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The Elements of Resume Style: Essential Rules for Writing Resumes and Cover Letters That Work

Scott Bennett · AMACOM; Second Edition edition
Format: Book

It's amazing the misinformation found in most resume books! Scott Bennett has hired hundreds of people in a variety of industries, and he knows first hand what kind of resume sparks an employer's interest - and which ones fail. In The Elements of Resume Style, he warns against popular...
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How to Get Money for College 2017

Peterson's · Peterson Nelnet Co
Pages: 944
Format: Print book

How to Get Money for College is a great resource for students looking to supplement their federal financial aid package with aid from colleges and universities. This comprehensive directory points you to complete and accurate information on need-based and non-need gift aid, loans, work-study,...
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Launch!: The Critical 90 Days from Idea to Market

Scott Duffy · Portfolio
Pages: 218
Format: Hardcover

WANT TO GET YOUR BIG IDEA TO MARKET? In 90 days, you can successfully launch a new business, product, or service by following the steps in this playbook. Ninety-seven percent of a rocket's fuel is used in the first three feet of its launch. The same is true when launching a new business....
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La lista dei desideri

Eoin Colfer · Ecco, 2016.
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

An engrossing, insider's account of how a teacher built one of the world's most valuable companies - rivaling Walmart & Amazon - and forever reshaped the global economy.In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man from modest beginnings who started out as an English teacher, founded and built...
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The Perfect Resume: Resumes That Work in the New Economy

Dan Quillen · Cold Spring Press
Pages: 183
Format: Print book

HR Director and author of four job search books Dan Quillen shows readers how to craft an incredible resume that will get job-seekers in the door!Dan Quillen calls on his expertise as an HR professional (and as one who lost and found a job in the toughest economic environment since the Great...
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Nolo's Quick LLC: All You Need to Know About Limited Liability Companies

Anthony Mancuso Attorney · NOLO; Eighth Edition edition

Get LLC answers and learn the basics of limited liability companies If you run your own business, you've probably heard about limited liability companies. Business owners who operate LLCs aren't personally liable for business debts, so their personal assets are generally not at risk....
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Retire Inspired: It's Not an Age, It's a Financial Number

Chris E Hogan · Ramsey Press
Pages: 260
Format: Print book

When you hear the word retirement, you probably don't imagine yourself scrambling to pay your bills in your golden years. But for too many Americans, that's the fate that awaits unless they take steps now to plan for the future. Whether you're twenty-five and starting your first job or fifty-five...
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World

Ruchir Sharma · W W Norton
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

This pioneering work demystifies the drivers behind political, economic, and social change. Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers from Rio to Beijing, tycoons, and presidents, Ruchir Sharma's The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks...
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The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone

BRIAN MERCHANT · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

We know the iPhone as the device that transformed our world, changing everything from how we talk to each other and do business, to how we exercise, travel, shop, and watch TV. But packed within its slim profile is the fascinating, untold story of scientific, technological, and business...
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How Money Works: The Facts Visually Explained

Dk. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A user-friendly guide to understanding key financial concepts, How Money Works takes a highly visual approach to this topic, using bold infographics with clear, jargon-free text to make finances and economics easy to understand.How Money Works looks at how governments control money, how companies...
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Make Your Kid A Money Genius

Beth Kobliner · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

From Beth Kobliner, the author of the bestselling personal finance bible Get a Financial Life - a new, must-have guide showing parents how to teach their children (from toddlers to young adults) to manage money in a smart way.Many of us think we can have the "money talk" when...
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Creating Business Plans

Harvard Business Review · Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Book

A well-crafted business plan generates enthusiasm for your idea and boosts your odds of success—whether you’re proposing a new initiative within your organization or starting an entirely new company. Creating Business Plans quickly walks you through the basics. You’ll learn...
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Create Your Own Employee Handbook: A Legal & Practical Guide for Employers

Lisa Guerin · NOLO
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback

Make -- or update -- your employee handbook today with this user-friendly guide! Every company should have an employee handbook to communicate with employees, manage workers effectively, ensure consistent treatment across the organization, and protect itself from lawsuits. But creating...
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The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads

Tim Wu · Knopf
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

From Tim Wu, author of the award-winning The Master Switch and who coined the phrase "net neutrality"--a revelatory look at the rise of "attention harvesting," and its transformative effect on our society and our selves. Attention merchant: an industrial-scale harvester...
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Own It: The Power of Women at Work

Sallie Krawcheck · Crown Business
Pages: 246
Format: Print book

A new kind of career playbook for a new era of feminism, offering women a new set of rules for professional success: one that plays to their strengths and builds on the power they already have. Weren't women supposed to have "arrived"? Perhaps with the nation's first female President,...
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