Who is this Alaster Medford bloke anyway?

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In the course of a career spanning thirty or more years hopping in and out of a variety of jobs, Alaster has held many Senior Management positions, many of which were with multi-national companies. Currently undertaking consultancy work for small businesses in the computer software industry, Alaster also ran his own successful consultancy specialising in setting up and establishing companies new to the U.K.

Alaster openly boasts that since leaving school at fifteen he has never stayed in one position for more than three years and has never been unemployed for longer than he chose to be. He also boasts that he was never out of work long enough to sign on for unemployment benefit.

In an interview shortly before this publication went to press Alaster said:

"What I have done in my life by way of work has largely been of my own choice. I had the gift of making prospective employers believe that they just could not live another day without me. I would find out about a job that needed filling, do my homework, get in front of whoever made the decision and go for a decision in my favour.
When I lost interest in what I was doing I would tap into the grapevine, arrive at a decision as to what I wanted (or what I thought I wanted) and go for it. I didn't always get what I wanted, but I never had to go to the well too many times.
For a time I was a founder directors of a company and held the post of operations director. It wasn't long before my interest in that waned.
That's where the idea for JOB HUNT came from. If I could move around the job marketplace, more or less at will, then perhaps I could be of help to people who for no fault of their own had found themselves unemployed."

This work, The Job Seekers Guide, is based on the experiences of someone who has been in the job-hunting position many times. Mostly by choice. At times the work is blunt and hard-hitting. The author’s view is that it's a jungle out there, only the fittest will survive.. There is plenty of work to be had. All you have to do is face a few facts, learn a few new skills, practise how to apply them and the job you want is there for the taking.

The skills are often as simple as knowing where to look for what it is you want, and learning how to recognise it when you see it.