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81. |  Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life By: Marc Freedman Publisher: PublicAffairs Publication Date: 05-AUG-2008 Insert Date: 28-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life
In one of the most significant social trends of the new century, and the biggest transformation of the American workforce since the women’s movement, members of the baby boom generation are inventing a new phase of work. Encore tells the stories of encore career pioneers who are not content, or affluent enough, to spend their next thirty years on a golf course. These men and women are moving beyond midlife careers yet refusing to phase out or fade away. As they search for a calling in the second half of life and focus on what matters most, these individuals stand to transform the...
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82. |  Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth By: Mika Brzezinski Publisher: Weinstein Books Publication Date: 05-APR-2011 Insert Date: 21-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth
Why are women so often overlooked and underpaid? In Knowing Your Value, bestselling author Mika Brzezinski takes an in-depth look at how women today achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth. Prompted by her own experience as co-host of Morning Joe, Mika interviewed a number of prominent women across a wide range of industries on their experience moving up in their fields. Mika shares the surprising stories of such power players as presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, comedian Susie Essman, writer and director Nora Ephron, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, television personality...
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83. |  Earn What You're Really Worth: Maximize Your Income at Any Time in Any Market By: Brian Tracy Publisher: Vanguard Press Publication Date: 14-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 21-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Earn What You're Really Worth: Maximize Your Income at Any Time in Any Market
One of the most important assets you have is your earning ability: your ability to do something that other people will pay you for. This asset can be valuable and increase each year, or it can be stagnant and flat. Your greatest financial responsibility is to organize your time and your work so that you earn the very most possible throughout your lifetime. Earn What You’re Really Worth will show you how. This book will be the bible of career advancement for your indefinite future. These tested, proven strategies will save you years of hard work and thousands of dollars of lost...
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84. |  By: Joel Gendelman Publisher: American Society for Training & Development Publication Date: 01-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 19-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Consulting Basics
The purpose of this book is to help WLP practitioners take the first steps toward becoming an independent consultant. In this regard, it is a comprehensive and concise overview of both the mindset and the practical steps needed to begin this journey. The author has chosen a first-person approach to help readers overcome the irrational fear that sometimes accompanies the thought of leaving a regular paycheck and solid company benefits to embark on the consulting life. Content includes: Making the decision, setting up the business, marketing, managing challenges of working at home, etc.
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85. |  Speak for a Living: The Insider's Guide to Building a Speaking Career By: Anne Bruce Publisher: American Society for Training & Development Publication Date: 01-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 17-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Speak for a Living: The Insider's Guide to Building a Speaking Career
Becoming a professional speaker and trainer is a dream for many, but it an incredibly tough industry to break into without the appropriate guidance. Speak for a Living shows readers how to take their natural talents to the next level by becoming an in demand speaker and trainer at venues around the world. Readers will learn how to get into the speaking business; how to get consistent bookings, and what marketing tools are necessary to make it all happen. Bruce offers real life examples from her own busy speaking and training career, which has included presenting to every conceivable group...
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86. |  By: Robert L. Finder Publisher: FT Press Publication Date: 18-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 16-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Today, financial clients are profoundly skeptical. They’ve
been burned. Their consultants and advisors talk too much, use too
much confusing technical jargon, work from too many boilerplate
scripts, repeat too many generic caveats and useless disclaimers.
Above all, clients say, their advisors don’t listen well, and
don’t link their own needs and views to the recommendations
they present. To succeed in today’s radically new
environment, financial advisors must first transform the way they
communicate. In The Financial Professional’s Guide to
Communication, one of the world’s leading experts...
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87. |  By: Annabelle Reitman; Caitlin Williams Publisher: American Society for Training & Development Publication Date: 01-AUG-2006 Insert Date: 11-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Career Moves (2nd Edition)
Daily pressures of the workplace force every employee, worker, manager or even executive to focus on the tasks that will move the ball forward one more day. Time is rarely spent reflecting on career choices and future goals. Written for workplace learning and performance professionals, this book will help you discover career options, energize a stalling career or transition to a new career. If you are considering a transition to a training and HRD career, you will be able to chart a path to success using the exercises, checklists, and tips from experienced practitioners.
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88. |  By: Nicholas Bate Publisher: Pearson Business Publication Date: 19-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 09-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Do What You Want
This book explains the seven steps that can help you manage, control and maintain a career that will help fulfil your goals and ambitions. Whether you are unemployed and planning your next move, a graduate planning your future or an employee planning your escape, this smart book is packed with practical, life-changing advice that is simple and straightforward to apply. The vital guidance will help you understand and adapt to the realities of the job market today and develop a focussed and realistic career plan for a secure future.
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89. |  Everything Resume Book, 3rd Edition By: Nancy Schuman Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 01-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 09-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Everything Resume Book, 3rd Edition
A resume is like the first thirty seconds of a blind date-one with a prospective employer. That's all the time you have to get a hiring authority's attention and-hopefully-an interview. A bad resume will absolutely eliminate you from the competition. Building a strong resume is the single most important step in landing a new job. The Everything Resume Book, 3rd Edition is your one-stop resource for crafting a resume that will highlight your skills and experience to get you the job you want. This hands-on guide offers helpful hints on format and presentation and includes the most...
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90. |  Crazy Good Interviewing: How Acting A Little Crazy Can Get You The Job Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 29-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 08-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Crazy Good Interviewing: How Acting A Little Crazy Can Get You The Job
How acting a little crazy and thinking outside of the box can get you the job you want
Ever hear of a job candidate stretching out on the interviewer's floor to fill out an application? Or an applicant who sees nothing wrong with texting during the interview? Securing a job interview is a golden opportunity. The crazy-bad behavior described above will not net a job offer. Crazy Good Interviewing shows readers that crazy-good behavior, however, can make an applicant stand out favorably in a sea of mediocrity. Take the candidate who created a keynote presentation on his iPad to show what...
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91. |  InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul By: Chris Hurley; Johnny Long; Aaron W Bayles; Ed Brindley Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 26-JUN-2005 Insert Date: 08-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul
“InfoSec Career Hacking? starts out by describing the many, different InfoSec careers available including Security Engineer, Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, Auditor, Security Administrator, Programmer, and Security Program Manager. The particular skills required by each of these jobs will be described in detail, allowing the reader to identify the most appropriate career choice for them. Next, the book describes how the reader can build his own test laboratory to further enhance his existing skills and begin to learn new skills and techniques. The authors also provide keen insight...
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92. |  By: Infinite Ideas Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 11-JUN-2012 Insert Date: 04-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Love Your Job
Love your job is a practical collection of tips and techniques that will bring you success at work. It brings together some of the greatest ideas on work and careers from self-help classics: Napoleon Hill's Think and grow rich; Benjamin Franklin's The way to wealth; George S.Clason's The richest man in Babylon, books that inspired generations of readers with simple and effective ideas that continue to resonate today. The wise lessons from these books have been interpreted here using twenty-first century case studies and modern careers and motivational advice. These 50 short, entertaining...
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93. |  By: Carl J. Wellenstein Publisher: Career Press Publication Date: 15-APR-2009 Insert Date: 03-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: 12 Steps to a New Career
Changing jobs in your 30’s or at an executive or manager level requires you to think more strategically about your career.
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94. |  By: Joe Willmore Publisher: American Society for Training & Development Publication Date: 01-MAR-2006 Insert Date: 01-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Job Aids Basics
In time-pressured, resource-constrained times, getting the job done right the first time is more important than ever. This book provides practical advice on the creation and use of job aids and is written specifically for those who have little or no experience in developing job aids. Readers will find dozens of real world examples from building simple, but effective checklists to translating complex and confusing guideline documents to understandable and effect step-by-step directions anyone can follow. In addition to practical tools and guidelines, you find tips on testing and evaluating...
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95. |  Lifelong Learning for Engineers and Scientists in the Information Age By: Ashok Naimpally; Hema Ramachandran; Caroline Smith Publisher: Elsevier Publication Date: 12-DEC-2011 Insert Date: 01-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Lifelong Learning for Engineers and Scientists in the Information Age
The book provides a comprehensive review of lifelong learning, information literacy and internships including assessment techniques for lifelong learning, teamwork and information literacy as defined by the ABET criteria. It also discusses critical thinking skills for scientists and engineers and their role in lifelong learning in the information age. It will be invaluable for: Engineering educators including librarians interested in developing programs to satisfy the ABET criteria for lifelong learning and teamwork. Engineering librarians developing programs and assessment...
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96. |  By: Ken Langdon; Nikki Cartwright Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 27-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 01-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Perfect Interviews
Perfect interviews contains a selection of some of the best interview ideas from our best-selling title, Knockout Interview Answers. Unlike the majority of interview techniques books this book steers clear of blindingly obvious advice such as not to wear track-suit bottoms or turn up drunk to your interview, and instead provides a way into the mind of the interviewer so that you can spot the likely questions and know how to answer them differently depending on the perspective of the interviewer.
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97. |  Practical Problem-Solving Skills in the Workplace By: Judith Combes Taylor; Rebekah Lashman; Pamela Helling Publisher: AMA Self-Study Publication Date: 18-FEB-1994 Insert Date: 27-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Practical Problem-Solving Skills in the Workplace Problem-solving skills to identify and resolve work-related problems and improve job performance. With the increasing emphasis on initiative in the workplace, it‘s essential to know how to recognize, define, and analyze problems and then develop workable solutions to correct them. This book provides all the skills needed to achieve this, including a problem-solving tree. Readers will learn how to: • Evaluate your own problem-solving strengths and weaknesses • Use problem-solving skills to identify and resolve work-related problems and improve your job performance • Track the steps you need to...
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98. |  By: Carole Martin Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 05-APR-2012 Insert Date: 24-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Boost Your Interview IQ 2/E The ultimate guide to acing any interview —revised and updated to give you the edge in today’s competitive job market
Job interviews aren’t discussions; they’re oral exams—and the candidate with all the right answers gets the job. Boost Your Interview IQ, Second Edition, helps you ace that big test with skill-building exercises, an in-depth “Interview IQ” test, and other resources to let you craft winning answers to the most important questions interviewers ask.
In these pages, you’ll discover ways to present your experiences in a compelling narrative that showcases your skills,...
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99. |  How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ 2/E By: Brad Schepp; Debra Schepp Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 12-APR-2012 Insert Date: 24-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ 2/E The definitive guide to social media job hunting—now updated to include GOOGLE+!
Finding your dream job the old way just doesn’t happen anymore. If you want to move up in today’s ultracompetitive job market, you have to master the most useful tools out there—social networks.
How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, Second Edition, helps you take full advantage of the bounty of opportunities found on the most popular sites. Online job-search experts Brad and Debra Schepp take you step-by-step through the process of joining networks, creating effective online profiles,...
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100. |  By: Daniel R. Tobin Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 28-NOV-2011 Insert Date: 24-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learn Your Way to Success What did you learn at work today?
“Every employee who wants to succeed in business should read Tobin’s new book.”
—Marshall Goldsmith, million-selling author of the New York Times bestsellers Mojo and What Got You’re Here Won’t get You There
“Nothing less than a survival plan for a rewarding, relevant career. Read it if you are responsible for the careers and performance of others. Read it if you want to propel your own career. . . In any case, read it as part of your own commitment to learning.”
—Edward T. Reilly, President and CEO, American Management Association International
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