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Get Talent! by Paul C. Green, Ph.D. is the answer to an interviewer's prayers. In this unique book, Dr. Green has virtually eliminated the guesswork from the interviewing process. He has created an easy, fool-proof, step-by-step style of interviewing that helps the interviewer predict job performance in a fair and defensible way. By utilizing the practical information and questionnaires included in this valuable book, the interviewer is able to stay focused while bringing out the best attributes in the candidate and by removing the intimidation factor that oftentimes is present in an interview. This book has been a godsend to me in my recruiting endeavors, and I feel it will be to anyone else in charge of hiring employees...from personnel recruiters in the corporate world in charge of hiring dozens of employees to the business managers in small businesses who hire only a few employees.

Behavior Speaks Louder Than Words...Paul Green, Industrial Organizational Psychologist, has compiled many years of extensive behavioral based interviewing research into his book - Get Talent. I work in the Real Estate Industry and found the information in this book to be highly valuable in my own style of working with people. Including, timing my own questions based on behavioral information and what to look for in creating my own approach to client centered evaluations.
Thank you Mr. Green!
This is a Winner---10+++

Lee Streater, M.Ed, Realtor Associate, EcoBroker

First mechanics: Getting Real is extremely well written. Dr. Gray weaves together statistics, ideas and research into a well organized, easily read 128 pages.

Secondly material: Sadly, too many teens are making career plans using information that is at least a decade out of date. Getting Real accurately updates readers at warp speed.

Dr. Gray bravely tackles the myth that a university degree is the key to a successful career and that all university degrees lead to high paying jobs. In today's job market, this just isn't so. Dr. Gray shows why success for today's teens will depend as much on creating detailed and achievable post-high school plans as it does on getting good grades. His definitions of career maturity for 10th and 12th grade students are revolutionary.

His ideas will come as a shock to Boomer parents who believe that teens should put off making career decisions as long as possible to keep all options open. Dr. Gray explains in detail why this old advice is bad advice.

The global economy has created a job market is volatile and complex. High school and college teachers have little training about labor market realities or effective career planning techniques. Therefore, successful transition from school to work is an individual responsibility. Getting Real provides teens the guidance they need to create sound strategies for building their first career paths.

Carol Christen, author What Color Is Your Parachute for Teens: Discovering Yourself, Defining Your Future

Ken Gray has dared to challenge what we all have come to believe to be the "right" path for a student to follow after high school. The truth is that times have changed and the path to success no longer follows the same pattern it once did. I highly recommend this book for anyone who works in close contact with high school students. Many students go to college because they feel it's the only option... then drop out because it isn't for them. Ken Gray's book points to another option for helping these students to succeed.

This book helps in anybody's job search.Written by a job counselor in the greater Boston area

I've owned an early edition of this book since 1995 and found it to be not only useful, but essential. It is not uncommon for me to get comments on the format of my resume like, "this is one of the best resumes I ever seen." (Again, I am referring to format.) I've done some hiring and I would estimate that 8 or 9 out of 10 resumes I get from HR (which are already screened) are poor (or worse). For the saavy applicant, your competition is weak, so get going and get this book!

Pro:
-Many, many examples of good resumes for different fields
-Many tips for cover letters (e.g. a cover letter is NOT optional)
-Many recommendations for the interviewing process
-Fairly to the point, does not drag on and on
-You can't beat this price. Even if you find only one good tip, it would be worth it! (Trust me, it's worth it.)

Con:
-Book is not as "crisp" or "polished" as some texts (but it doesn't really affect content in my view)
-Examples are basic "idea generators" so you'll need to spend some time thinking (although in a sense this is a positive, resume will be yours/well thought out)

Bottom line: Highly recommended for the beginner (in my experience that's most of us).

Lan's work is groundbreaking in capturing for English-language audiences, many of the dynamics in Taiwan, that are reflective and symptomatic of global trends in the feminisation of labour and migration, in the tensions between newly-created pockets of relative wealth and poverty, and in the roles of women as employers and as transient foreign domestic workers. This book is recommended for all who are not domestic workers themselves who seek to understand the phenomenon, that Lan captures of their insights and experiences in this indepth ethnographic tour, of mobile women in segmented, classed and gendered global labour markets. Students in Women's Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Development, Law, etc. will benefit from her approach to the field and the ethics of such research that underscores the concerns (for development) in areas of welfare, rights, justice, legal systems, civil society, and so forth, especially in a globalised context.

The content of the book was based on a well planned large scale multi-years, multi-phase international sociology field and qualitative research (although the name suggested only limited to Taiwan)result. Not to deep dive at the research methodology details too much for the audiences, the author instead presented many and complex issues facing working women(in particular working abroad as doemstic helper in Taiwan, Hong Kong, singapore, Malaysia), in a well organized manner, to challenge and invoke audience's thoughts and feel about these issues.

Great details and insights on how these respectable women around the world, work, function, social and overcome the challenges. It is academic oriented, yet the author's writing and styl drive people's emotion. I will not be surprised if you found wetness at the edge of your eyes while you read the book You felt true respect for these hard working global cinderellas from Southeast Asia.

Recommended for sociology students, researchers, interest groups, NGOs and government policy makers who like to develop similar research framework, or use it as supporting reference data and arguments.

Remarkable!

A short yet penetrating study of a junior teenager's initiation into the world of people as disposable work units.

Would undoubtedly be required reading in schools, if only it wasn't (subliminally) so fundamentally opposed to "The American Way".

A truly wonderful guide which has enabled me to explain my recent sacking for vandalising company property to my children in terms of a minor act of redemption. First rate.

This guide is the most informative and helpful book on interviewing Ive ever seen! As a new college graduate, I had no experience with interviewing in the real world. I looked at some books in the career center at school, but they were way too basic. My sister bought me this book, and reading through it helped me feel prepared to handle any interview situation. I put the "success stories strategy" to the test and got the job! Also, great sample resumes and cover letters are included, so I was able to overhaul my resume just in time...

I worked in boring, low-paying jobs for two years after graduating from college, and I wanted to jump-start my career. This interview guide definitely helped me during my job search. The book provided detailed information about all types of interviews (so I wasn't thrown for a loop when I had to endure a panel interview), as well as a lot of other useful job information, such as suggestions for improving your resume and advice from professionals in different fields. I found the chapter on creating and using a network of contacts particularly useful -- if not for my network, I might not have gotten my current job. I would highly recommend this book.

As a recent college graduate writing my first real resume, I found this book tremendously helpful. It takes you through the whole process step-by-step and covers everything from writing your resume and cover letter, to having a successful interview, to writing thank you notes. It even includes a chapter on the electronic/e-mail and scannable/keyword resumes (both of which are totally necessary in today's high-tech job market). There are also some great lists of "power words" and keywords that make employers really take notice of you. Plus, the resources section in the back of the book gave me some good ideas of where to begin my job search. Overall, this is the best and most complete resume writing tool a recent college grad could have.

I needed to create a key word and scannable resume--fast. Though I'm not a recent college grad, I found the easy-to-follow advice on creating scannable electronic resumes to be worth the price of the book, and then some!

A must have for those working in labor unions or companies with union contracts.

I became a union representative and had no prior labor relations experience. This book taught me everything I needed to know to process grievances. I don't know what I would have done without it! This is a must for all labor relations professionals, union and management.

Reviewed by Kathleen Dowdell for Reader Views (4/08)

Written by a labor and employment attorney, "Handling Employment for Bosses and Supervisors" presumes to be a guideline for avoiding employee lawsuits. In the author's section, titled "Thirty-One Steps on How to Keep Your Home," he lays out thirty-one ideas of practical information that employers should use to protect themselves from litigation that may cost them their home (employment litigation) or their lives (workplace violence). Hopper spends a good chunk of time explaining employment litigation and its repercussions likening it to going through a divorce. He includes twenty-three factors that cause employment problems and he provides practical, legal suggestions how managers and supervisors can avoid litigation. He points out that "the United States is viewed by many as the most litigious country in the world having more than 20,000 discrimination lawsuits filed in 2000." Staggering figures like that make this book a must have in any employers' library.

The evolution of employment law in the United States began about forty to fifty years ago, modeling itself from England's employment law in the beginning of the 1800s. An interesting fact the author points out is how the term "fired" came about. Back in 1871 "fired out" meant to throw out or eject someone from a place or location. Some years later "out" was dropped and the term "fired" came to be synonymous with "dismissal of an employee." When an employer has to fire someone, he has made two mistakes: hiring the person in the first place and failing to train the person to become productive. Investing in your employees pays off in the long run as is pointed out in one of the thirty-one steps he discusses. Employees, as Hopper points out, should always be treated with dignity and respect. If everyone remembered and acted that way, the workplace would be a better place.

This book contains practical, concise information and makes a great reference for managers and supervisors. Every factor of employment is covered in this book including interviewing techniques, policy writing, sexual harassment, unlawful employment practices, termination, and workplace violence. Hopper uses humor to keep the book from becoming too morose. The subtitle of the book "Guidelines to Avoid Employee Lawsuits, With a Touch of Humor" is aptly named. Quotes of famous people interspersed throughout the book make the information more personal and adaptable to the reader.

I would recommend "Handling Employment for Bosses and Supervisors" to owners of small business as well as managers and supervisors. Its content is informative, practical, and humorous. The book is laid out in short, easy to read sections. By adding humor to the content, Hopper's great writing style makes what could be laborious reading interesting and fun.

Successful attorney Geoffrey H. Hopper writes from a rich background gained from his business experience in steel fabrication and through litigation in the area of employment and business law. In his new book "Handling Employment for Bosses and Supervisors" Geoffrey offers guidelines to improve employee moral, for reducing absenteeism, and litigation fees, while increasing productivity.

The book follows a natural progression beginning with a listing of "23 Factors Causing Employment Problems" and a brief history of employment law in the introduction. He follows with a chapter explaining to the reader why they should be reading this book. The chapters that follow are packed with practical recommendations on subjects including: Employee training, evaluations, employee applications, screening, and interviews. In the final chapters Hopper offers important guidelines for handling sexual harassment issues, violence in the workplace, employment practices, and suggestions for selecting qualified legal counsel.

Geoffrey writes with a flare for humor as he clearly articulates the pitfalls of employer practices in handling human resources. Chapter titles include: "Remember the Blue Haired Lady Doctrine." I particularly enjoyed the pithy quotes and sage advice from such diverse persons as Malcolm Forbes, Dolly Parton, Winston Churchill, and Abigail Van Buren.

Employers, and supervisors, as well as indiviual employees will benefit from the important guidelines provided in "Handling Employment for Bosses and Supervisors." This is a "must read book" for every CEO, Human Resource Director, and Department Head.

The content was professionally written in a very pleasant and interesting way. It basically explores the human side of your career and of writing your resume; and, avoids the tedius clinical text that I've seen in the other resume books.

It's not really all about resumes either. It really helped me focus in on my own marketability.

This is definitely not your every day run-of-the-mill resume book. I truly believe it has changed my life and how I look at my profession.

I would highly recommend it to anyone in career transition!

I absolutely LOVED this book. It's perfect for anyone who wants a good resume and help in finding a great job. This book is NOT just a resume book, but rather a great resource book that will inspire and motivate you. It really helped me and I can't wait to read more Heart & Soul career books. I understand they're coming out with more including one on the Internet.