Employment Books

My names Dany Mota his from Romania .I want help for job.My english now is not very good but I understant everything and talk little becouse that came here six months ago.I think that if we working with people American I teach easy english.For me this time is it very important .Thanks regardes Dany

This book is informative, useful and convenient because it mentions all the important tips and tricks for a job seeker. It is easy and quick to read. It also explains you how and guides you through to prepare for an interview as well as how to behave during the interview to get the job offered to you. It is a must-to-read book, in my opinion.

I'm from Czech republic and looking for som job on the Internet

I found myself suddenly interviewing for a job (and eventually taking it) based on a headhunter's referral. I picked this book up, and found some quick tips regarding not only interviewing (which was less important to me) but also salary negotiation, protocol, etc. In a pinch, this 10-minute guide was quite valuable. I even passed it on immediately to a friend in the same position.

This is a must for the articulate and must be read carefully, consistently or the extensiveness and expertise will cause one to re-read excerpts. Forwarning: create word document to capture the depth of the content to enable review of materials. The book is precise and very well organized. Only one area of weakness in material is more detail regarding corporate minutes. Unless you have been a corporate secretary and done this kind of work you won't grasp the critical issues in doing acquisitions and questions to seller. I do M&A-well worth the money.

Alexandra Reed LaJoux has done it again. Her most recent book on "The Art of M&A Due Diligence" is a valuable tool for the seasoned practitioner as well as the neophyte. She and her co-author Charles Elson effectively combine the big picture with relevant detail so that the reader has a clear understanding of not only the critical concepts but of the process of "due diligence." I found the chapter dedicated to "transactional due diligence" particularly useful. I would recommend this book to anyone serious about transactional work, either as a lawyer, investment banker, or businessperson.

When purchasing a company you need to know what to look for and where to look for it and what it is you are looking at when you get the information you asked for.

If you are selling your company you need to know what someone SHOULD be looking for, where they will look for it, and the kinds of conclusions they should be drawing from what they are seeing.

This book is an incredibly valuable resource in this process. It is organized very logically and is a series of questions and answers so you can hop around to the information you need for the moment. However, it is also written in such a lively manner that it is easy to read from beginning to end. I happen to be fascinated by this topic and think this is an incredibly helpful handbook.

I think that the way you conduct due dilligence says a lot about your chances of success with an acquisition. And I also think that if someone is trying to buy you, you can tell a lot about them by what they want to know and the conclusions they draw from what they see. In either case it behooves you to invest time and a couple of books in a book like this. Well, in this book.

Alexandra Reed LaJoux has done it again. Her most recent book on "The Art of M&A Due Diligence" is a valuable tool for the seasoned practitioner as well as the neophyte. She and her co-author Charles Elson effectively combine the big picture with relevant detail so that the reader has a clear understanding of not only the critical concepts but of the process of "due diligence." I found the chapter dedicated to "transactional due diligence" particularly useful. I would recommend this book to anyone serious about transactional work, either as a lawyer, investment banker, or businessperson.

I am just now getting my Avon business started and am inspired by the history of this great company and the loyalty to the Avon reps. I highly recommend this book to Avon reps and customers.

This book has really helped me understand the history of AVON. I have been an AVON Independent Sales Representative for 2 years and this book is very informative and will help your AVON business.

Calling all Avon Ladies! This book will give you a new understanding of our company, the founding leaders and the progression it has taken over the years. Every serious Avon Representative should have an understanding of this company we represent. I was wowed by the in depth information provided. I had heard bits and pieces of this history over my 25 years with Avon, but this book was able to fill in the blanks and tie it all together for me. Also a great read for any person in direct sales. If you are in Avon's leadership program, this book is a great downline gift or incentive award. Would also serve as a great testimonial to give to a prospect showing how solid this company is and it's bright future. We've waited a long time for a book with this information in it!

I think it's a great idea to have some kind of knowledge in making this business a success for everyone. I never thought they would come out with a book, but if and when it comes out, I am going to read it! Great job at making something so lucrative in helping the women of today advance further!

Black Days, Black Dust is a very human story of an African- American man who battles the dangers of working in a series of coal mines over a period of many years. At times endearing and at times disturbing, this memoir frames an important time and place in American culture. The book is definitely affecting, and the accounts of the dangers working in the mines are brought to life succinctly.

One of the joys of life is the opportunity to have a conversation with someone whose life experiences are vastly different from our own. My curiosity about the real-world work life of an underground coal miner, ... plus a chance web search, led me to Black Days, Black Dust. What a gem!

In reading this book it almost seemed like I was having a 'personal conversation' while sitting on the miner's front porch. It is a true account of 40 years of working underground in the coal fields. Very interesting account of every day life in a coal town (both above and below ground). It is a world apart from today's high-rise city office worker, ...yet curiously in other ways, there are many similarities!

Easy to read & very informative.

One of the joys of life is the opportunity to have a conversation with someone whose life experiences are vastly different from our own. My curiosity about the real-world work life of an underground coal miner, ... plus a chance web search, led me to Black Days, Black Dust. What a gem!

In reading this book it almost seemed like I was having a 'personal conversation' while sitting on the miner's front porch. It is a true account of 40 years of working underground in the coal fields. Very interesting account of every day life in a coal town (both above and below ground). It is a world apart from today's high-rise city office worker, ...yet curiously in other ways, there are many similarities!

Easy to read & very informative.

I grew up in Pennsylvania, in the coal country. When a friend told me about Black Days, I thought I would give it a try. I'm glad I did. I have heard and read much of the way of life in 20th century Appalachia, but never had it tied together in a single book. If you are curious about life in the beginning of the last century; about the workings of the coal industry or simply want an insight into "How things used to be in West Virginia" try Black Days. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

This is destined to become one of the classic management texts. I found the authors treatement of the subject matter to be insightful and well thought out. This is a must for any person of color who is wondering why it's taking them so long to move into the executive level. As a trainer I will be using this as one of my texts, and I plan on sending a number of copies to my friends.

Few books have the ability to relate the importance of the information contained within to both professional and layman alike. That is, however, exactly what this book accomplishes. It shows you the how the achievements of minorities trying to attain status at the corporate level are linked to career decisions and mentoring relationships. This is accomplished by examining the characteristics of several minority executives at different companies who have managed to break through the glass ceiling. It also teaches several approaches for acheiving racial diversity throughout a company. It examines three large corporations who have accomplished this feat, by tracing their diversity efforts throughout the past few decades. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the processes by which businesses accomplish diversification throughout all levels of the company.

I just finished reading Breaking Through and learned quite a bit. Recommend it to you. I wish the subject of leadership, and how to properly use it to get results on the job, was addressed more. I recommend you also get a copy of another book that addresses this issue and is very applicable to the subject of minorities as leaders: "The Leader's Guide: 15 Essential Skills." It's at Amazon too.

Breaking Through is a multifaceted book that speaks to a spectrum of audiences: the business leader committed to creating a diverse workplace; the human resource professional charged with designing and implementing diversity initiatives; the minority professional aspiring to break through.

This book sheds light on the complex career dynamics presented to minority professionals in corporate America. As an aspiring minority professional, I took away valuable strategies, as well as pitfalls, for achieving my career goals.

The book is a balance of compelling empirical evidence and real-life examples. The depth of analysis makes for an engaging and enlightening reading experience.

Breaking Through will serve as a personal professional reference guide and I am sure that it will become an invaluable resource throughout my career.

This book describes the many facets of supervisory bullying behavior in the workplace. Mueller cautions often disbelieving employee victims that bullying bosses consciously calculate, select, and plan attacks on them. When attacks occur, targeted employees are shocked, confused, humiliated, and naturally seek to respond emotionally (e.g., fight or flight). Mueller asks that potential victions stop, step back and self-consciously maintain their emotions sufficiently to pursue more rational ends by using indirect tactics and activities that can generate coworker allies, support, resources, witnesses, and documentation advantageous to them. Employees are urged to stay focused on politically acceptable and legal objectives when interacting with and around workplace bullies.

The author offers an ideal model of employee survival and a guide for becoming a proactive, competent, resilient, life-changing Workplace Warrior. Mueller uses case examples to support the assertion that regular use of the guide can strengthen employees psychologically, strengthen their anti-bullying behavior, and limit the net demoralizing effects of scape-goating behavior and victimization in the workplace. The author will suggest key roles for coworkers, managers, therapists, counselors, and, of course, lawyers in the process of helping employee recovery, self-transformation, behavioral decision-making, and, ultimately, life changes.

I highly recommend this book to any one suffering from bullying behavior and to any responsible person who seeks to help empower workers in the attainment of safer, healthier, and more creative workplace settings.

David L. Johnson, Ph.D. Health Psychologist
Senior Author of Stop Smoking and Chewing Tobacco
for LIFE CHANGES

Bullying Bosses: A Survivor's Guide (How To Transcend The Illusion Of The Interpersonal) by Robert Mueller is a remarkable introduction to the complex world of counter-balancing the relationship between oppressed employees and their oppressive bosses. Logically analyzing the psychology of the belligerent and hostile superiors, Bullying Bosses offers readers a means for analyzing and responding to an employer's bullying behavior. Robert Mueller covers such issues as who challenges employees, support in the workplace, building a case against the boss that management can respect, collecting potent data, identifying patterns, crafting a simple strategic plan, grow beyond workplace turmoil into a clarity, strength and grace. Bullying Bosses is very strongly recommended for all readers searching for a "user-friendly" guide in dealing with the difficulties involved in poor employee-to-boss relationships.

It is rare that a book of reference and self-help should read like an edge-of-the-seat John Grisham thriller. But this significant contribution to the study of bullying in the workplace often does. Robert Mueller, in his own words, is a "former attorney who represented a couple thousand employees suffering adverse employer actions, many involving bullying." He sure introduces the drama of the courtroom and the rudiments of the adversarial system into the 300 pages of his survivor's guide.

The author calls on managers to become aware of the dynamics that turn many workplaces into simmering stealth infernos. Employees should protect employers from bullies. Mueller leverages court cases and case histories into a cogent and methodological analysis of bullying tactics and strategies. Parallelly, he weaves a tapestry of legal, psychological, social, and cultural dimensions as he analyses the victim's mentality and reactions. Strewn among the pages of this rich presentation are highlighted tips and quotes.

Mueller's message is simple: targets of bullying have to face down their tormentors. They have to become "workplace warriors" with "shields and swords". Easier said than done - but, still, can be done, argues the author. The target has to discover and groom potential supporters, build a case against the bullying boss, collect potent data and identify patterns of misbehavior, craft a plan, and implement it. It's all about empowerment by regaining control over situations that frequently and falsely look hopeless. The author takes the victim by the hand and convincingly shows him or her how to do it.

I recommend the book to anyone who has ever been involved in on-the-job harassment, stalking, and bullying because it is both deep and practical, accurate but never arcane, eye opening and thought provoking and challenging - but never loses its empathy and compassion for the victims of this widespread and under-reported phenomenon. A gem. Sam Vaknin, author of 'Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited'

This book is a must read for anyone who has ever worked, has a job now or is thinking of entering the workplace. Knowledge is power and this book provides just that. `Bullying Bosses, A Survivor's Guide' is actually two books in one: Part I, provides an overview of Workplace Bullying and its components. Part II is a manual to aid Targets to become Workplace Warriors.

Part I provides an excellent summary of international knowledge on Workplace Bullying and additional information gleaned from Robert's practice working with Targets and organisations. He cleverly uses a descriptor, the `Ring of Fire', to describe how isolated Targets can become. He brings to life the specific false and unfounded criticism directed at a Target and skilfully cultivated by a Workplace Bully. It is easy to see why team members withdraw and leave the Target to eventual isolation. Robert explains the nuances of each act well and introduces specific descriptors about bullying bosses and their colleagues, who through doing nothing, collude with the Workplace Bully. Robert's depiction, of how the diverse facets of organisations work together to attack a high performer and bring him/her down, is very real.

Part II is a life line for Targets. It describes how to beat the Workplace Bully at his or her own game and become a Workplace Warrior. Robert describes the knowledge, skills and abilities a Target needs in order to take on a Workplace Bully. This is particularly pertinent in small cities and towns and highly specialised environments where jobs are not always plentiful and available and people cannot typically walk away and get another job. People do not speak out because they are afraid of being black listed; rather they stay quiet and tolerate the Workplace Bullying. `Bullying Bosses' describes ways of managing these situations from a position of strength. The book gives action plans for reaction and planning and outcomes to strive for.

This book is a necessary read for senior managers and human resources professionals who truly wish to prevent Workplace Bullying. They will learn what constitutes Workplace Bullying and how it works to break individuals emotionally and therefore impacts self esteem and consequently productivity.

The book is an excellent reference book for Targets who want to fight the silent epidemic and expose Workplace Bullies for the chaos and desolation they cause and the lives they ruin.


Andrea W Needham
`Workplace Bullying, The Costly Business Secret'
2003 Penguin NZ
January 2006

I really enjoyed this book, both from lessons learned as well as the interesting writing style that is engaging as well as informative. As a woman business owner of a marketing firm who employs mostly women, I find the lessons quite valuable. I especially enjoyed the chapter on management.

I recently finished reading "Can This Elephant Curtsy On Cue? Life Lessons Learned On A Film Set For Women In Business" by Danielle Weinstock and enjoyed it immensely.

"I believe `Can This Elephant Curtsy On Cue?' is the best business management motivational book for women I have read. Danielle's journey as a professional is truly inspirational and her writing skills make the book a fast, highly entertaining read. I am recommending this book to my friends and colleagues. For women who need inspiration to follow their passion and want to be excited about their careers, this is the book for you.

Linda Young
V.P. Human Resources
IntraLase Corp (retired)

With this book, Weinstock reveals a lot. She gives us the true insider's look at how movies and TV shows are made. The streets in Hollywood aren't paved with gold, she says, but with hard work. And you can see that in each interesting, insightful story she tells. But this isn't so much a book about working as a producer but about working in general--about what it's like to have an unreasonable boss or to have to be the one in charge of a difficult (and sometimes dangerous) situation or to learn to deal with difficult people and situations. In revealing so much about her own experiences, difficulties and achievements, Weinstock helps anyone who reads her book to see better how to avoid setbacks and enjoy triumphs. Debra Anne Davis

"Can This Elephant Cursy on Cue" Life Lessons Learned On A Film Set For Women In Business" by Danielle Weinstock is an exciting, inspiring, beautifully written and organized examination of the world of business for all women in business, presented in a highly original and useful manner from the viewpoint of one of the world's most fascinating industries. I Loved it.

Diana Pleva
Executive Vice President and Chief
Creative Officer, Mattel Toys (Ret)"

If more of the people would read this book before they interviewed with me, they would have had a better chance at getting a job (or even more money). Don't waste the time of the interviewer. Before you go for your next job interview, invest the small amount time and money to read this book.

What a great book!
As an employer for 25 years how I wish that applicants to our firm had studied this book.
It is full of solid and practical suggestions and will almost certainly help anyone searching for new employment.
For the inexperienced job searcher it is gold dust - read it all and then read it again.
For the person who has been there, done it and knows it all already ..... Read this book carefully, even though parts may seem like statements of the blindingly obvious. You will almost certainly realize, with some surprise, that you can improve both your confidence and your chances of that job by a large degree.

Conklin's book is THE instruction manual for pursuing career and job search. It is clearly and pointedly written, guides the reader step by step, lists valuable resources, and summarizes actions in TOP TEN lists! Thorough and crisp!
KGR, business consultant/coach

This is the most comprehensive easy -to -read book available if you are starting a job search. I brought one each for my 2 college students who will graduate next year. This book will give them a great head start. In addition I have found it very useful for corporate clients who are looking to switch careers or industries. Linda takes a common sense approach and gives many valuable tips and examples that lower the stress of putting together a resume or preparing for an interview.
Bobbie Little
Director,Worldwide Coaching Services
Personnel Decisions International

My advisor suggested I buy this book and really, it was money well spent. I've written all over this book while creating material for my resume. It has real world advice and helps stimulate ideas; it's a great value!

Krush provides solid backdrop of the tools that are necessary prior to the interview, including detailed templates of resumes and cover letters along with interview tips. This book is an essential instrument for a fresh perspective on how to approach the job market with confidence and success.

It doesn't matter what stage of your career you're in, college, graduate school or professional, Krush's book guided me to realize my professional potential and proved to be a niche to get me ahead of my peers.

I heard about this book from a friend and decided to pick it up. With all of the reading I do at school, I don't read much on the side.

But this book was well worth it. It was very informative and laid out really easy. I was able to use the examples and put together a resume and cover letter, even though I never had done it before.

I took them to my college's career services center and received a few calls already. Now that I've started on a successful job hunt, I'm going to keep this book in my collection for future jobs.

Exceptional read for young adults looking to improve their self worth to potential employers. Krush has written a comprehensive guide for the college student trying to land an internship or permanent job position.

After taking Krush's advice, I successfully landed an incredible internship with a successful sports medicine clinic. My resumes and cover letters are very solid and more effective than ever before. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn how to better position themselves for a job and would like to see some measurable results.

A very well-written and comprehensive step-by-step guide for anyone currently looking for work. But Latinos will find this book especially appealing because it focuses on leveraging our values and beliefs during the job search.

An exceptionally well organized and well written guide for Latinos who are entering the job search market.

It is actually a wonderful book for everyone who needs help to write resume's, and fill out job applications.

This is a resource book that should be the property of every high school and college counselor's office in this country.

Very exceptionally well done.

The Complete Job Search Guide for Latinos is a groundbreaking book that addresses the specific needs of Hispanics in today's complex job market. Authoritative and user-friendly, this book will be an invaluable tool for job seekers, employers, educators, and the academic community.

Pat Kendall, NCRW, JCTC
Principal, Advanced Resume Concepts
Former President, National Resume Writers Association

I have worked to help Latinos in their careers for over 20 years. Our community has needed more user friendly job search tools and resources to be successful in today's job market. The Complete Job Search Guide for Latinos delivers that and much more.

The authors clearly understand the needs of Latino job seekers and what employers look for. Their recommendations combine the needs of both worlds into practical strategies that work. They provide easy to follow step-by-step how-to checklists for each stage of the job search process, real examples of Latinos successfully using the book's recommendations, and methods that Latinos can use to open doors at employers to get the job. The list of job search resources alone is worth the price.

Blanca Vargas
National Vice President Midwest
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)