title: Knock 'em Dead 2009: The Ultimate Job Search Guide (Knock 'em Dead)
author: Martin Yate CPC
description: Martin Yate, CPC, is one of the foremost experts in the field of resumes, job search and career management. The author of <i>Knock em Dead</i>, <i>Knock </i><i>em Dead Resumes, Knock em Dead Cover Letters, Knock em Dead: Secrets &amp; Strategies for First-Time Job Seekers</i>, and many other career books. Martin has helped millions of people achieve professional success and he can help you too.
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  # ![Knock 'em Dead](images/KeD_title.jpg)  
  
  
  JOB INTERVIEW
  
  
  
  
  
  ### How to Turn Job Interviews  
  
  
  Into Job Offers
  
  
  
  
  
  ## MARTIN YATE, CPC
  
  
  
  
  
  _New York Times_ bestselling author
  
  
  
  
  
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  Avon, Massachusetts
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # DEDICATION
  
  
  
  
  
  When you turn job interviews into job offers, new and wonderful things become
  possible in your life. In the year it took to write, edit, and publish this
  book, I got engaged to and married Angela, who has given me the opportunity to
  make new and wonderful things happen in my life. Angela, this book is for you.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  The _Knock ’em Dead_ books are a team project in every sense of the word. My
  considerable thanks to Will Yate for his attention to detail and editorial
  insight; to Karen Cooper, Peter Archer, and the team at Adams Media; and to
  all the fans of the _Knock ’em Dead_ books, who make the whole thing shine for
  me every da