Employment Books

Organized, clear, easy to read, good sense of humor; this is really a "How-to guide".

Like Switzerland, most part of the book is oriented to those who intend to live in German area, but French and Italian are well indicated also.

Suggestion: appendix as a small detachable book

Congratulations to Davis

This book is a wonderful account of how African-American women made it at the turn of the century. I enjoyed reading how these women made a difference in the lives of the people and children in their families. This book showed me just how strong Black women are. It allowed me to see that they had the strength to go on and face any adversary that came into their lives. Any woman or person facing obstacles in their lives can pick up this book and know that they can makeit. That's what this book did for me. I know that there is nothing that I can't do. It's a book that I will one day want my now 10 year old daughter to rad and pass along to her daughter.

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This book is about a female Railroad telegrapher around the turn of the century.

For those interested in either Railroading Or Telegraphy, it is excellent.

More than that, though, it shows the will of a woman who is determined to "make it" and she does not take any "stuff" off of anybody.

She has a failed marriage and a baby and learns telegraphy as a matter of survival. Of course, it is still a male dominated profession but it shows the sheer will of survival and she goes about her way and does her job and she did succeed.

Ma Kiley faced the same issues that working women do today: female discrimination, child care, etc, but she does it all and without complaint.

I highly recommend this well written book to all who are interested in any of the subjects of telegraphy and railroading and this lady's spirit shows through.

It's instructive that you never see this book touted by the 'overnight rich' gurus.

This book is both a PhD in mail order marketing *and* advice for 'newbies' on how to avoid 'biz op' scams which are now more common that ever thanks to the Internet.

The section on how to research potential products to sell is worth its weight in gold.

If you mention this book to a 'guru' and he doesn't know it or is not excited about it, you can pretty much bet the guy's a scammer.

If you need to be pumped up on hype and nonsense, avoid this book. If you're serious about creating a real mail
order -type business, get it and absorb its contents.

Although this is a total time capsule of the early-sixties pre-computer office world, a surprising amount of the advice and the writing style still stands the test of time. The wardrobe advice is precious in its descriptions of clothes and cosmetics, and some of the examples given to illustrate points are nothing short of hilarious (see: "Meaty Mehitabele...")! A rare thing to find a book from this era that deals with the workplace and the work ethic. When it comes time to thin the herd on my mostly gag-inducing collection of vintage etiquette books, this one will survive the cut!

Making Their Own Way follows the journeys of young adults who participated in a unique longitudinal study of 101 male and female college students begun in 1986 by Marcia Magolda. Drawn from over 300 interviews taken from graduation to their early thirties, we see through the participants' own stories the role of higher education as a preparation for participation in contemporary life outside academia. Magolda provides both observation and analysis as she derives a new framework for higher education designed to achieve better stewarding and fostering of students during the journey of transformation and maturation attendant to the years of higher education experience. An experience whose totality aspires to better prepare these men and women to assume leadership roles in the opening decades of the twenty-first century. Making Their Own Way is strongly recommended reading for educators concerned with the holistic development of their students and higher education's role in foster critical thinking, citizenship, and civic leadership.

I was brand new to an upper level administration job. Immediately, there were personnel issues I never had to deal with before, leaving me lost. After reading this book, however, I feel much more comfortable with employment law. This book is an excellent introduction and one I still use as a reference. It may be too basic for employment lawyers and seasoned HR directors, but for everyone else I think it is perfect.

In "Marathon Dad" (Avon Books, 1998) John Evans details the next giant step in the devlopment of fatherhood. Much effort has gone into the attempt to better connect men to their emotional lives. And equal energy has been invested in establishing appropriate limits for male behavior. But seldom, if ever, has there been a more detailed and concise attempt to integrate the reality of modern maleness with the passionate and heartfelt viccisitudes of fatherhood. In sparkling prose that reflects an intimate familiarity with the daily dramas of parenting, Evans takes on the ego-wobbling fears at core of modern dad's hesitancy to attach as much importance to diaper changing as slo-pitch softball; fear of confronting mom; fear of the mockery of other men; fear that in this domain, as in so many others, he will not be man enough. Evans provides the foundational gridwork upon which a strong structure of competent fathering can be built. When Freud was asked what mattered in life he responded, "Only two things - love and work." Evans amply demonstrates that the time has passed when the American man can in good conscience sacrifice one for the other. "Marathon Dad - Setting a Pace that Works for Working Fathers" is above all a book about love - a father's love for the most precious work he will ever share; his family.

I first read this little book, or rather had most of it read to me, when I was three. It is a delightful little story about a young boy who has to be home alone with his pet dog, Gus, waiting for his mom to get back from work. It details all of the antics of the afternoon in a way that children who are latchkey or home alone a lot can easily identify with.

I think your child would like it. Good to about age 9 or so.