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"48 Days to the Work You Love is a strategic program designed to help you move ahead in your career with the confidence, boldness, and enthusiasm that only comes from having clear personal understanding and a plan of action," says author Dan Miller. "In this interactive study you have the opportunity to explore the changes in today's job market, understand yourself, go through the traditional steps of finding a career, and also look at the expanding area of nontraditional work. Answer each question honestly, and it will guide you to clear patterns that identify the right plan of action for you."

In a book that can be read from cover to cover the night before an interview, Robin Ryan lays out the essentials for making a great impression on potential employers. Designed for all job seekers -- whether they're just starting out or moving onwards and upwards -- 60 Seconds & You're Hired! presents sure-fire strategies based on current hiring trends, including how to:
-- give the best answers to the interviewer's questions
-- communicate that you are the right person for the job using Ryan's 5-point agenda and 60-second sell techniques
-- ask the questions you should
-- avoid common pitfalls that cause most people to fail
-- negotiate the best salary and benefits package possible

Packed with insider's tips from hiring managers, 60 Seconds & You're Hired! offers the best and quickest route to clinching a dream job.

Presented in a handy question-and-answer format, this book supplies 96 probing interview questions, plus helpful tips on interpreting the responses. With questions covering 17 topics and applications to every kind of job opening, the book serves as both a ready reference for managers and a refresher course for seasoned human resources pros.

The dynamics of the red-hot "free agent" workplace are clarified in this book that also teaches new skills and employment strategies independent professionals must master to succeed.

All job seekers face a barrage of questions--some easy, others tricky, each one designed to elicit key informaiton. Written by an expert who knows both sides of the personnel desk, this job interview bible is packed with useful tips on turning possible negative responses into positives. First-timers and seasoned job seekers alike will find no better crash course on winning the interview game.

The African American’ s 411 on choosing, landing, and bulletproofing your career

Do you long for a satisfying career but just don’ t know how to make the transition? Have you recently earned your degree, only to ask yourself, " What now?" Are your skills so narrowly defined that you’ ll be an easy target for downsizing? Whether you’ re just starting out or starting over, make yourself indispensable in today’ s workforce with the Black Enterprise Guide to Building Your Career. With the help of questionnaires, aptitude summaries, and sidebar profiles of successful African American professionals, you’ ll learn how to:

• Decide which career path is right for you, including corporate and not-for-profit jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities
• Tailor your resume to fit your goals
• Negotiate the best salary and benefits
• Network with other black professionals
• Navigate career transitions
• Prepare yourself with information before you go on the interview
• Discover current Web sites for African Americans that offer career advice and employment information
• And much more!

Give your career the jump-start it needs with the essential tips and advice found in the Black Enterprise Guide to Building Your Career.

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Black Out is about African Americans who already left Corporate America and are happy pursuing their dreams and making them come to life. It brings you actual experiences and enlightens you on how to make your own transition outside of the traditional corporate box. Like those "travelers" who have made a successful career change, you'll learn how to identify your own path - emperor, artisan, hermit or magician - and understand how to overcome roadblocks along the way to your goal.

Turner's message is ultimately simple: The more a person knows himself and recognizes his deepest aspirations, the stronger he will be and the more successful he will become.

One of the greatest challenges facing people entering the workforce is learning about themselves--recognizing what skills and knowledge they have developed for their chosen fields, and finding opportunities to use those abilities in a career. This easy-to-use tool assists readers in collecting, managing, and organizing a professional portfolio. Helps readers understand how their individual experiences relate directly to the skills and abilities that employers are looking for. Is organized into quality categories in each chapter, marked by icons--includes Critical Thinking/Problem Solving; Leadership; Initiative and Follow Through; Working Effectively with Others/Diversity; Communication. Provides Link and Learn Worksheets. Emphasizes mentor feedback and offers a blueprint for future growth. The ideal handbook for anyone entering the workforce or changing careers.

Comprehensive, sound advice from a seasoned professional to help individuals of racial or cultural backgrounds achieve success within mainstream America. Shows job seekers how to adopt a business mindset for establishing their goals.

The best-selling author and CEO of John Hancock offers concrete advice on building a reputation that commands respect, coping with office politics, and surviving the less-than-sane aspects of any organization. 4 CDs.

Self-empowerment works from the inside out.

Shows decision-makers how to incorporate "motivation-based interviewing" into their hiring process quickly to gain a significant edge on their competition.

"Double Lives" profiles the paths of ten extraordinary individuals who achieved spectacular success and happiness through pursuit of a second passion. Readers will learn by example how to explore an outside interest or hobby, create a sideline business, or completely switch careers.