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This is the latest and 2nd edition of this book. Over 450 pages, jam packed with latest and updated information. A must buy guide if you are planning your future in Canada.

This is the latest and 2nd edition of this book. Over 450 pages, jam packed with latest and updated information. A must buy guide if you are planning your future in Canada.

This is a great, easy-to-read informational guide and I particularly like the tone of the book. One can tell that the author is proud to live in Canada and that he hopes newcomers will continue to make Canada a wonderful place to live. I think anyone who is immigrating to the country will benefit from the book in a number of ways.

This book is most informative book ever published on international jobs. I am very impressed.

Very thorough and complete both in job ideas and descriptions! Gives the in's and out's of many top notch organizations with international divisions and many smaller companies/organizations not as well known of. Good book for those trying to work their way around the world, or just to get some international experience by taking their current skills abroad!

I am a comunicator Engineer. I want a job..

The dreaded job interview - having to attend one can be quite
draining. Most people experience one at least once in their
working life. It is part of the hiring cycle.

What a lot of job seekers lack is the skill set required to
sell themselves. An interview is a two-way street. It is an
exchange of information and ideas with the aim of impressing
each other.

This can be a daunting task from both sides of the table.
Both parties need to be aware of what is required from the
process, to achieve success. It is not easy to do this but
the aim of an interview is to obtain a successful outcome.

All people seeking employment can learn how to improve their
interview skills. Techniques are available that will help to
improve their prospects of getting jobs. Carole Martin's
book is an excellent source to guide people in the right
direction.

Full of valuable information, the book will add immense value
to a person's armory in the quest for a job. It is a book I
strongly recommend to every job seeker.

Warren Thurston, Reviewer
eBook Reviews Weekly
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Takes the guesswork out of interviewing process. I have always been afraid of interviews, but now I have no doubt I can get the job I want! Made me completely confident in myself, I may surprise a lot of interviewers now that I know what they expect. Great book!

I've been through many interviews. This workbook hits all of the important points, reviews the obvious and gives new tips and ideas to help get the job. I've aced my interview because I followed Ms. Martin's advice. I like her real life scenerios and humor. I highly recommend the book.

This is an invaluable book for people who are just entering the workplace. However, it may be even more valuable for those who are changing careers or have been working for years and may have forgotten how to give yourself an edge without seeming to boast.

Ms. Kay has included many valuable exercises that (although time consuming) will give you a fresh approach to showing yourself in the best possible light. You will lose the interview jitters because you "know" what you want to say.

Through the exercises you will gain new knowledge of your own skills and how to present those skills in the context of the job interview, instead of just blowing your own horn.

This is a terrific book and it does work.

If changing jobs is your New Year's Resolution, read this book.
I heard Ms. Kay speak earlier this year. In person, she has a friendly, funny, down-to-earth yet no-nonsense approach to finding a job - luckily, she writes in the same manner. It doesn't matter whether you are looking for your first job, looking to change careers, looking to re-enter the workforce - Ms. Kay has valuable advice for you. I followed the steps in the book, and voila, everything came together for me in the form of the perfect job. Even if you're not a job seeker, you'll find the book wo rth reading due to Ms. Kay's "never give up" attitude. Good luck to all.

Do what she says and you WILL get that job. Much more than just an interviewing book. Learn how to look at yourself through the eyes of the interviewer.

Its no secret why young American males are underachieving, although you would be hard pressed to find anyone who will admit the fact. Affirmative Action, meant to eliminate discrimination did just the opposite. It not only promoted discrimination against males it implemented laws and programs to make sure males were discriminated against. If a young American male was lucky enough to find an employer who would hire him he would have to work along side a non-English speaking alien who was less qualified to do the job and at the same wage level as his unqualified co-worker who couldn't even understand the instructions for doing the job. In addition the more qualified male was pigeon-holed while the unqualified co-worker received wage increases and promotions. How discouraging can it be to be in a job and knowing no matter how hard or how- good a job you did you were not going to be rewarded with pay increases or promotions and yet a person working with you who was not even an American citizen and could not even speak English would. In addition to racial discrimination males were discriminated against sexually during the same era and still are. Males are not just discriminated against in work but from the time they begin school up to and throughout most colleges and universities. At home parents were encouraged to discriminate against male children and 'daughters only day' in which daughters (not sons) would be taken to spend the day at work with a parent. Statistics given which demonstrated minorities and women were being discriminated against were manipulate to justify the discrimination against males. The jobs of women who worked lower paying temporary or part-time work to supplement family income was included in statistics comparing average wages of men and women as well as the lower starting wages of new employees which were compared to wages of men who had 20+ years of yearly wage increments. Men were no longer bread winners nor loving protectors of the family they were redefined in the most negative way possible as abusers of their spouses and their children. No one dared step forward to dispute these false claims less be terminated in place of employment or be accused of being a sexist or racist.

Government-imposed quotas were explicitly banned in the 1964 Civil Rights Act Nevertheless they immediately spread through the economy. For most of that time, they received eerily little media and even less academic attention. Of some 1,300 papers given at a recent American Sociological Association conference on Race and Ethnic Relations, the topic attracted only one.
The result: the situation summarized in the title of Lynch's new paperback,Invisible Victims: White males and the Crisis of Affirmative Action (Praeger, $14.95). The ideal of merit hiring has been subverted by politicized hiring, with white men unable to defend themselves against open discrimination. But quotas bring other problems, including conflict among the "protected classes'' they benefit, and growing racial polarization, particularly as the articulate middle class begins to suffer.

"Race-norming [adjusting test scores to produce racially proportionate results] alone affected millions of people,'' he says. "Many state and local governments did it with their GATBs [General Aptitude Test Batteries, taken by job seekers and supplied to potential employers]. And private testing agencies did it to protect their clients against lawsuits--they called it ''EEO-proofing.'' (The federalEqual Employment Opportunity Commission muscles business into quotas.)

But Lynch is not surprised at the blunder. "There's incredible denial,'' he says. He cites California Democratic Representative Don Edwards, a mouthpiece of the civil rights establishment, claiming on the New York Times Op Ed page that quotas did not exist--within weeks of three Supreme Court decisions about them. And, using similar Orwellian doublethink, supporters insisted that the 1991 Civil Rights Act did not impose quotas, although its key point was to override the Supreme Court and make work force racial imbalance prima facie evidence of employer discrimination.

The word "quotas" is largely avoided, because public opinion polls found that 80% of the public opposed them. Instead, we hear of affirmative action (AA), equal opportunity employment, and the goal of diversity in higher education and the workforce. AA at work in the workforce, & reverse discrimination suits filed by white males, are well-known and occasional news items; likewise, instances of white males passed over for promotion are also known. But the insidious nature of race-and-gender preference as the determinative principle in academic hiring has not received the attention it deserves.
Lynch describes how affirmative action began as a series of directives designed to encourage recruitment of qualified minorities and women. Under this version, women and minority applicants would compete on a non-discriminatory, colorblind, and gender neutral basis. Today, a more radical version of AA exists, in which women and minorities are to be hired in proportion to their numbers in the general population. What was once a temporary, transitional expedient to redress inequalities has become a permanent, institutionalized feature of academic hiring practices.
Proponents of AA identify white males as the past perpetrators of discriminatory hiring and promotion practices. That present day white males might suffer loss from AA seems justified. But as Lynch notes, older white elite members imposed AA quotas upon white, working, middle class baby boomers and, to a growing degree, their children.
The generational cleavage between white male perpetrators of discrimination and present white male victims of AA has been ignored. Why should the latter group redress historical inequalities an earlier generation created?
The hypocrisy of the whole situation needs to be underscored. The very universities that accept gifted students into their graduate programs--including many white males--were the first to shut out white males when job opportunities arose.
Part of the American dream is that education is the key to unlimited opportunities. But just be sure to check your sex and skin color first.

Frederick Lynch has done an excellent job of exposing the US Democratic party's betrayal of its's white electorate in enforcing Affirmative Discrimination without a mandate.
The lives of an entire generation of white American males were severly damaged by this evil and unjustified racial engineering program.Lynch goes on to ponder the seeming conspiracy of silence among the mass media and their refusal to highlight the plight of white male victims, even though there was no dearth of evidence.

However, as insidious as the the application of Affirmative Discrimination was in the US, it pales in comparison to what is currently being perpetrated in South Africa.For every white male job applicant in South Africa there are approximately twenty to fifty black applicants, yet it is the minority which legislation enforces discrimination against.The silence of the Western media on this matter(particularly the BBC)borders on the criminal.(The ANC controlled media does not deserve mention as it is merely a propaganda engine.)
Lynch details how American organisations applied an AA selection criteria which resulted in many meritous white applicants being arbritarily rejected.Instead of ensuring that all meritous applicants, regardless of race, be allowed an equal chance to compete, non-meritous black applicants were given preference over skilled white applicants - pure racial engineering. In South Africa the ANC uses demographic and occupational statistics in an attempt to justify its' heinous racial engineering agenda - this is not too different from the Nazis philosophy as expoused by Goebbels.During the Nazis invasion of Eastern Europe they were quick to identify those strategic political and economic positions which were held by Jews and to demand their removal and replacement with Nazis.This is the very same strategy being pursued by the racist ANC regime which demands that the majority of skilled positions available in the economy be occupied by blacks, and imposes substantial financial penalties, and refuses lucrative government tenders, to those organisations who fail to comply speedily enough.This effectively dooms an entire generation of young, white South African males to a future of poverty, regardless of their educational level.This is tantamount to ethnic cleansing and ethnic cleansing is Genocide. This, not crime, is the primary reason for the brain drain from South Africa as many white males would otherwise be reduced to the level of beggars.

While it is unlikely that any of the US Deomcratic party perpetrators will be brought to book, it is a neverending source of puzzlement to me that many white Americans continue to vote for a party which so blatantly sold them out.
Affirmative Action is a Gross Human Rights Violation and must be declared a Crime Against Humanity.
It goes without saying that its' victims should be paid substantial reparations for the economic, psychological and emotional trauma they suffered by having their basic human rights violated by Nazis style social engineering.

Casey Communications CEO Paul E. Casey presents Is Self-Employment for You?, a no-nonsense introduction to the demands of self-employment that offers a diagnostic the reader can use to discern whether he or she has the personality and temperament to be one's own boss. From how self-employment will affect one's personal life, to capitalizing upon one's experience and strengths regardless of educational background, to avoiding costly mistakes and earning clients' respect, tips, tricks, and techniques for keeping overhead down, and even the peril of having too much money (businesses have failed because too much capital promoted an illogical drive to spend the extra capital right away on overpriced office space and too many employees), Is Self-Employment for You? is general enough to apply to any would be entrepreneur but offers advice that is right on the nose in response to daily realities. Highly recommended introductory reading for anyone contemplating starting up their own business.

This is an extremely well written book. Casey's direct and to the point approach challenges the readers to determine if they really belong amongst the self-employed.
He also provides a multitude of insites that will help anyone become successful working for themselves.
Buy this book if you have any thoughts of going into business for yourself.

I like Paul Casey's book, and I have recommended it numerous times since first reading it. Casey is writes from his own experience as a self-employed business owner, which he has been for the past 15 years.

No "how to" book, Casey gets his readers to examine themselves closely for motivation, personality style and ability to stay with something for the long haul, because that is what successful self-employment is. An "I'll try it for a few months or a year and see what happens" mentality is foredoomed to failure.

Learning to view yourself as a "free agent"--as a person who markets your skills and talents to different "buyers," whether you're self-employed or working for someone else, is a must for a person seeking his or her own way in today's marketplace. Whether as self-employed or working for someone else, you have to think in terms of controlling your own destiny rather than trusting it to someone else on whom you depend.

Casey blends what he says with a wonderful sense of humor, frequently at his own expense. Often I found myself laughing out loud just as I GOT what he was saying.

If you're thinking about self-employment at all, or if you've recently been laid off, this book is a must read.

Author Tobias guides the reader through that awful experience of losing a job. Employees sometimes need to know what there rights are, and this book helps. Useful for me as I negotiated severance and letters of recommendation...something that my employer really didn't want to do.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is having problems at work

This book is excellent. A great help for those who have recently been fired from a job or who are expecting to get the axe. I especially felt that the chapters on negotiating a separation package were useful.

The style or this writer is honest and practical. She provides minimal, easy bite size chunks of info that hit home ... helping you put one foot in front of the other confidently and with a natural inherent sense of success ... no matter how the day's "battle" turns out ... because you've practiced a good side of yourself.

I borrowed this book from the Library, but will buy it with my first pay check (I just got my job today) just for the chance that some of its authentic attitudes will rub off on me as I pursue the art of making successful contributions in my workplace.

Thank you, Claudia Jordan.

Kind regards--Denise, (starting new Safety Manager position tomorrow)

The style or this writer is honest and practical. She provides minimal, easy bite size chunks of info that hit home ... helping you put one foot in front of the other confidently and with a natural inherent sense of success ... no matter how the day's "battle" turns out ... because you've practiced a good side of yourself.

I borrowed this book from the Library, but will buy it with my first pay check (I just got my job today) just for the chance that some of its authentic attitudes will rub off on me as I pursue the art of making successful contributions in my workplace.

Thank you, Claudia Jordan.

Kind regards--Denise, (starting new Safety Manager position tomorrow)

I tell of all my job seekers to read Claudia Jordans book. I run an intransition support group for marketing and advertising job seekers. Her book is on the must read list. It gives the job seeker great ideas and tips to make thier job searches easier. Very understandable advice.

In JobFinder, Claudia does an excellent job of laying out the steps you need to take to find the job you want. It is clear, well-organized, and concise. In the past, I have relied heavily on internet job postings. This book has given me wonderful insight on how to seek out the unpublished, desirable job postings.

Claudia writes like she is right there with you, coaching on what your nest move should be and what you should do next. She's a real help. Its written so that anyone can read and understand what is happening while placing yourself ahead of the competition.

This book is the one I recommend to all my job seekers as the best book that lays out all the infomation in an informative easy to understand way. This job search book is the one I read over and over again. There is always something new that I can teach at my in-transition job seekers group.

Review excerpts from Summer 2003 issue of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, review by Gregary Acs and Katherin Ross Phillips

"In addition to laying out fairly detailed policy recommendations supported by new analytic work, the book provides a comprehensive review of the history of labor demand and supply policy in the United States. For that reason alone, Jobs for the Poor is a welcome addition to the libraries of researchers and analysts alike. With the technical discussion relegated to 12 appendices, the book is accessible to a broad audience and would be appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate classes on poverty and labor economics."

Review excerpts from Summer 2003 issue of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, review by Gregary Acs and Katherin Ross Phillips

"In addition to laying out fairly detailed policy recommendations supported by new analytic work, the book provides a comprehensive review of the history of labor demand and supply policy in the United States. For that reason alone, Jobs for the Poor is a welcome addition to the libraries of researchers and analysts alike. With the technical discussion relegated to 12 appendices, the book is accessible to a broad audience and would be appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate classes on poverty and labor economics."

Thank goodness someone in an economic think tank is really trying to work out how to help the poor. For the poor to pull themselves up by their bootstraps may seem reasonable to one whose father had a "silver foot in his mouth" or to those worthy legislators who have voted themselves very hefty pensions for life. It isn't easy to solve the problem of the poor getting poorer, but surely we should make the effort to try and do it right. This book takes a serious look at what works and what doesn't. Hopefully, those making public policy will at least read this book and just maybe learn something from it. An Old Curmudgeon