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Job Searching Online for Dummies
by Pam DixonReady for a job that's perfect for you? Before you pound the pavement, surf the Net. More than just a list of Web sites, Job Searching Online for Dummies explains how to scope out potential employers on the Internet, network online, create and send an electronic resume that really stands out, design your own self-promoting Web site, and get that ideal job. Inside, find helpful advice on how to: *Conduct a well-informed job search using online resources *Build an electronic resume that best presents your skills *Post and send your e-resume and cover letter successfully *Network effectively in cyberspace - and make contacts with peers and employers *Create a dynamic Web page that really markets your talents *Tour the top job databases and check out corporate culture online *Keep your job search confidential and your personal information private.
Cold Calling Techniques (That Really Work!)
by Stephan SchiffmanOffers proven strategies that help both new and seasoned sales professionals more effectively reach decision-makers, make appointments, deliver high-quality pitches, as well as invaluable advice on how to increase the number of calls placed, improve closing ratio, and beat the competition.
One With Nineveh: Politics, Environment, and the Human Future
by Paul R. Ehrlich Anne H. Ehrlich"Through lucid explanations, telling anecdotes, and incisive analyses, the eminent scientists Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich here spotlight the three elephants in our global living room--rising consumption, increasing world population, and unchecked political and economic inequity--that together are increasingly shaping today's politics, undermining the planet's ability to sustain us, and determining humankind's future. The result is a book that brilliantly puts today's policy debates in a larger context and makes a compelling case for the critical discussions that we should be having." (From the book jacket.)
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
by Joel BakanIn the most revolutionary assessment of the corporation as a legal and economic institution since Peter Drucker's early works, Bakan backs his premise with the following claims: The corporation's legally defined mandate is to pursue relentlessly and without exception its own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others--a concept endorsed by no less a luminary than the Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. The corporation's unbridled self-interest victimizes individuals, society, and, when it goes awry, even shareholders and can cause corporations to self-destruct, as recent Wall Street scandals reveal. While corporate social responsibility in some instances does much good, it is often merely a token gesture, serving to mask the corporation's true character. Governments have abdicated much of their control over the corporation, despite its flawed character, by freeing it from legal constraints through deregulation and by granting it ever greater authority over society through privatization.
Building Wealth: The New Rules for Individuals, Companies, and Nations in a Knowledge-Based Economy
by Lester C. ThurowNew concepts for a knowledge-based economy.
Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.Com Juggernaut
by James MarcusFive years at the epicenter of the dot.com juggernaut
Human Relations: Strategies for Success
by Lowell H. Lamberton Leslie Minor-EvansWe believe strongly in the importance of understanding the relationship between self-esteem and human relations.
Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million
by Mark BowdenWHO hasn't dreamed OF FINDING A MILLION DOLLARS? Joey Coyle was down and out--the affable, boyish South Philadelphian hadn't found dock work in months, he was living with his ailing mother, and he was fighting a drug habit and what seemed like a lifetime of bouncing into and out of bad luck. One morning, though, while cruising the streets just blocks from his home, fate took a turn worthy of Hollywood when he spotted a curious yellow tub he thought might make a good toolbox. It contained $1.2 million in unmarked bills--casino money that had just fallen off the back of an armored truck. Told in riveting, novelistic detail by "a master of narrative journalism" (New York Times Book Review), Finders Keepers is the incredible true story of a tight-knit working-class community suddenly steeped in intrigue.
The Boundaryless Career: A New Employment Principle For A New Organizational Era
by Michael B. Arthur Denise M. RousseauThis text explores the ways in which people's work careers are changing as the organizations in which they work are changing. The old concept of the firm as a self contained entity interacting mainly with its customers has been replaced by the reality of firms whose boundaries have given way to new alliances with suppliers, sometimes competitors, and other outside organizations, in ways that require a redefinition of what a firm can expect from lifetime employment. At the same time, the workers in these careers are interrupted by layoffs, or changed by new technologies, and over their work life will be expected to maintain a habit of continuous learning to remain in the work force.
The Play of Your Life: Your Program for Finding the Career of Your Dreams--And a Step-by-Step Guide to Making It a Reality
by Colleen A. Sabatino<p><i>Play of Your Life</i> is not just a how-to it is your own portable career-coach. While other books may promise to help you land the job of your dreams, Colleen Sabatino trumps that. She opens your eyes to the possibilities you've not yet imagined. The book offers a 2-step program. Part One guides readers through a series of engaging self-assessment quizzes and diagnostic steps to help each individual recognize their dream and translate that into a career path. Part Two is master class on the tactical steps toward making that dream a reality. <p>Colleen Sabatino is enjoying nationwide recognition as a career counselor. Her seminars and corporate consulting sessions are so popular that MBA programs are planning to adopt her book as part of their curriculum. From setting the stage, to crafting the life-script that will open the necessary doors, Sabatino's program affords the secret to becoming a star in your own life.</p>
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
by Bryan BurroughThe establishment of the FBI as a force against gang crime in the early 1930's.
Helping Out
by George AnconaIt's fun to work beside a group of grown-ups. You can learn new skills this way. But, even better, you can have a great time just being in the adult world. Helping Out shows young people lending a hand with many different grown-up jobs. You'll see them at work inside and out, at home or at school, in the city or on a farm. And you're sure to start thinking of jobs you might do to share the special rewards that come with helping.
The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World's Most Prosperous Decade
by Joseph StiglitzFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author comes a history of the boon and bust of the 1990s - how and why it happened, how America and the world are still failing to learn the lessons from it.
Generating And Sustaining Nonprofit Earned Income: A Guide To Successful Enterprise Strategies
by Cynthia W. Massarsky Sharon M. Oster Samantha L. BeinhackerGenerating and Sustaining Nonprofit Earned Income is the essential hands-on guide for helping your organization achieve greater financial stability through a diversified stream of revenue. In collaboration with the Yale School of Management-The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures, this important resource identifies best practices for generating a reliable earned income stream and ultimately freeing your organization from excessive dependence on foundations and other donors. In this book, editors Sharon M. Oster, Cynthia W. Massarsky, and Samantha L. Beinhacker collect the best thinking from the business, nonprofit, and government sectors on how to establish and manage an earned income venture. Generating and Sustaining Nonprofit Earned Income is filled with concrete lessons and sound business strategies that can significantly benefit your organization's internal capacity and financial health. The book covers a wealth of topics, including: *Leadership strategies for managing a nonprofit enterprise *Targeting the market and developing a marketing plan *Techniques for pricing goods and services *Legal and tax considerations *Securing financial capital *Pitching your venture *Forming strategic alliances *The fundamentals of implementation *Deploying resources effectively *Assessing social impact and financial return *Taking your venture to the next stage of development. If your organization has done its pre-testing and feasibility analysis and is ready to start operating an earned income venture, this is the book for you.
Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists: Unleashing the Power of Financial Markets to Create Wealth and Spread Opportunity
by Raghuram G. Rajan Luigi ZingalesAnalysis of our Economy during the past century.
Twelve Keys To An Effective Church
by Kennon L. CallahanSince it was published in 1983, the first edition of the original Twelve Keys to an Effective Church has benefited thousands of congregations from across the world. Now completely revised and updated, the second edition is even more useful and inspiring for congregations. The second edition of Twelve Keys to an Effective Church includes excellent suggestions on the five basic qualities for growing strong, healthy congregations and contains new possibilities and resources for implementing the Twelve Keys. It includes new material, wisdom, and insights on such important topics as mission, sacrament, and grace. Based on Kennon L. Callahan's many years of consulting with churches all over the world, this new edition will help leaders grow into strong, healthy congregations. This important resource can also be used to help build an effective, successful business, develop a strong non-profit grouping, advance an effective college or university, and create a strong, healthy family.
Christian Ethics in the Work Place
by Raymond L. Hilgert Philip H. Lochhaas James L. Truesdelldiscusses how people can live a Christian life, and still be successful in today's world of modern business
Conquering the Crash
by Robert Rougelot Prechter Jr.Excellent analysis of current economic and financial dangers facing the U.S. and consequently the world. This June 2002 book is a must read for anyone concerned with protecting his/her wealth.
Career Counseling: Applied Concepts Of Life Planning
by Vernon G. ZunkerThis successful and popular book has been completely updated to give you the most recent information on emerging theories, recent research, and current computer-assisted guidance programs in career counseling! Whether you are a counselor or a counselor-in-training, you'll appreciate the way Vernon Zunker presents practical techniques and real-life examples as he patiently helps you understand the theoretical models of career counseling and how to effectively counsel clients about career issues. In the Sixth Edition, you'll find Zunker's clear writing style and interesting exercises, as well as: *Five career counseling models with case illustrations *A new Chapter 8, "Self-Assessment and a Model for Using Assessment," which discusses the rationale for using self-assessment tools *A new Chapter 15, "Career Counseling for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Clients," which helps familiarize you with the issues and needs of this client population *Theories of career development and counseling models-summarized in tables to help you study and prepare for the licensing examination *Web site information that points you to additional, reliable information online *And much more!
Why Lincoln Matters Today More Than Ever
by Mario Cuomo Harold HolzerBased on how Lincoln would perceive our world today.
Rethinking the East Asian Miracle
by Joseph Stiglitz Hashid YususArticles analyzing the progress of East Asia.
The Compstat Paradigm
by Vincent HenryTo reduce crime, disorder and fear so as to allow for a restoration of confidence and quality of life in America's largest city.