If you’re lucky enough you might still pick up a copy on Amazon.com. If you’re really, really lucky you won’t need to.

The chapter I wrote is entitled Guerrilla Googling and the Job Hunters’ Dashboard.

Mr. Perry rather liked the idea of giving comparable Google-powers to job seekers as the ones I have been imagining recruiters might like to have.  If nothing else, something to read while putting their feet up after a long day slogging it out with buxom recruiter-infidels. Gunpowder for the natives, if you will.

Unfortunately, my piece was savagely cut, “For brevity’s sake,” I was told, “nothing to get your knickers in a twist over.” Hmmm, really? I’ll be the judge of that!

For those who want to read the unabridged version of  my chapter I have posted it here: Guerrilla Googling and the Job Hunters’ Dashboard.

For those who prefer a few “choice cuts:”

On “The War for Talent…”

“The things that we do that involve the justifiable and systematic destruction of life and property, the wholesale creation of widows and orphans, and which showcase the ghastly aspects of human ingenuity, make great metaphors for recruiting.”

On recruiter types…

“Whether the mercenary top-guns who have a silver bullet for every tough assignment or the enlisted rank-and-file who are best when shooting at point-blank range, the job seeker is likely to encounter a recruiter who has left many more dead and wounded in their wake than decorated heroes to their credit.”

On sourcing…

“A well-practiced hacker can find a handful of good resumes for Utah-based, bi-lingual, left-handed brain surgeons who specialize in anesthesia-free, pediatric trepanation as easily as a ho-hum hack can  find an endless supply of photocopier salesmen with profiles on LinkedIn, and who have long since been forgotten about.”

On being prepared…

“Remember, the corridors of power are littered with the bodies of well-intentioned job seekers who blew themselves up even before greeting the gatekeeper.  Asymmetrical warfare is not for the fainthearted or weak-willed. And it’s certainly not for the ill-prepared either.”

On calling recruiters at home…

“While you might think it’s reasonable to telephone a recruiter at home…imagine a mother of three trying to separate one of the twins from a choke hold while extricating the third from the jaws of an over playful Chihuahua and it is easy to understand why your unsolicited call may result in your permanent excommunication.”

Mr. Perry has invited me to contribute again for his next book. I can hardly wait. In the meantime, he has a blog, don’t you know: Guerrilla Job Hunting.