Careers Books

As a new employment rep for people with disabilities, this guide does a great job of going over the basics of forming relationships with the job seeker as well as potential employers. I was impressed with the respectful language the authors used, as well. I know I will go back to it again and again.

Griffin, Hammis and Geary take on Customized Employment (CE) in a powerful and thought-provoking way in this new book that is destined to become a "must-read" for professionals assisting job-seekers with significant disabilities, as well as families and friends.

The authors examine the roots of CE and lay out strategies for providing support services in non-traditional ways that bring each individual's gifts and talents into the forefront of job development. Explanations for frequently asked questions are both well researched and insightful. Strategies that are critical to successful job development - the use of discovery, job analysis and negotiation - are identified and defined in user-friendly terms.

This book goes a step further in navigating the reader through the array of viable resources that are often overlooked and generally misunderstood by both providers and job seekers. G/H/G take a close look at the important role that Social Security Work Incentives play in enhancing employment opportunities, and they articulate the role that business must play in successful customized employment when careers, not just jobs, are the goal.

Debra Noel
Project Director, Start-Up/Florida
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
University of South Florida
The Florida Center for Inclusive Communities

A MUST for all people doing Job Development. A great resource and guide for staff. I especially appreciate the emphasis on being person centered. There are strategies and resources in the book that are great assets to a team in assisting a person to find the right job. It is easy to read and offers many ideas for people to implement as they explore career opportunities. Very complete and you can see how implementing the strategies will lead to success in assisting people with their career development.

Again, Griffin-Hammis sets the bar high. This book, which attempts to teach art step by step, starts with the expectation that individuals with disabilities want to and can be economically self-sufficient. Providing real examples of how the road to successful employment is full of twists and turns, the tools in this book will be helpful to all job developers. But more importantly, they address this subject within the context of everything else in a person's life not treating employment as something extra, but as a part of life. If you can't work with Cary, Dave or Tammara in person, this is the next best thing.

Once again Cary and Dave have reset the bar for best practice in supporting people with disbilities to gain economic power. Over the past few years supported employment has slipped back a bit and lost some credibility. This book will help all practitioners, educators, families to understand Customized Employment practice in a hands on nuts and bolts practical manner and get to the next level. This is a great tool for SE teams who are always on the road and have trouble with training. This book will also teach how to leverage many new funding sources!!!! Corey Smith Director of Employment Services Via of the Lehigh Valley PA

This book proved to be well worth the money. Rather than the usual "self esteem" spin, it is an honest, insightful work that inspired me to re-read it again and again, learning a bit more each time. The end of chapter questions are helpful and thought provoking. I found it, overall, to be a very useful tool in breaking some attrocious habits I've carried most of my adult life and taking charge of my life's direction.

Looking to improve my emotional well being, I found this wonderful book "The Journey Called you" as a part of my life manual. It helps to understand rapidly how to transform and set realistic ways of managing the little obstacles of our own journey of present life.

By Alejandra Vick (Houston, Texas)

This wonderful indepth book gives excellent coaching tips that allows you to put the information to work immediately. The writing style is clear and concise with Julie's real life story weaved throughout the text. Journaling is also part of the process and this is used throughout the book.
The insight that this book brought to the table for me is so valuable that it has helped me recreate myself and enhanced my relationships with everyone around me.
Thanks so much. Cindy

A very powerful book. Written clearly with exercises to assist in your personal growth. The author shares many tips and examples that one can relate to. Well worth the time to read as it will enhance your life.

Well known author Maya Angelou once said, "when you know better you do better." After reading The Journey Called You, I am certainly doing alot of things much better. If you're searching for the key to living with more passion and finally defining meaningful career & personal goals then this is the book for you. Most self-help books make unrealistic promises. However, The Journey Called You delivers by offering practical advise that can be implemented immediately. Highly recommended for those serious about taking their self awareness to the next level.

This fully illustrated book, intended for girls from age 4 to 9, tells the story of a young girl learning to start and manage her own business before she heads out to find her perfect prince.

As a mother of one girl I'm fast learning that things are much different in the world today than they were when I was a little girl. There is no longer the idea that the man makes the money and the lady stays home to raise the kids. It's not practical or fair for things to work that way anymore.

It is an absolutely fantastic way for them to learn about taking care of themselves now and in their future. This book is not a huge book, only 24 pages, so they aren't overwhelmed by it. This alone makes it much more fun for them to look at, read and comprehend.

The story line is great. It's a fairy tale so to speak so it captures little girl's attention right from the start. As the story goes along and Juana meets her business angel she learns everything she needs to know about starting her own business and taking care of herself. It teaches little girls that they don't have to rely on anyone but themselves to make it in this world.

With the story are wonderfully illustrated pictures that keep the girls interested. So for even the youngest girl who may not be reading just yet, they still get the point by looking at the pictures while someone else reads to them.

I know it seems like a young age to start teaching girls these types of life lessons. I even thought that maybe I was pushing them to grow up too soon, but after thinking about it I decided that I wasn't. It's never too early for children to begin looking to their future. It is important for girls today to understand that yes family is very important but knowing you can take care of yourself and a family is what is necessary.

If for no other reason than a great story and beautiful pictures buy this book for the young girl in your life. They will get something from it and enjoy the book along the way. No one is ever too young to learn. Why not have a little fun in the process?

In the world that we live in today, it is imperative that young girls develop an ability to stand on their own. Thus "Juana Meets Gabriel" is a lesson in pictures and words of how a young girl is able to help others as well as herself by following the advice of a Business Angel named Gabriel. The concise story and the rich illustrations will guide the young reader into considering what might be possible to make her life happy and be of service to others. And like Juana, the reader learns that these possibilities could become a reality through a business of her own. Boys will like the book too!

Richard E. Popovich-Publisher
A Leopard Is More Than His SpotsA Leopard Is More Than His Spots

This is a terrific book for kids and adults with kids alike .... witty and right on. Highly reccommend ... a MUST READ.

In her book, Juana Meets Gabriel, the Small-Business Angel, Daphne Nowell encourages young girls to think toward their own futures. To decide what they are interested in, read, study the internet, find investors and start their own businesses.

I know grown women today who still think they can't make it without a prince coming to rescue them. This book encourages girls to find their own way, then perhaps their prince will come. In the first place, many girls are waiting until they are older to get married and start their families. And second,families have a hard time surviving without two incomes.

As a mother and grandmother of girls, I say, hurray for Daphne Nowell and the message in and her new book, Juana Meets Gabriel, the Small-Business Angel. You have a winner here!

Jill Vanderwood-Author
Through the Rug
Through The Rug: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug)

Juana wants to set aside the idea of having a Prince Charming meet all her needs. In this modernized fairy tale, she meets Gabriel, the Small Business Angel and finds out how to create her own "happily ever after" as an entrepreneur.

The illustrations, by the author's mother, help to move the story along. It would be great to see a few more business ideas that young people in the older age range might pursue, like walking dogs or babysitting, but as a blueprint for planning a future business it works well.

The suggested age range for the story is 4-9, but I think it has merit up to age twelve, and possibly higher in a program for at-risk teens whose reading skills are not at grade level. It would also be practical in an ESL program for its list of resources to for those curious about starting their own business.

With Juana and Gabriel, young girls will be well on their way to designing a life that won't fade to pumpkins and rags after midnight!

Armchair Interview says: Unique theme for children's book.

This is an outstanding parable on leadership, written in a format that is easy to read and difficult to put down. Its a primer for those new in management/leadership, and a refresher course for those of us that have spent a lifetime doing so. I'm getting copies for all of my managers.

I very much enjoyed this book. Written in a "story" form, Lost & Found clearly illustrates core leadership values. From the beginning chapter, 'Why Me?' to the final entitled, 'Out of the Woods', the book's primary character, Larry Parks embarks upon a journey that many of us have either witnessed in others or have taken ourselves. Dr. Sussman and his co-authors have composed a classic that should be read by every individual in a position of leadership or who aspires to be a leader. I have purchased copies of Lost & Found for 12 others in my organization and have had rave reviews from everyone. Please do yourselves a favor and puchase this book; better yet purchase additional copies and give to your friends and colleagues.

Everyone who has worked with engineers has noticed how hard it is for people who are very good at this work to become effective managers. It's almost as though the skills that make a good engineer can get in the way of becoming a good manager. But when a company is ready to select a new engineering manager, who do they pick? Why, an outstanding engineer, of course!

Years ago, most of these new managers were thrown into the fray with little training or mentoring. Today, that seldom happens. Instead, training courses and mentoring are almost always available. Yet, despite having more help, many new engineering managers continue to fail.

Lost and Found is aimed at providing additional perspective and information to help great engineers become great engineering managers.

Yet many new engineering managers may not want to read a "fable" about doing their jobs better. I hope they will suspend their skepticism long enough to give this outstanding fable a chance to help them.

Business fables usually don't work for engineering managers. First, they don't talk about working on technical projects. Second, they are often so simple as to seem insulting to an educated professional. It's like being asked to read Alice in Wonderland in order to manage better. Third, the situations don't provide any "aha's" based on general experiences. Fourth, the directions are often limited to one way to get the job done.

Lost & Found overcomes all of those problems.

Larry Parks has all of the best and worst characteristics of new engineering managers . . . and receives training, feedback and mentoring that just don't strike him as relevant. But as his project spins increasingly out of control and behind schedule, he realizes that something has to give. His family and his boss are both disappointed in him. As a result, he's given a chance to take time off to get his thinking sorted out. During that time off, he begins to experience the consequences of all the worst parts of his own management style . . . and tries out better ways to do things that allow him to enjoy better results.

The lessons are summarized simply as a Leadership Credo of:

"My Team Needs to KNOW

1. Do I have a clear view of the future I am trying to create, and does my team share that view?

My Team Needs to GROW

2. Are my team members more valuable to each other, to the company, and to themselves today than they were a year ago?

My Team Needs to OWN

3. Do the people on my team perform like hired hands or as if they're partners in business with me?"

In the story, Larry comes back to the office and uses these principles to turn his project around and improve his career.

While all of this is happening, Larry's mentor (who could be poster boy for how not to manage -- using Theory X) sees his career crash and burn. The lesson isn't lost of Larry.

After the fable is over, the authors do a fine job of providing brief guidance on other methods of working with a team to apply these three principles.

I would be surprised if I will ever read a business fable as good as this one for its intended audience. I recommend it without reservation.

As I finished the book, I began to realize that most business books would be more helpful if the authors focused more narrowly on a particular type of reader . . . rather than trying to help everyone in the same way. I hope these authors will write more fables, and aim them at other specific audiences that need help making the transition into effective management.

Since One-Minute Manager in 1983, embedding business advice into fictional narrative has become a pervasive formula. Unfortunately, the "plot" of such books too often consists only of a young protoge (surrogate for the reader) getting advice rom a wise mentor (surrogate for the writer).

Lost and Found is different. Its plot is multilayered and compelling, and its characters more than just one-dimensional mouthpieces for reader and writer. Like other Sussman/Deep offerings, Lost and Found has sound content, presented clearly and tightly. This book, written along with Alex Stiber, takes the Sussman/Deep canon in a fruitful new direction. I'll be recommending this book to clients.

If you've ever watched a furniture salesman describe an invisible sofa to a blind person, then you have a pretty good idea of the average corporate leadership seminar. Everything sounds great, but the first time the attendee stretches out in front of a ball game, there's trouble.

The authors of Lost and Found understand this well, and instead of slapping together another forgettable binder full of diagrams and shop-worn quotes, they've structured a highly readable story that illustrates key managerial concepts in a clear and memorable fashion. It is hard to imagine anyone who has labored in the corporate vineyards not understanding and empathizing with Larry Parks, a man who has backed himself into a corner because he spreads himself too thin, would rather do it himself than teach someone else, and fails to understand the distinction between true leadership and dictatorship.

Through experience that is often entertaining and frequently less than pleasant, Larry gets a dose of his own medicine. The result is beneficial for everyone involved. Unlike almost every other work of its type, Lost and Found stands on its own legs as a book, the result of thoughtful structuring and exceptional writing. From the standpoint of a managerial tool, a document designed to help fledgling (and experienced) managers grow beyond their limitations and adopt a higher understanding of leadership, it is at the head of the class.

Dear fellow mediators or anyone looking into the mediation profession:

Mosten's book, Mediation Career Guide, is just the book I was looking for to strategically guide me through deciding whether to go into mediation as a profession. The book is well organized and can be read cover to cover or as a reference guide. Some of the key parts of the book are 1) Deciding if Mediation is Right for You and 2) Building Your Career as a Mediator.

The chapter on deciding whether to get your law degree or not for mediation was an especially important chapter for me. I completed one year of law school and then decided to re-evaluate my J.D. path. I enrolled in SMU's Dispute Resolution program to help with my decision. Mosten's book is the only mediation book that directly dealt with the J.D. dilemma. The chapter did not tell me what to do or what Mosten thinks is best. Instead, the chapter asked certain questions about my background to see whether a J.D. is a good choice or not.

Mosten's book is a MUST HAVE if you are deciding whether the mediation profession is right for you and how to build a mediation practice.

Thank you Forrest (Woody) Mosten for this book and all of your contributions to the peace-making profession!

Roseanne Pierre

I am just beginning my mediation practice. This book stays with me all day. It gives practical advice, plus deals with the emotional issues attached with such a leap of faith that is required for entering this field. I highy recommend this to everyone!

This book is one of the most helpful and insightful books that I have read. If you are thinking of, or already are, a mediator, this book is full of great information, ideas, and helpful hints.
This book is an easy read, you could read it in one evening and then be on your way to implement the things that you have learned.

Forrest Mosten has written what must be the definitive book for those who are considering or might consider a career in mediation.

I have known the author since 1970, when he was a law student working part time for me in the foreign student office at UCLA. Even then he was thinking about how he might incorporate his strong social conscience into the practice of law. Ten years later he found his answer when he committed himself to becoming a professional mediator. For Mosten, mediation is more than an efficient means of resolving disputes, it is a way to work as a peacemaker at the person-to-person level. It provides its practitioners who are attorneys with an alternative to the adversarial nature of the legal system, which weighs heavily on many lawyers. Of course it provides the same benefit for clients. He makes his point about mediation as a peace effort dramatically in chapter one, where he states "...don't jump into a growing but still uncertain field like mediation unless you eat, breath and dream about creating peace and resolving conflict and are willing to risk everything to make it happen".

In addition to maintaining a highly successful mediation practice in Los Angeles, Mosten trains future mediators and he has established a nation-wide network of mediation centers. He also is the author of three previous books on mediation.

The author's purpose in writing the book is stated in the first paragraph of the preface, where he says "It was an uphill climb to build my mediation practice. This book is my effort to help you avoid many of the costly mistakes I made along the way".

The book is organized into three parts, each with several chapters, followed by nine appendices. In the first part, "Is Mediation right for You?", he covers the question of what it takes to be a mediator, such as being a good listener, patient, tolerant and neutral, flexible, and empathic, among other traits. In the chapter on "Education and Training", he discusses the question of non-lawyers as mediators. Mosten admits that lawyers have certain advantages, but he lists other fields which often provide a good background, such as therapists, business persons, teachers and clergy. Whether they come from the law or other fields, he states, extensive training in mediation will be required. Here Mosten goes into some depth on this subject which is dear to his heart because he wants "...mediation to be the first stop on the conflict resolution highway", which means having "...enough trained and experienced mediators available to meet this need".

Part Two, "Building Your Career as a Mediator" deals with the creation of a mediation signature, which includes advice on writing vision and mission statements to distinguish your particular practice. He also advocates having a board of directors to help with these tasks and to provide a sounding board along the way which he had earlier described as an informal group of persons whose judgment you trust. (He might more accurately have called them a "board of advisors). Another chapter, "Creating a Mediation-Friendly Environment", gets down to reading materials and arrangement of the reception room. Most important, he introduces the idea of the client library, described as a consumer-friendly collection of books, video tapes and other resources which will help clients learn what they need to help solve their own problems. This concept is related to Mosten's preference for informed client consent, and he reports that his library is well used by his clients.

Part Three is "The Nuts and Bolts of Private Practice", which covers topics such as finding a place to practice, naming your practice, forming strategic partnerships and networks. With respect to networks, he uses his own Mosten Mediation Centers as an illustrative model, in which he has established local mediators around the country as subcontractors. In the chapter entitled "Strategic Planning and Investing in Yourself", he gets very specific about the time and money required to establish a mediation practice, including a breakdown of out -of-pocket costs which add up to $57,000 over a five-year period.

Even though he has stated his desire to see a great increase in the number of practicing mediators, Mosten in no way sugarcoats the obstacles and challenges facing anyone who plans to enter the field. His candor, at times, would almost seem to discourage, but at least anyone who has read the book would enter the field fully warned. More important they will have read a well integrated combination of philosophy and nuts and bolts, each supporting the other.

This is a critical book for those contemplating a career in mediation, it is a useful book for anyone contemplating using the services of a mediator, and it is an interesting book for those who are attracted by the concept of mediation as a force for more peaceful interpersonal relations.

It is one thing to learn how to mediate, it is another to learn how to start your business as a mediator. This book focuses on the second task. I found that this book contains good, practical advice for analyzing your own abilities as a mediator and setting up your practice. It even talks about how to establish the physical environment of your office. Combine this with Allan H. Goodman's new, second edition of Basic Skills for the New Mediator, and you should be ready to hang out your shingle.

we all need some way to find our self, and how to be the one you want. this book will open you eyes, you will have a better understanding about yourself.

I have read everyone of Og Mandinos Books and all I can say is that he writes with brilliance, clarity, enthusiasm, and spirit. You can never go wrong with any of his books. He points out the path to success and motivates the spirit within to achieve all that we as human beings are capable. He helped me to tap into my innate genuis and create a life of prosperity and creativity. If you havent raed his books, start now and your journey of the spirit will begin. He was a born writer and even after his passing continues to have a great influence on many people old and young. He truly lived a purposeful and divine life. Go buy all his books and enjoy the growth and enlightenment. After that Buy my Book " Your daily Walk with the Great Minds of the Past and Present". Enjoy and rememeber you are capable of great things in your life.

This is another great book by Og. I read this book and made several "notes" while doing so. Since I first began to read Mandino's books- I have found it extremely helpful to refer to specific things on a regular basis. I have typed the "Seeds Of Success" and read it at least once a day to help me keep these ideas and mottos fresh in my mind. This book has brought me hope where there was little to none before. One thing that this book helped me to realize is that each individual has his or her own conception of success... I am the only one who can determine that for myself. It also reminds me to "let go" of past situations; it can't be changed any way. Today, I will be the best I can and will not be included in that group of people who have regrets, yet do not take any action to make things otherwise. To merely survive in life and to just "exist" is not enough anymore. I want to truely live life to the fullest and Og gives me the "seeds of success" to do that.

My most favourite author is Og Mandino. I read only non-fiction books. I have read all of Og's books(12). I have read over 500 books since 1986(thanks to Brian Tracy). In my opinion anybody who has had a setback should read "A Better Way of Life."

Og went from riches to poverty to riches. Read: A Better Way of Life. His story - how he went from a successful salesman to an alcoholic and "lost" his wife and daughter and lost his job. He was going to kill himself and a book that accidentally "fell in his hands" turned his life completely around. He later became editor of Success Magazine in the U.S. and wrote many books.
I suggest you read "A Better Way of Life" on how he went from success to failure and then back to even greater success.

However the best chapter in any all the books I have read is: Chapter XVIII in Mission Success. It is so good that I committed the whole chapter to my mind and I now recite it from time to time.

Teachers of writing will tell you to write what you know. This book, centered around a bombadier's experiences in WWII, was written by a man who served as a bombadier in WWII, Og Mandino. It is designed to help you to learn from the experiences of people "in high places" who have gone before...some of the greatest philosophers, self-help teachers, and religious leaders. It is written in an unassuming method that will demand your attention, and can be read by almost anyone in just a few hours' time, but will deliver information and ideas that will take you a lifetime to fully realize how important they are.

We rented this book at the library and my children loved it. We also followed the recipes on the back for baking cookies and they are delicious.

... "Mr cookie Baker" is a MUST read! the boys love to pretend play as we "roll out the cookie dough" and "add colored sprinkles". They identify the children in mr Cookie Baker's shop with names of their school friends. "Mmmm...what a delicious smell!" is one of their favorite lines. ...
An easy read - but, oh, so much to it!

My daughter (almost 3) is obsessed with this book. We got it out of the library and it's now been returned and she keeps asking for it. I'm going to have to purchase it. It spurred us to make cookies ourselves (something we'd never done--although we did not make the dough from scratch), and it is a jumping point for all kinds of conversation about cooking, working, buying and, most importantly, SLEEPING (as Mr. Cookie Baker has to go to bed at the end of the day himself). I would highly recommend it!

My nephews loved this book! We read it multiple times each time they came to visit. I often used it in my kindergarten classroom as well. It provides many learning opportunities. The pictures offer a lot of discussion for language development and the book is a great lead in to a cooking activity. Now it is one of my two year old son's favorite books. He talks about it when we cook together, play with play dough, and play in the play kitchen.

Some writer/illustrators can take a good idea and turn it into something a little special. "Pizza at Sally's" might have been a rather formulaic, linear account of pizza making, but Monica Wellington treats us to a superior pizza book. The winning ingredients include a unique artistic style, a clear, engaging story, and a tasty concluding payoff for either the rapacious or the reluctant reader.

The illustrations, "colored copies of photos, labels, and other ephemera" pasted on gouache-prepared paper have a toy-like quality, as if your Lego decals leapt from signs and trains onto the pages.. Coupled the informal font, the look is a relaxed photo realism. The combination is much warmer than most of the computer-generated images I've seen. Photos of Sally's (she's the pizza maker) tomatoes complement shiny drawings of patterned green leaves, and tall background buildings with luminescent colored windowpanes hint at the urban setting. "Sally the pizza maker grows tomatoes in her community garden in the city." This is an exciting setting for non-city kids who have never seen a rooftop garden. Wallington also skillfully mixes farm scenes with their destination: The neighborhood stores where Sally buys her pizza ingredients. There's a beautiful, atmospheric picture of the cheese shop with giant company labels hanging from the wall, and Wallington adds an unexpected lower panel that shows us the cows grazing many miles from the cheese shop interior. It's a bold montage that works extremely well.

At 11:00 AM, Sally--with her ubiquitous cat smiling up at her--begins making pizza! It's homemade of course, "Cut, chop, stir, and simmer. There are good smells in the air. Sally makes her tomato sauce." Yeast, oil, salt, and flour start the pizza dough, and we see a mixture of foods and measuring devices on one 2-page spread. At this point, I began to ponder a very serious question: Does Sally belong to the "through the dough" school of pizza-making, or whether she disdains such dramatics? (These two methods are hotly debated wherever pizza is taken seriously.) Culinary merits aside, I was thrilled to see that Sally twirls the dough--"Whoosh"--up in the air. Finally, "everything is ready to put together." As she layers the ingredients (the cat with its paws on the counter), Wellington uses some artistic license to bend health code regulations), hungry kids wait with great anticipation.

And the verdict? The pizza certainly looks delicious, and you can almost smell it as Sally slides it into the fiery oven. However, Sally's customers are the best judges, and the youngsters grab slices and close their eyes in pizza ecstasy. When the shop closes at 9pm, the chalkboard says "Arrivederci," and Sally and her little feline helper relax and enjoy a slice together. A truly kid-pleasing book might include Sally's pizza recipe as an après-story treat, and, as with the entire book, Ms. Wellington does not disappoint. There's much to savor in this sensational book!

As a sports enthusiast and budding journalist, this book provided a very TIMELY guideline to the number of professions in this area. The explanations of positions and salaries, anecdotes and advice really helped me figure out my fit in this field. I read it from cover to cover with ease and anticipation. Excellent!

The Mulligans have done an impressive job of identifying more jobs in sports journalism than I could have named. They write easily, with humor, historical references, and an eye to the future. They consider Homer the first sports journalist for his accounts of battles in The Iliad. Did you know that Bat Masterson became a sports reporter after he ended his career as a gambler/lawman of the nineteenth century? Now you do.
This book covers not only sports writing, copy editing, investigative reporting, college media relations, and freelance opportunities to name a few, but also touches on the cutting edge of multimedia work opportunities.
I wish they covered more on salary ranges within the fields they describe, but what they have done is expand the options for the reader/student/career seeker enamored of the field of sports journalism.

This book has answered the questions I didn't know to ask.It's a must read for any student or interested writer. Inspiring, Thorough, & Informative.A clear explanation covering all aspects of the industry. Don't miss it!

``Every student interested in writing sports -- anywhere--should get this. As a professional in sports marketing/advertising, it's what I needed when I was college!! It answers all the questions. Journalism profs, deans, MAKE your students read this!''

As Intern Coordinator of The Baltimore Sun, I would recommend this book to all college journalism students...not just those interested in careers in sports journalism. Great examples and first-person experiences to draw from. And a smart college student can use the book to form a great list of contacts.

I was "permanently laid off" from my job 10 days ago and was wallowing in the muck of "what did I do?" until I finished this book. The author expertly traces his various jobs and shares the lessons he's learned over the years. Now I look back at getting thrown out and I understand it wasn't about me at all. If you're in a job you hate, if you kinda like it, if you've recently been tossed out and are wondering how to feed the family and look for a new job, John White's book is for you. You'll laugh, learn a lot and feel encouraged again to face the daily grind. Blue collar or white (and I've been both), this book is for you.

It is highly readable and very well-written; I couldn't put it down. I give it my highest recommendation!

Amazingly well written. The smooth writing style leads the reader along; alot like having a conversation with the writer. The story telling is seemless, and before you know it, a lesson is learned! Some of the points are thoughts that myself and, I'm sure, all of us have had and yet John White is able to construct into tangible verbage. I highly recommend this book to any high school student, college student, or workforce newby. I also recommend this book to everyone else who's dealing with the daily grind and might need that boost to realize that there are answers out there to just about all of the working lifes' problems!

This is a great manual on how to keep things sorted out between work and the rest of your life. It would be an excellent read for anyone entering the modern workplace to better understand what is in store for them and how to cope with it. Some really hilarious comments on many real life experiences.

My Job Sucks and I Can't Take it Anymore! Help!: The Real-Life Job Survival Guide is a no-nonsense resource for anyone and everyone who hates their corporate job. Chapters discuss how to cope with globalization, how to rise above corporate B.S., survive a layoff, work a reasonable schedule instead of 12+ hours a day, and much more. "Even thought companies may publicly state things like 'work-life balance', many of them secretly want employees who will put the company's interests before their own. By the same token, do what you need to do for yourself or your family, but don't broadcast it. Your motivations and desires are no one's business but your own." Highly recommended, especially in today's modern workforce when corporations can no longer be expected to "take care of" anything other than their own profits, let alone their workers.

I wish I would have had this book years ago.It could have saved me a lot of time and grief when I was an employee working at a corporate job.

I could relate to a lot of the situations in the book. The author tells it like it really is.

I'm going to recommend it to my friends who are still working 8 to 5 jobs. So many of them are miserable, but they don't know what else to do. This book provides some solutions and ideas to make it easier to survive as an employee in today's workplace.

Probably the most important piece of advice is to remember who you're really working for (yourself). Fortunately, I now have my own business so I really am working for myself.

Thanks a million for this book!
Darren D

Easy to read. Packed with info. The CD NCLEX mock test has been very helpful to me in identifying my weakness. I'm an RT in a bridge program to nursing. I just started the program. I took 150 questions of the CD mock test so far. I got about 70% correct. My weakness seemed to be mostly in non respiratory pharmacology. I'm hitting that topic hard now.

This book has a totally different approach to the NCLEX than any of the other books. It does not consist of endless questions and long comprehensive explanations...it focuses on the NCLEX Exam itself and how to dissect a nursing question quickly and accurately. I would definately recommend this to anyone that wants another perspective on the NCLEX!

This book provided information that no other review book has provided. It answered my questions about the NCLEX and now I have a better idea of what is to come! The review questions covered all the different areas without separating them. This book is a must have for your NCLEX prep collection.

I took a chance when buying this book 2 weeks before final exams and it helped my pass my exam. Although I'm just a 1st year nursing student I love this book and have found it easy to use and easy to understand, it helps break everything down. This book is a MUST have for Nursing students and I'm glad I took a chance!!

This NCLEX-RN review book by Patrick Coonan, simply put, is written from the test taker's perspective. I have looked through many other review books that I considered "good" until I came across this book; this book gives you more than questions, answers and rationales; it provides tips and strategies to decode NCLEX-style questions; done in a fun way too! Lots of comic relief; don't be surprised, if you find yourself smiling through the pages while mastering your most dreaded topics.
Patrick Coonan's approach carefully tackles the feelings (fear, nervousness) even misconceptions that the test taker has and offers ways of overcoming them. He breaks core concepts down to rules and tips that are easy to remember. In addition, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, RATIONALES, and CD-ROM are included! Also includes information for registration (fees and requirements), foreign nurses, and more- the entire NCLEX prep package.

This book is also a guide to acing in-school-NCLEX-style exams.
The content is fun and easy to study. Get it, you'll be glad you did!!!