Creator: Morrie Helitzer
Publication date: 1989-09
Dewey code: 650
Price: $24.95
Review New Accountant Careers / New Accountant Company:
Creator: Daniel C. Feldman
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-10-04
Dewey code: 331.702
List Price: $53.00
Price: $29.99
Review Work Careers: A Developmental Perspective (J-B SIOP Frontiers Series) / Pfeiffer:Work Careers brings together a stellar panel of experts from the fields of industrial and organizational psychology, counseling and clinical psychology, social psychology, organizational behavior, and human resource management. This volume offers a comprehensive exploration of how an individual's career unfolds from early childhood through retirement. Based on the most recent findings and current research, the volume also focuses on changes in the societal and organizational contexts of career development and reveals how context shapes and constrains individual career decisions.
Authors
- Julie L. Hillery
- V. Ann Paulins
Dewey code: 650
List Price: $88.00
Price: $40.00
Review Careers!: Professional Development For Retailing and Apparel Merchandising / Fairchild Books & Visuals:
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 1995-01
List Price: $39.75
Price: $24.81
Review The Visionary Leader: Leader Behavior Questionnaire (pack of five) / Human Resource Development Pr:Now all of your managers can assess their own leadership behaviors and characteristics and identify specific ways to improve their leadership effectiveness. This recently updated, research-based instrument helps leaders determine what changes or further skill development are required for them to make full use of their capabilities for visionary leadership. Through the use of both a "Self" questionnaire and "Other" questionnaires (filled out by 3-6 colleagues), leaders are able to gain an accurate 360° assessment of their leadership style in three critical areas: leader behavior, leadership characteristics, and effect on organizational culture. The Questionnaire is made up of 50 items measuring 10 key leadership scales: Focus Respect for self and others Communication Bottom line orientation Trust Length of vision span Risk Organizational leadership Empowerment Cultural leadership A Trainer's Guide includes technical details on the development of the instrument, detailed training designs, a lecturette on leadership, and overhead transparency masters. Becoming a Visionary Leader and New Vision of Leadership, supporting participant handouts, explore the cognitive and behavioral skills of truly visionary leaders.
Authors
- Jeffrey W. Garis
- Edwin L. Herr
- Jack R. Rayman
Dewey code: 378.19425
List Price: $110.95
Price: $110.95
Review Handbook for the College and University Career Center / Greenwood Press:This professional reference provides a comprehensive historical, theoretical, and practical overview of career centers in colleges and universities. The authors present and discuss various models of providing career services as well as ways to work with various constituent groups of clients. The volume emphasizes the pragmatics of planning, managing, and implementing career centers and provides examples of forms, policies, and strategies that have been proven to work. While the focus of the book is on practicality, the book emphasizes how theory should guide practice. The reference gives direct and proven examples of how to implement a comprehensive array of career services in a college or university. The authors address three points that are fundamental in providing career services. First, they trace the evolution of the delivery of college career services and they review various career center models. Second, they provide information and strategies that are necessary for the planning, organization, staffing, funding, and management of a college career center. Third, they review a range of services that may be provided by career centers, including counseling, assessment, computer-based guidance systems, programming, career information, and placement. Each chapter includes a list of references, and a selected bibliography concludes the work. [+]The result is a reference bound to be of value to a wide range of student services personnel.
Publication date: 2008-04-04
Dewey code: 624.0681
List Price: $39.95
Price: $24.77
Review How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Construction Company - With Companion CD-ROM / Atlantic Publishing Company (FL):Starting a construction company, even a small one, can be a very profitable venture. In good times and bad construction is an industry that will always be in demand, and construction is not an industry where technology will replace or undermine it. The construction field is growing rapidly. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction firms are expected to be one of the fastest growing business segments in the U. S. economy. There has never been a better time to start a construction company and get ahead of the competition. This new book is a comprehensive, detailed study of the practical side of starting and operating a construction firm. It will take you step by step through every aspect and prepare you with everything you need including sample business forms, leases, contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, starting, and running day-to-day operations. You will get dozens of other valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that every entrepreneur should have. [+]While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author help you find a location and business name that will bring success, take you through the process of drawing up a winning business plan (the Companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in MS Word TM), and teach you how to start and manage your construction company. You will find guidance on obtaining licenses and permits, drawing up contracts, hiring subcontractors, meeting governmental regulations, attracting new clients and referrals, applying for financing, tracking utilities, employing basic cost control systems, dealing with pricing issues, and staying ahead of the competition. You will avoid trial by error when setting up equipment layouts, meeting legal and IRS requirements, and tapping into the best sales and marketing techniques and pricing formulas. This book will even help you set up computer systems to save time and money, teach you how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, use the best computer software, network with publishers and associations, do your own sales planning, customer service, keep your own books, compile monthly profit and loss statements, and prepare taxes. You will become adept at media planning, pricing, and public relations. You will be able to manage and train employees, motivate workers, generate high profile public relations and publicity, and learn low cost marketing ideas and low cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales. You will learn how to keep bringing customers back and build referrals the secret of continued success as well as getting thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. The manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative demonstrated ways to operate and streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance, shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. The secret of continued success as well as getting thousands of great tips and useful ideas. In addition, you will appreciate the valuable CD ROM resource in your daily activities as a source of ready-to-use forms, templates, worksheets, business plan, surveys, letters, web site resources, everything you will need to get up and running. We also went the extra mile and spent an unprecedented amount of time researching, interviewing, e-mailing, and communicating with hundreds of today s most successful construction company executives. Aside from learning the basics you will be privy to their secrets and proven successful ideas. Instruction is great, but advice from experts is even better, and the construction experts chronicled in this book are earning a great deal of money for their expertise.
Publication date: 2008-03-19
Dewey code: 650
List Price: $24.99
Price: $24.81
Review Leading Beyond the Ordinary: A Guide to Exceptional Sales Management / AuthorHouse:This is a book that goes beyond the academic look at sales management and delves deeply into real-world leadership. Leading Beyond the Ordinary captures and distills the essence of sales leadership into an easy-to-read tool for developing and honing the skills needed to avoid the mediocre and achieve the extraordinary. A must read for every sales manager. L. Ross Van Houten, J. D. , M. B. A. , CFP®; President and CEO, Freedom Cove Wealth Advisors I have had the privilege to work with Joe and to see the management and leadership skills captured in this book in effective operation; he preaches what he practices. [+]Leading Beyond the Ordinary is a must read for those aspiring to grow as managers and leaders. Jerry Stone, CFP®; Managing Director Stone Consulting, LLC.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-12
Dewey code: 658.382
List Price: $45.00
Price: $40.74
Review Evaluating Worksite Health Promotion / Human Kinetics Publishers:
Authors
- Ann Gallant
- Jackie Howard
- Kathy Gillott
Publication date: 1993-09
Dewey code: 650
List Price: $48.90
Price: $40.40
Review Principles and Techniques for the Beauty Specialist / Trans-Atlantic Publications:
Edition: 3
Publication date: 2006-09-30
Dewey code: 374.013
List Price: $34.95
Price: $24.85
Review But What If I Don't Want to Go to College?: A Guide to Success Through Alternative Education (But What If I Don't Want to Go to College: A Guide to Success Through Alternative Educa-) / Ferguson Publishing Company:Reveals the wide-ranging opportunities available through alternative and vocational education, proving that there are still rewarding and profitable positions available that do not require higher education. This updated edition examines alternative education and explores the minimum education needed to land that first job. Each career provides a detailed, real-world account of the position. Included are starting salaries and estimated increments over the years, as well as the training and education needed along the way. Unger also reveals easy-to-use tips to improve your chances of getting hired, including how to write a good resume and how to make the most of the interview.
Publication date: 2005-05-08
Dewey code: 650
List Price: $43.20
Price: $43.20
Review Successful Career Skills / Prentice Hall:
Publication date: 1995-12
Dewey code: 686.302
List Price: $24.95
Price: $29.95
Review Bookbinding & Conservation by Hand: A Working Guide / Oak Knoll Press:
Publication date: 2004-01
Dewey code: 650
List Price: $19.00
Price: $24.99
Review Psychometric Tests for Graduates: Gain the Confidence You Need to Excel at Graduate Level Psychometric and Management Tests (How to) / How to Books:
Publication date: 2000-02-10
Dewey code: 330
Price: $19.95
Review Teaching English Overseas - A Job Guide For Americans And Canadians / English Intl Inc:A comprehensive practical guide for Americans and Canadians who want to find jobs teaching English overseas. It includes detailed information and advice on: teaching without training; choosing a training program; the current overseas job market; how to conduct a successful job search; legal, medical and other practical considerations; dealing with culture shock. The book contains details of 450 schools and other organizations which hire more than 10,000 teachers every year.
Edition: Book and Access
Publication date: 1988-01
List Price: $41.95
Price: $24.94
Review Medical Secretary: Pediatrics Association (Km Office Procedures) / Thomson South-Western:
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 1995-01-01
List Price: $24.83
Price: $24.83
Review Exercises in Careers Education / Trotman & Co Ltd:
Publication date: 1991-06
List Price: $34.95
Price: $24.82
Review Supervising Automotive Facilities Inspector/C-2215 (Career Examination Series) / National Learning Corp:
Publication date: 2001-04
Dewey code: 650.14
List Price: $37.25
Price: $24.78
Review Everything Job Interview Book / Topeka Bindery:No matter how good your resume looks, you know you can't get a job without passing the interview. It's your best chance to showcase your skills, and to convince a potential employer that you are the best person for the job. The Everything Job Interview Book teaches you all you need to know to interview successfully - from what to wear, when to arrive, and how to introduce yourself on the big day, to famous last words and what to write in a follow-up letter. Packed with hundreds of real life interview questions - and the answers employers are looking for - this is the only book you'll need to ace the next big interview. The book is perfect for any job hunter-from recent college grads looking for that first job to seasoned professionals who are switching careers. Get the inside scoop on how to: Land an interview Avoid common mistakes many jobseekers make Research a potential employer and formulate industry-specific questions Make a first impression that will last Take computerized interviews and tests Field tough questions for recent graduates and career changers Survive the second interview and beyond And much more! Whether you suffer from pre-interview jitters and sweaty palms, have concerns about how to address tricky questions like salary and experience, or wonder about correct interviewing etiquette, The Everything Job Interview Book has the answers you need to get the job you want!.
Authors
- R. David Weber
- Gail Ann Schlachter
Dewey code: 378.3
List Price: $30.00
Price: $24.64
Review How to Pay for Your Degree in Journalism and Related Fields: 2004-2006 (How to Pay for Your Degree in Journalism and Related Fields) Comb Form / Reference Service Press:
Publication date: 1994-01
Dewey code: 629.13252023
Price: $27.95
Review Becoming a Professional Pilot / Tab Books:For those who dream of becoming professional pilots, this book is an essential read. Rob Mark, a commercial pilot, and Scott Janicki, a former captain with a major U. S. carrier, provide valuable insider guidance on how to reach the coveted rank of professional pilot. They begin with an in-depth discussion of current airline and non-airline opportunities and how to take advantage of them. The day-to-day process of flight training is explored with breakdowns of civilian and military instruction and helpful tips on how to build flight time. Training, salaries, upgrades, type ratings, and the hiring practices of the major employers are all covered to help aspiring commercial pilots earn their wings.
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New Accountant Careers, Work Careers: A Developmental Perspective (J-B SIOP Frontiers Series), Careers!: Professional Development For Retailing and Apparel Merchandising, The Visionary Leader: Leader Behavior Questionnaire (pack of five), Handbook for the College and University Career Center, How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Construction Company - With Companion CD-ROM, Leading Beyond the Ordinary: A Guide to Exceptional Sales Management, Evaluating Worksite Health Promotion, Principles and Techniques for the Beauty Specialist, But What If I Don't Want to Go to College?: A Guide to Success Through Alternative Education (But What If I Don't Want to Go to College: A Guide to Success Through Alternative Educa-), Successful Career Skills, Bookbinding & Conservation by Hand: A Working Guide, Psychometric Tests for Graduates: Gain the Confidence You Need to Excel at Graduate Level Psychometric and Management Tests (How to), Teaching English Overseas - A Job Guide For Americans And Canadians, Medical Secretary: Pediatrics Association (Km Office Procedures), Exercises in Careers Education, Supervising Automotive Facilities Inspector/C-2215 (Career Examination Series), Everything Job Interview Book, How to Pay for Your Degree in Journalism and Related Fields: 2004-2006 (How to Pay for Your Degree in Journalism and Related Fields) Comb Form, Becoming a Professional PilotTop headlines: Detroit: Behind the UAWs Striking Ways: The unions strategic mini-strikes against Chrysler and GM struck a chord with members and fear among management. 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