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21. |  By: Alan Pannett; Shalini Sequeira; Andrew Dines; Andrew Day Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Key Skills for Professionals Key Skills for Professionals will help you to acquire and develop the key skills that will enable you to stand out as a consummate professional in a fiercely competitive environment - the world of professional services.The skills covered are applicable across all professions and are of use both to those qualifying for a profession and those already working in a professional services business. Through demonstrating and effectively implementing these skills, you will enhance your career progression. The authors make use of realistic and relevant case studies based on their knowledge, experience...
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22. |  How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests, 4th Edition By: Mike Bryon Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests, 4th Edition How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests provides a huge bank of questions as well as advice and practice exercises to help you prepare for the rigorous tests used by employers, helping you to build up speed, accuracy and confidence.
Covering a range of numerical and verbal skills, it provides 500 practice questions, including 10 realistic full length practice tests; a glossary of essential terms in English usage; a glossary of key mathematical terms and methods; study tips and winning test strategies; answers, explanations and interpretations of your scores. With information on what to...
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23. |  How to Pass Professional Level Psychometric Tests, 3rd Edition By: Sam Al-Jajjoka Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Pass Professional Level Psychometric Tests, 3rd Edition How to Pass Professional Level Psychometric Tests contains a wealth of practice questions to help prepare you for exactly the type of tests you will face in recruitment assessments for professional careers. A staggering 650 questions and answers, consisting of 20 timed practice tests reflect real life exams favoured by the most popular organisations. It is particularly useful for those facing aggressive psychometric tests, particularly candidates for careers in IT, management and finance.
Also including practice questions for common verbal reasoning and numerical tests, How to Pass...
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24. |  How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests, 2nd Edition By: Mike Bryon Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests, 2nd Edition By testing expert Mike Bryon, How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests provides a huge bank of questions to help you prepare for difficult graduate and managerial recruitment and assessment tests. Offering unbeatable score-improving practice for both online and print tests, it provides 110 warm up questions to get you started and 500+ questions overall.
Including four timed realistic tests with interpretations of your score, it contains everything you need to prepare for verbal reasoning tests, stand out from the crowd and bag that job....
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25. |  How to Pass Numeracy Tests, 4th Edition By: Harry Tolley; Ken Thomas Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Pass Numeracy Tests, 4th Edition How to Pass Numeracy Tests will help you practice for timed tests, revise your maths and numeracy knowledge and improve your test technique. Providing over 350 practice questions it also gives vital advice on how the tests are marked and what you can do to optimise results.
The wide variety of practice includes 20 timed tests on data interpretation, number sequences and number problems, covering percentages, averages, currency, decimals, whole numbers, multiplication and division as well as adding and substracting. With mental arithmetic starter exercises and a host of preparation...
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26. |  How to Pass Advanced Numeracy Tests, 2nd Edition By: Mike Bryon Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Pass Advanced Numeracy Tests, 2nd Edition By testing expert Mike Bryon, How to Pass Advanced Numeracy Tests provides a wealth of practice questions and detailed explanations to boost your ability in a range of numeracy assessment tests. With over 500 practice questions and four realistic tests, it is ideal for graduate and management level candidates who want to revise the basics and progress to more difficult questions. Sections on quantitative reasoning, data interpretation and business judgement offer realistic practice to help you rise to the challenge and beat the competition....
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27. |  Knock 'em Dead Resumes, 10th Edition By: Martin Yate Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 09-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Knock 'em Dead Resumes, 10th Edition
Move your resume to the top of the pile! At a time when companies can draw on resume banks containing millions of documents, you'll need to create a concise and powerful resume if you want to stand out. Using his twenty-five years of experience, New York Times bestselling author Martin Yate has built a set of rules for creating the most effective document to get you noticed. He'll guide you through every step of the writing process as well as provide you with all-new examples of industry-specific resumes and those that cover every stage of your career. Yate also offers valuable...
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28. |  Leadership in Action: Getting to the Source: Four Perspectives on Leadership By: David V. Day; Patricia M. G. O'Connor Publisher: Center for Creative Leadership Publication Date: 01-DEC-2006 Insert Date: 03-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Leadership in Action: Getting to the Source: Four Perspectives on Leadership
In the midst of all the innovative business strategies being deployed to respond to globalization, one fundamental aspect often remains unexamined: 'How leadership is accomplished ?'.
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29. |  Leadership in Action: Fixing the System: Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Health Care By: Barbara J. A. Eiser; Page Morahan Publisher: Center for Creative Leadership Publication Date: 01-OCT-2006 Insert Date: 03-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Leadership in Action: Fixing the System: Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Health Care
What are the major barriers to women's advancement in the health care field, and what strategies can health care organizations use to overcome these barriers?
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30. |  By: Alan Corey Publisher: Career Press Publication Date: 22-APR-2013 Insert Date: 02-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Subversive Job Search
Are you tired of missing out on that raise, bonus, or promotion?Do you want to turn your dead-end job into a high-paying career?Would a six-figure salary solve all your problems?
Money-making guru Alan Corey faced all these questions himself, then went from collecting unemployment checks to a six-figure career in just over a year.
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31. |  By: Emma-Sue Prince Publisher: Pearson International Publication Date: 25-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 02-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Advantage
Go from ordinary to extraordinary with 7 essential soft skills. You need Adaptability , Resilience , Optimism , Integrity , Critical thinking , Pro-activity and Empathy to stay one step ahead. Our world is changing - so fast, so furiously, so ferociously - that to stand out at work you need to change what you're doing. And quickly. To get ahead, you need soft skills. To stay ahead you need The Advantage. Just doing your job won’t get you to the top, but what does it take? Soft skills are your secret weapon. These days we’re all working harder and...
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32. |  How to get that job, 4th Edition By: Malcolm Hornby Publisher: Pearson International Publication Date: 14-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 02-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to get that job, 4th Edition
The ultimate all-in-one guide to job hunting success. Getting an edge in the hunt for work is vital and this book offers the edge that millions are missing. This no-nonsense, highly practical and outcome focussed guide to the whole process of job hunting takes you right from the planning stages through writing your CV, flying through aptitude tests, being interviewed on the phone and online, to what to do and say when you finally get the offer you’ve been hoping for. With essential guidance on maximising modern job-hunting tools such as social media and networking websites, as well...
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33. |  This Is How to Get Your Next Job By: Andrea Kay; Richard Nelson Bolles Publisher: AMACOM Publication Date: 17-APR-2013 Insert Date: 20-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: This Is How to Get Your Next Job Even in a bad economy, companies have job openings they can’t fill. Considering the millions of people who are out of work or unhappily employed, how can that be?What are job seekers doing to turn off employers? And what is it that employers want but aren’t finding? Leading career expert and syndicated columnist Andrea Kay asked employers one simple question: why didn’t you hire the last ten people you interviewed? What it came down to, every time, wasn’t a matter of skills or experience, but how applicants seemed based on what they said or did. From lack of preparation, to pushiness, to a...
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34. |  A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes Perfect By: Ben Hannam Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 09-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes Perfect
A complete guide to freelance graphic design—created specifically for design students
Why wait until you graduate? Freelancing is a great way to jumpstart your career in graphic design. It lets you apply what you've been learning in school, close the gaps in your education with real-world experience, enhance your portfolio—and make a little money at the same time.
A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes Perfect covers everything you need to know to begin successfully freelancing as a designer, including how to set up your business, deal with legal and financial...
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35. |  By: Clare Cosslett Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 31-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Lawyers at Work
"With probing questions and articulate answers, Cosslett and her subjects shed light on the challenges of legal practice in the current legal market." BLS Law Notes, 11.16.12
Lawyers at Work reveals what it means and what it takes to be a satisfied, sane, and successful lawyer in today's tough legal marketplace. Through incisive in-depth interviews, a top legal headhunter gives the 3rd degree to 15 successful lawyers who run the gamut of the legal profession.
Practice areas represented in these profiles range from employment discrimination to corporate defense, from federal white...
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36. |  The Unemployed College Graduate's Survival Guide By: Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 26-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Unemployed College Graduate's Survival Guide
Real-life advice for getting through the economic downturn. You've spent hundreds of hours searching and applying for jobs in your field, but you still haven't landed anything. What gives? Unfortunately, in today's market, it doesn't really matter how impressive your resume is or how well you interview--there simply aren't enough jobs for everyone. The Not-Yet-Employed College Graduate Survival Guide isn't just another career handbook. Inside, you'll find honest, real-life advice and strategies for dealing with the downturn in the job market. Since it'll be some time before the...
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37. |  Knock 'em Dead Cover Letters, 10th Edition By: Martin Yate Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 26-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Knock 'em Dead Cover Letters, 10th Edition
Write a cover letter that will get you the interview In this newest edition of the bestselling cover letters guide, Martin Yate shows you how to dramatically increase your chances of landing an interview with a dynamic cover letter. Inside this book, you'll find all-new examples of cover letters and learn how to use his proven methods to: Determine the relevant keywords that will send your application to the top of database searches Effectively display your personal brand and the transferable skills you bring to a job Conduct a simple web search to find contact information and...
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38. |  By: Martin Yate Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 26-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Knock 'em Dead Job Interview
Land the job you want! The interview is one of the most crucial moments of the job search experience and your chance to show your potential employer that you have what it takes to succeed in the position. In order to do that in today's highly competitive job search environment, though, you'll have to find a way to stand out from the crowd. Using his twenty-five years of experience, New York Times bestselling author Martin Yate has established a set of rules for job interviews that is sure to get you noticed. Instead of memorizing canned answers, Yate provides you with an...
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39. |  Knock 'em Dead - Secrets and Strategies for Success in an Uncertain World By: Martin Yate, CPC Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-APR-2011 Insert Date: 26-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Knock 'em Dead - Secrets and Strategies for Success in an Uncertain World
"Whether your concerns are landing the job you want, choosing or changing careers, shoring up job security, climbing the professional ladder, or owning your own business, Martin Yate's Knock 'em Dead: Secrets & Strategies for Success in an Uncertain World is the career book of the year. Bet on yourself. Read it." Joyce Lain Kennedy, Tribune Media Services Finding a new job or a new career has never been more challenging. What if you could put your uncertain future in the hands of the global thought leader on job search and career management? Today you can! Martin Yate takes...
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40. |  What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career by Using Your Personality Type, Second Edition By: Donna Dunning Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Publication Date: 16-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 23-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career by Using Your Personality Type, Second Edition
According to Richard Bolles, best-selling author of What Color is Your Parachute? this is the most helpful book [he has] ever read about using ’type’ in the workplace. Donna Dunning’s knowledge of type popularized by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(R) tool is encyclopedic.A The simple truth is that to be happy and successful in your work, you need a career that not only matches your interest but also fits your personality type. In this practical, approachable book-full of checklists and exercises-Donna Dunning helps you find the career thaṯs right for you on all levels. Fully updated with...
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