer. This chapter tells you what a reference check consists of, and what you can do if you don’t have anyone out there saying good things about you.

Chapter 9: Avoid the Four Traps
Have you ever met someone who was looking for work one minute and not the next? They probably fell victim to one of the traps listed in this chapter. Don’t let it happen to you. Learn what causes many to fail, and most importantly, how you can avoid the same mistakes.

 

“So, let’s look at the nuts and bolts of an interview. The interview is your first date, and you probably know what a first date feels like. No one wants to be on a date with a stick in the mud. We prefer someone who is enthusiastic; someone who is pleasant to be around; someone whose company we can enjoy and who seems to be enjoying our company, as well. Interviewers want the same thing on their first date-they want to enjoy you.

People hire people they like before they hire people equally as qualified that they don’t like; never doubt this fact. Whatever traits you have that make people like you and make it easy for you to make friends-those are the traits you should let show during your interview. Be enthusiastic, smile, laugh at the jokes, don’t be that stick in the mud no one wants to be on a date with. Would you go out on a second date with someone who made you feel uncomfortable on the first one? Not if you’re like most people.

The interview is as much about your skills and abilities as it is about your personality. The truth is no one hires someone that makes them feel uncomfortable. People who are overly aggressive or overbearing, who look like they haven’t smiled since the ’50s, who can’t look another person in the eye, who have body odor or bad breath tend to make people uncomfortable.

Interviewers are trying to find good workers as much as they are trying to find a good match for the community of workers they already have. If you make the interviewer feel uncomfortable, you won’t get invited into the community-it’s as simple as that. Think about it, when was the last time you met someone and said to yourself, “This guy makes me feel uncomfortable. I think I’ll invite him home to meet my family” it just doesn’t happen!”

 

If you want inmates to have access to material they can refer back to again and again as they receive instruction on the core essentials of getting a job with a record then you want to add Prison to Paycheck to your education program.

 

 

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