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Now, Discover Your Strengths
How to Build Your Strengths and the Strengths of Every Person in Your Organization
by Marcus Buckingham
Unfortunately, most of us have little sense of our talents and strengths, much less the ability to build our lives around them. Instead, guided by our parents, by our teachers, by our managers, and by psychology's fascination with pathology, we become experts in our weaknesses and spend our lives trying to repair these flaws, while our strengths lie dormant and neglected. Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of the... (more)
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Help Wanted : Tales from the First Job Front
by Sydney Lewis
Help Wanted is a collection of candid first-person accounts by young people from across the nation, who talk about their first forays into the real world of work. The Chicago Tribune called author Sydney Lewis "the legitimate heir to Studs Terkel," and according to Booklist, Help Wanted "provides a fascinating counterpoint to Terkel's twenty-five-year-old classic, Working ." Says Terkel himself, "Sydney... (more)
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Survival jobs : 154 ways to make money while pursuing your dreams
by Deborah Jacobson
In the first-ever guide to finding a satisfying job that will keep food on the table while you focus on your perhaps less lucrative dreams, Deborah Jacobson presents a detailed survey of employment possibilities that keep stressful money worries away and allow plenty of time for pursuing one's true calling in life. Survival Jobs proves that you don't have to wait tables while looking for your big break. With... (more)
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The Gradspot.com Guide to Life After College
by Chris Schonberger
Whether you're searching for your first apartment, navigating the treacherous waters of office politics, or just trying to figure out how the hell to file your tax return, "The Gradspot.com Guide to Life After College" the most common issues facing twentysomethings as they find their feet in the "real world." Authors Chris Schonberger and Stuart Schultz (twentysomething themselves) have been through it all... (more)
Whistle While You Work Heeding Your Lifes CallingDavidAShapiro
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Whistle While You Work Heeding Your Lifes Calling
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Who Moved My Cheese?
An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
by Spencer Johnson
Who Moved My Cheese? is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life - whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession, health or spirital peace of mind. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organisation you work in, or the family or... (more)
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How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry
by Dale Carnegie
With Dale Carnegie's timeless advice in hand, more than six million people have learned how to eliminate debilitating fear and worry from their lives and to embrace a worry-free future. In this classic work, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Carnegie offers a set of practical formulas that you can put to work today. It is a book packed with lessons that will last a lifetime and make that lifetime happier!
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Is Your Genius at Work?: 4 Key Questions to Ask Before Your Next Career Move
by Dick Richards
Is Your Genius at Work? gives voice to a completely fresh approach to bring your genius fully alive through your life and work and to guide your next career move.
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The Pathfinder
How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success
by Nicholas Lore
DO YOU JUMP OUT OF BED EVERY MORNING AND RUSH TO A JOB YOU LOVE? Or is the work you once enjoyed now just a way to pay the bills? Perhaps you're even doubting your career choice altogether. Let The Pathfinder guide you to a more engaging, fulfilling work life. Based on breakthrough techniques developed by Rockport Institute, an innovative and award-winning career-counseling network that has changed the lives... (more)
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The Trusted Advisor
by Robert M Galford, David Maister, Charles H. Green
In today's fast-paced networked economy, professionals must work harder than ever to maintain and improve their business skills and knowledge. But technical mastery of one's discipline is not enough, assert world-renowned professional advisors David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, and Robert M. Galford. The key to professional success, they argue, is the ability to earn the trust and confidence of clients. To... (more)
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If My Career's on the Fast Track, Where Do I Get a Road Map?: Surviving And Thriving in the Real Word of Work
by Anne B. Fisher
Wondering how to navigate the new economy? Ask Anne Fisher for the latest directions to a challenging, rewarding career. Every month, hundreds of thousands of Fortune magazine readers turn to Anne Fisher's "Ask Annie" column for up-to-the-minute career advice. Now she can help you -- whether you're new to the job search or on your way to the top of the ladder. Sassy, engaging, and witty, Fisher has first-rate... (more)
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Real Life, Here I Come!: A Personal Guide to Making It on Your Own
by Autumn McAlpin
You’re finally out on your own. It’s exciting, but overwhelming at the same time. Suddenly, for the first time, you’re facing questions such as . . . What happens next? How do I get a job? Should I move or stay near home? How do I set up a bank account? Should I get my own place or live alone? What’s a budget, anyway—and do I need one? Don’t panic, help is on the way! Author Autumn... (more)
Vgm's Careers Checklists: 89 Proven Checklists to Help You Plan Your Career and Get Great JobsArlene S. Hirsch
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Vgm's Careers Checklists: 89 Proven Checklists to Help You Plan Your Career and Get Great Jobs
by Arlene S. Hirsch
Gathers checklists that deal with career paths, resumes, cover letters, job-search strategies, interviews, career changes, and self-evaluation.
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Dare to Change Your Job and Your Life
by Carole Kanchier
Dare to Change not only inspires you to rethink your career and life, it shows you how. Based on Carole Kanchier’s research with over 40,000 adults and proven psychological and business concepts, Dare to Change demonstrates that voluntary and involuntary career transitions are a normal part development. Dr. Kanchier’s holistic, motivational approach to career/life revitalization helps you understand how you grow... (more)
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Changing Careers for Dummies
by Carol L. McClelland
Are you one of the millions of working people who are asking themselves, What am I doing with my life?" Changing Careers For Dummies is the best resource for answering that question and shows career changers how to embrace new professional lives."
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Next Step The Real World
by Jack O'Brien
College grads are educated, but not always ready for life. Managing the challenges and pitfalls they'll encounter can make the difference between "getting by" and "getting ahead."
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No More Ramen: The 20-Something's Real World Survival Guide: Straight Talk on Jobs, Money, Balance, Life, and More
by Nicolas Aretakis
Straight talk on Jobs, Money, Balance, Life, and more... Nicholas Aretakis is the mentor you've been looking for. He is a highly successful entrepreneur who listened to 20-somethings from coast to coast and provides the answers you need to the questions you have: HOW CAN I GET WHAT I WANT OUT OF LIFE?: HOW CAN I BALANCE MY WORK AND PERSONAL LIFE AND HAVE FUN; TOO?: HOW CAN I GAIN PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL... (more)
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What It Will Be Like: A Layman's Guide To The College Graduate's First Years Out
by Richard Hoyer-Ellefsen
From guides on successful interviewing, choosing the right career and writing effective resumes, college seniors and recent graduates have a variety of useful resources to choose from when it comes to finding a good job. But what happens next? What aspects of young professionals' futures should excite them and which should be cause for concern? Most career resources don't offer much insight into working life... (more)
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Climb a Fallen Ladder: How to Succeed in the New American Workplace
by Rochelle H. Gordon
Pink slipped. Axed. Downsized. Fired. Whatever you call it, it still means the same thing: you're out of a job. This classic "bible of job survival" shows readers how to stay afloat in the turbulent economic times ahead. It has been a decade since the American economy has faced such a dramatic downturn. Corporate pressures to maintain profitability in these uncertain times have forced managers to lay off workers... (more)
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Ultimate New Employee Survival Guide (Peterson's Ultimate Guides)
by Elwood F. Holton
Making the transition from college life to the professional world isn't easy. You don't get a syllabus, and often it isn't what you do but your attitude that determines your success. Take heart! This guide provides everything you need to know to survive and thrive in that all-important first year on the job, including details on what employers expect and how to adopt a winning attitude, checklists and survival... (more)