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Prep up for those new year interviews, John Lees’ style

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~ THE INTERVIEW EXPERT ~ 
How to get the job you want

The definitive guide to everything you need to know about interviews from the UK’s leading career transition expert, John Lees

December 2011 - Want to know how to differentiate yourself in a tough jobs market, how to shorten your odds and give yourself the interview edge without months of one-to-one coaching and practice? In The Interview Expert – how to get the job you want by John Lees (Pearson, December 2011, £9.99), the UK’s most well-respected careers expert provides a complete guide to interviews by covering everything you need to know about the whole interview process in one easy-to-read handbook.

John Lees has been at the forefront of careers advice for over 25 years and trained recruiters, interviewers, HR professionals and interviewees. He knows exactly what makes a great interview and gives his vast insider knowledge on how to prepare, plan, perform and impress, what not to say and how to make an even better impression at your second interview using innovative techniques, strategies and tips.

Lees says to get the job you want you need to understand the basics of good interview techniques and put them into practice. Despite an abundance of information available in various books, articles and websites, candidates keep making the same mistakes, either not preparing at all, or doing the wrong kind of preparation and the wrong kind of thinking. In his latest careers title he offers a critical analysis of the world of work and how it operates and provides guidance on how to cover those tricky personal, oddball and probing questions, how to find the right words under pressure and when making presentations.

The Interview Expert looks at the reasons you haven’t put advice into practice before, accepting the fact that you are not going to become the perfect interviewee overnight, yet in the short time it takes to read the book, you can make a big difference to the way you see yourself in the interview process, and the positive results you achieve. It takes routine interview advice and myths apart by giving you an insider perspective on what interviewers really want and challenges you to look at the small but significant changes you need to make to improve your impact at interview, and how to look behind the advert, job description and company information to understand what the organisation is really looking for.

To get the job you want you also need to be prepared for every type of question so that you can give answers that are intelligent, relevant and authentic to you – you don’t need to be the one candidate in a million and you don’t need to fake it. You just need to gain an edge and be considered a front runner for the post from the moment you walk into the interview room. You need to put storytelling techniques to work so that your key messages are instantly more memorable than the more mundane responses offered by most candidates.

By combining all these techniques, you will not only be top of the pile when the interview is over, but leave behind the impression of someone who is not only perfect for the job, but also bright, well-informed and able to offer something different from the standard interviewee.

Chapters in The Interview Expert include; What makes a great interview performance?; Why do interviews go wrong?; How do I handle interviews with recruitment consultants?; Handling interview nerves; Getting into the right frame of mind; How much preparation is enough?; How do I prepare myself?; Pitching your message; It’s not a standard interview how do I play it?; I get interviews, but no job offers...I am confused by interview feedback and My interview is tomorrow!

The wise and realistic advice in The Interview Expert ensures you have all the tools you need. Unlike other career information widely available it will take the reader through a process rather than just offering information to create deeper self-awareness, new ways of thinking, and a touch of inspiration. Armed with the insights in this book you can walk into your next interview confident that you are the obvious choice for the job.

Stockists Info: The Interview Expert – how to get the job you want, by John Lees, Pearson, December 2011, £9.99, ISBN 978-0-273-76255-3 - paperback

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All publicity enquiries including requests for interviews and images to Sue Blake Media on 0208 979 5220, 07966 538108, sue@sueblakemedia.co.uk 

Notes to Editors

About the author: John Lees is the bestselling author of How to Get a Job You’ll Love and one of the UK’s best known career strategists who is regularly featured in the national media including a recent slot on ITV’s Tonight programme on How to Get a Job.

Formerly Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants and a regular keynote speaker on careers issues in the UK and also internationally. His expertise as a careers specialist has been sought by a wide range of organisations including Marks and Spencer, Orange, Reuters and HSBC.

Website: http://www.JohnLeesCareers.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/JohnLeesCareers

How to find ‘everyday enlightenment’

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ONLINE AND PRINT EMBARGO UNTIL 19TH JANUARY 2012

REFLECT AND REVALUATE - WITH EVERYDAY ENLIGHTENMENT

His Holiness The Gyalwang Drukpa, one of the most influential Buddhist leaders in the world shows how to walk the path to greater happiness & spiritual fulfilment in Everyday Enlightenment

December 2011 - With the celebrations of New Year well and truly over, January is often a time for reflection and revaluation, but how can we really achieve greater happiness and lasting fulfilment? In Everyday Enlightenment – Walking the Path to Happiness in the Modern World (9th February 2012, Penguin, £12.99), His Holiness The Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage, who has millions of students worldwide, shares his innovative and contemporary approach to spiritual fulfilment in a practical, yet inspirational way.

Ideal for anyone suffering from the January blues and looking for ‘new year, new you’ inspiration, Everyday Enlightenment guides you along the path to a greater understanding of yourself, to achieve a greater inner freedom, clarity and happiness. As the modern leader of one of the largest Buddhist sects in the world, His Holiness is also an impressive user of social media, and regularly uses Facebook, Twitter, his blog and his website to communicate with his students.

Packed with practical exercises and meditations as well as warm personal anecdotes, Everyday Enlightenment shows how to turn anger into compassion, how to transform fear into fearlessness and how to expand your spiritual horizon. His Holiness gives methods to connect with yourself – your true self, not your ego. Unlike many spiritual leaders, His Holiness is refreshingly forward-thinking and his teachings reference and relate to contemporary living while providing insight into how to deal with the demands and challenges of daily life.

“In modern living it is easy to fall into looking outside of ourselves for everything; from material possessions to acknowledgement of our achievements and successes. We even begin to define our identities through the eyes of others; we take on roles and play our parts. We allow our moods to be influenced by others; we search for happiness in all the wrong places. But now you will get to be yourself. ...” - His Holiness The Gyalwang Drukpa

Divided into three main sections, the book explores how we are all connected, how everything both negative and positive is within us, and how only once we have learned to love ourself, can we love others and live a harmonious, happy life.

Tips from His Holiness include:

1. Accept the ups and downs, don’t put pressure on yourself to be positive all the time. If today was good, that’s great, if not, that’s okay.

2. Every day we make choices and decisions. If you are ever at a crossroads, ask yourself ‘what will bring me happiness, more than pleasure?’

3. Don’t cling on to your mistakes or criticism. Have the courage to accept them, learn and pick yourself up.

4. Fear is a natural companion to heavy expectations. Think more about what you are going to do today and you will begin to worry less about what may or may not happen tomorrow.

5. Be less formal, more spontaneous. Give things a go.

Everyday Enlightenment – Walking the Path to Happiness in the Modern World (19th January 2012, Penguin, paperback, £12.99), Stockists Info ISBN: 978-0-241-96008-0

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All publicity enquiries including requests for interviews and images to Sue Blake Media on 0208 979 5220, 07966 538108, sue@sueblakemedia.co.uk

Notes to Editors

About the Author:

His Holiness the present Gyalwang Drukpa (www.drukpa.org) is the head of the Drukpa lineage of Buddhism, one of the main spiritual traditions of the Himalayas. Also known as the Dragon Order, the Drukpa Lineage originated a thousand years ago in India and spread throughout the vast Himalayan regions. Drukpa retreat centres can now be found throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Teaching worldwide for over thirty years, His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa has numerous charitable projects that exemplify the core Drukpa message of service. His Holiness founded the international humanitarian organization, Live to Love (www.live2love.org), to promote five efforts for modern compassion: environmental protection, relief aid, education, medical services, and heritage preservation. With active projects in each category, His Holiness was honoured with the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Award in New York (September 2010), and the Green Hero Award, presented by the President of India Smt Pratibha Patil in New Delhi, India (December 2011).

One of His Holiness' flagship projects is Druk White Lotus School in Ladakh, India. The school has received numerous accolades for sustainable design, including three World Architecture Awards (2002), and the Inspiring Design Award from the British Council for School Environments (2009). An advocate for women's equality, His Holiness also established the Druk Gawa Khilwa Abbey outside of Kathmandu, Nepal and in Shey, Ladakh, where nuns receive spiritual training and teachings historically reserved for monks. Known for their daily kung fu regiment, the nuns have been featured in an hour-length BBC documentary for exhibiting a new approach to female empowerment. The Drukpa lineage has the longest waiting list for nuns in the region.

Known for the annual Drukpa "Pad Yatra" (Sanskrit: "spiritual foot journey"), His Holiness leads hundreds of people on "eco-journeys" each year. These treks last 1-3 months and cover hundreds of miles, where participants pick up plastic litter along the way to promote the message of environmental preservation. In 2010, inspired Drukpa participants organized a mass tree planting in the Himalayas that broke the Guinness World Record, successfully planting 50,033 trees within 33 minutes.

Website: http://www.drukpa.org

Twitter: @Drukpa 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Gyalwang.Drukpa

The Drink Less Mind 21 Day Programme, new from Georgia Foster

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Expert available for interviews

CHANGE YOUR THINKING TO CHANGE YOUR DRINKING!

WITH GEORGIA FOSTER’s NEW THE DRINK LESS MIND 21 DAY PROGRAMME

~ Get your life back under control by training your mind to drink less alcohol ~ see results in as little as seven days

December 2011 – At this time of year, many people are left feeling that they’ve yet again overdone the boozing. Yet what if we could effortlessly train our minds to drink less alcohol, and quickly and easily regain control of how much and how often we drink so that we are always in control of our habits?

All this is possible and more with Georgia Foster’s The Drink Less Mind 21 Day e-learning Programme ~ the most confidential and discreet way to change your thinking to change your drinking.

Introductory price just £129 (offer runs until 31st January 2012, normal price will be £189).

A renowned leader in alcohol control, Georgia has spent years refining and developing her programme for maximum results. Her new e-learning hypnosis programme not only makes her course more affordable and accessible, but also more flexible, so it can be done at any time that suits and in the privacy of your inbox. Over a consistent 21 day period, you will learn why you overdrink, your drinking personality type and how to re-train your mind to learn new strategies to drink less as well as understanding your unique emotional triggers.

Georgia’s unique and acclaimed approach deals with the real reasons why people drink too much alcohol.

“I believe alcohol is simply the symptom, not the cause of heavy drinking and it is your thinking not the drinking that drives the problem. Since creating The Drink Less Mind concept six years ago, I have worked with scientists and experts from all over the world to help people understand why they drink the way they do and how to drink less and still enjoy alcohol,” says Georgia.

Using accepted knowledge from the scientific world that it takes 21 days to create a new habit, her new self-help online course is designed to support this theory. Over a consistent period of 21 days, you will receive via email, proven learning tools and all the advice and knowledge needed to make the change.

How soon can you expect to see results? Participants should begin to see a difference in their attitude to alcohol in as little as seven days, with the aim of reducing alcohol consumption to half their current consumption over three weeks having used the programme daily.

21 daily emails cover:

• Defining what type of drinker you are and how this can help you understand why you drink more than you want to (knowledge is power)

• Daily hypnosis and subliminal recordings (5 brand new hypnosis recordings which are not available anywhere else)

• Introducing alcohol free days (AFDS)

• Learning the ‘Inner Dialogue’ and ‘Drains & Radiators’ theories which threaten to sabotage your good intentions

• Setting realistic goals for your life

• Building your confidence in the new you with your renewed self esteem & personal commitment

• Myth debunking of unit measurements

• Unleashing the ‘little white lies’ toolkit and all the tools and techniques you need to stay in control of your drinking to enjoy life on your terms

Says Georgia: “Some people realise that alcohol is becoming an issue in their lives yet enjoy the taste, social aspect and the idea. There is nothing wrong with enjoying some alcohol, and by the end of the course you will be enjoying alcohol yet most importantly you will know when you need to STOP, and what you have to do to make that happen. You always have a choice.”

Georgia Foster’s The Drink Less Mind 21 Day Programme is now available for a special introductory price of just £129 until 31st January 2012. (normal RRP £189), and you can even try the first day for free and with no obligation.

Visit www.GeorgiaFoster.com for further information and to sign up.

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Georgia is available for interviews on all aspects of overdrinking. Images, press sampling and case studies are also available on request.

All publicity enquiries including requests for interviews and images to Sue Blake Media on 0208 979 5220, 07966 538108, sue@sueblakemedia.co.uk

Notes to Editors

Georgia Foster is an international author and leading clinical hypnotherapist. Her London practice and virtual programmes support a wide range of issues including overdrinking, overeating, smoking, self-esteem issues, sex confidence/anxiety and stress. She is author of The Drink Less Mind, The Weight Less Mind, The 4 Secrets of Amazing Sex, The Stress Less Mind, Releasing the Writers’ Block and The Fertile Mind. Her expertise has been featured in a wide range of media over the years including ITV, Sky, Sunday Times Style, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Psychologies, Zest, Woman & Home and ELLE.

Official Website: http://www.GeorgiaFoster.com

The Drink Less Mind 21 Day Programme Website: http://www.DrinkLessMind.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/Georgia_Foster

Follow  the Twitter Hashtag to follow The Drink Less Mind 21 Day Programme: #drinklessmind