Employment Books

This book gives you the four most important points of view about affirmative action: libertarian, contractarian, utilitarian and egalitarian. It has various approaches and I found it extremely usefull in my researches about this controversial topic.

I am a student of Dr. William Leiter and he does some amazing work. He is truly a great political mind of our time. If you have any interest in affirmative action, this is the tool you need to study it!

Jack Falvey isn't an academic -- he learned thru years of real,work-world experience (and it shows!) This excellent book is a must-read for anyone entering the job market for the first time, and much of its advice will stand the test of time throughout a lifelong career. I've been recommending it for years to all of my graduating students. Ed Wohlmuth, business faculty, The Art Institute of Philadelphia

I've been researching beer & brewing and this book was a great look at the time when the business changed from a largely female run, household-based, business, to a guild-organized, male-dominated business. I had no idea how the Black Death contributed to this change. A fascinating book!

Okay, it's by someone you've never heard of, but still.... This was the first book I ever read about linguistics. Until I read this, I thought I was the only weirdo in the world who thought about language a lot. After reading this, I took my first course in linguistics, which lead to me dropping my premed major and getting a graduate degree in linguistics. Fifteen years later, I am happily employed in natural language processing.

But, you probably wanted to hear about the book, not me. It's utterly charming, not theoretically fashionable, and fun to read.

And there you have it.

This book discusses where children go after school, then, introduces the child who goes home alone. He handles the situation well, but gets scared sometimes.
The reading level is around 4th or 5th grade. The words and pictures are easily understood by elementary school age children, but the subject matter suggests around 10 or 11 years old.
The book is 30 pages in length, and has great pictures that really tell the emotions of the children.
Thirty pages of text and pictures that describe exactly what it is like to be a child who goes home alone every day after school. The pictures seem to really tell the emotions and are great pencil drawings.
Developmentally, this book would have to be for 4th or 5th graders. It stresses the independence that can be felt by doing things yourself. The responsibility of having to be at home alone is monumental for a child.
This book is wonderful for showing the many different ethnicities and family groups, showing how many different children do different things after school.
One on one with a child if I were to know the home situation well is when I would use this book. This could be sent home with the child to read and then discussed later.
When a parent is working and cannot be there for their child, it can be devastating. Sometimes kids don't understand why their parents cannot be there and resent having to go home to an empty house. I would use this book to view the positive side of being home alone.
This book would not be a really great one if parents had just divorced or a parent just passed away. I would use this book only if the child has been on his/her own with the one parent for a significant amount of time.

Good resource for those interested in the history of women and farming. Provides information during that important time.

From Planeta Journal - This wonderful book provides a much-needed overview of travel that enriches the soul. The diversity of "alternative" travel is as broad as the interests that propel travelers to leave the comforts of home. Chapters cover independent travel, special interest vacations, senior travel, family travel, disability travel, adult study, student overseas programs and living abroad. This volume synthesizes the most practical information for making the most of traveling abroad. This is an excellent resource.

This is a very useful, advanced references for HR professionals or I/O Psychologists struggling with some of the stickier issues concerning validating predictors. Particular strengths include chapters on job component validity, content validation, and banding. Many of the points raised in the book are particularly relevant for small business situtations, and readings from it might be very useful for an advanced class or seminar on HR in small business contexts. However, the authors assume that their readers are quite familiar with test validity and job relatedness, and readers without a background on these topics should start with a strong introductory text, such as Ployhart et al.'s
"Staffing Organizations" or a similar book.

I own 3 other books on resume-writing that got good reviews on Amazon.com, but they never got me an interview. "Amazing Resumes", however, made resume-writing really simple, and even enjoyable. The authors, Bright & Earl, don't assume you have 30 years of experience or a college degree, even if you do. It's designed for anybody to use, even a 16-year old looking for his or her first part-time after-school job. They help you play up what you have under your belt, and tailor each resume to each job you're applying for. It's an awesome book. And there's not a lot to read, either. The authors get straight to the point. I got 3 interviews just last week by using this book as my guide. I hope this review puts "Amazing Resumes" on Amazon's radar.