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Skyhorse Publishing
Language
English
Description
"In The Big Book of Job-Hunting Hacks, experienced job-hunting professionals offer detailed advice on every step of the job-hunting process. From how to navigate the interview process, to how to create the perfect resume, this book will help you stand out from your competitors. With a new introduction by John Henry Weiss, president of a recruitment firm, that contextualizes the current economic state as a result of COVID-19, this book offers hundreds...
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Publisher
Emerald Career Publishing
Language
English
Description
"Based on today's real-world job search trends, Modernize Your Resume shows you how to craft a winning resume to meet the complexities of today's highly competitive and technologically driven employment market. The 2nd edition has been updated with new resume samples, new designs, and new ATS and e-resume guidelines, along with new chapters for jobseekers with special circumstances--career change, military transition, and return to work. Clear guidelines...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Poundstone guides readers through the surprising solutions to dozens of the most challenging job interview questions, Zen-like riddles, and other interviewing techniques candidates need to know. The book covers the importance of creative thinking, ways to get a leg up on the competition, and much more.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Edition
8th edition.
Language
English
Description
We've all been there: it's time to apply for a job or internship and you have to create or revise your resume. Many questions pop in your head. What do employers want? What skills should I highlight? How do I format this? How do I get noticed? But resume writing doesn't have to be a daunting task. The latest edition of Resumes For Dummies answers all of these questions and more--whether you're a resume rookie, looking for new tips, or want to create...
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English
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Louna's years working at her mother's wedding planning business--as well as the tragic end of her first love--have shaped her cynical views on romance, but the arrival of serial-dater Ambrose may start to change Louna's mind and give her a second chance at love.
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American Management Association
Language
English
Description
The microbusiness is huge! That's not just a play on words but an indisputable fact that millions of budding entrepreneurs have already figured out. On top of adding to their income and creating safety nets in case the ax falls at work, they have been able to unlock their creativity and find a sense of fulfillment they never dreamed possible--or rather day-dreamed possible from their uninspiring cubicle.
In The Economy of You, author and microbusiness...
7) Distortion
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Series
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English
Description
When Juliet Cole's husband of 15 years is murdered before her eyes, she thinks it was a random shooting. Devastated and traumatized, she answers hours of questioning, then returns home to break the tragic news to her boys. But a threatening voicemail takes this from a random shooting to a planned, deliberate attack. Juliet realizes that she and her children are in danger too, unless she meets the killer's demands.
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Media Education Foundation
Language
English
Description
Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend tells the inspiring story of Nicole Sherry McFadyen, one of only two women in history to be named Head Groundskeeper of a Major League Baseball team. Beginning with her first internship, the film shows how McFadyen rose through the ranks to become a leading innovator in the field and ultimately take the prestigious head job at storied Camden Yards in Baltimore. If you're looking for ways to counter negative gender...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Best-selling author Chris Guillebeau presents a full-color ideabook featuring 100 stories of regular people launching successful side businesses that almost anyone can do. This unique guide features the startup stories of regular people launching side businesses that almost anyone can do: an urban tour guide, an artist inspired by maps, a travel site founder, an ice pop maker, a confetti photographer, a group of friends who sell hammocks to support...
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Publisher
McGraw Hill
Language
English
Description
"An AARP Work and Jobs Expert provides a road map to success for older workers navigating a post-pandemic workplace When the coronavirus pandemic upended the US economy, many older workers lost their jobs and saw their retirement accounts take a hit. Those who remain employed are grappling with a new way of working: remotely from home, sometimes in isolation, facing daunting technological and social challenges. If you're over 50, this must-have career...
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Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Learn the stages of a reference interview and the behaviors necessary to conduct a successful reference interview. Produced with a content committee of reference librarians and trainers. The program also discusses the unique challenges of online reference interviews. "Although an online reference interview is a lot like that done in-person, the librarian needs to be also be able to emulate the unseen visual cues while conveying a sense of personality,"...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Norwegian
Description
It started off as a web-series, charting the experiences of three young fashion bloggers, who spent a month living the life of Cambodian garment workers in Phnom Penh. But following headlines and articles all over the world, more than a million hits and lots of inquires, the webseries has been re-versioned into an hour long documentary. Frida, Anniken and Ludwig live, breath and dream fashion. They spend hundreds of euros every month on clothes and...
14) Lawn boy
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Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
15) My faire lady
Author
Publisher
Simon & Shuster BFYR
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
After breaking up with her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Rowena takes an out-of-town summer job at a Renaissance fair, but romantic entanglements soon follow.
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Publisher
Adams Media
Language
English
Description
To amaze and impress job interviewers, candidates need the formulas for answering tough questions. With these handy flash cards, career wizard Yate shows users how to display those essential transferable skills, behaviors, and values that "every" employer wants.
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Publisher
Africa World Press
Language
English
Description
"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his 'proper place' and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary."
Overcoming extreme poverty, racism, and other adversities Carter Godwin...
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Language
English
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George Anders explains the remarkable power of a liberal arts education, and the ways it can open the door to cutting-edge jobs. The curiosity, creativity, and empathy that are hallmarks of a liberal arts education aren't unruly traits that must be reined in. You can be yourself, as an English major, and thrive in sales. You can segue from anthropology into the booming new field of user research; from classics into management consulting, and from...
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