If you are a recent college graduate looking for your first job, the current market may leave you more frustrated than inspired. You"ve worked hard to earn a degree, but job offers are few and far between. What your textbooks didn"t teach you was that every employer is looking for that secret ingredient: not where you went to school or how many internships you"ve secured, but the qualities that will make you a successful and lucrative employee. Be the Best: Find a Job and Keep It explores these qualities, and illustrates how each trait can be used to secure gainful employment and upward mobility. The former president of the tenth largest convenience store company in America, Howard V. Blair offers valuable advice for anyone seeking a career. So many employers base their hiring decision on a candidate"s class and congeniality. Be the Best unveils these signs of merit so that you can walk into that interview confident of your ability to perform at the highest level.