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Career Press, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser, publishes general non-fiction that addresses real, practical human needs. Our useful, accessible, how-to books reach a broad market of average Americans — people grappling with universal issues relating to job -hunting, career management, education, money, personal goals, HR & workplace issues, management, marketing/sales, negotiation, small business/entrepreneurship, and motivation/self-help.

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Essential Performance Review Handbook : A Quick and Handy Resource for Any Manager or HR Professional

Are performance reviews at your company like socks at Christmas - you get them every year whether you want them or not?It doesn't have to be like that. Because everyone wants to know how they're doing, how they measure up and what their chances are for advancement and rewards. And they want to do things right.THE ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW HANDBOOK will help you understand why performance review

Top Notch Interviews : Tips, Tricks, and Techniques From the First Call to Getting the Job You Want

Few of us have ever experienced anything like the current job market. Millions of jobs have disappeared and everyone from experienced executives to newly minted college graduates are facing the toughest environment in decades. Which is why top-notch interview skills are more important than ever.TOP NOTCH INTERVIEWS teaches job seekers at any level, from all industries and professions, the author's

Maximize Your Memory

Each of us has the ability to develop and improve our minds in amazing ways. All you need is motivation, an effective method and an expert guide. Ramon Campayo's method shows you the fastest, easiest and most effective way to:· Improve your studying habits and revise for exams.· Drastically and almost immediately increase your memory capacity and reading speed.· Enhance your learning methods, stud

Only Leadership Book You'Ll Ever Need : How to Build Organizations Where Employees Love to Come to Work

Every organisation faces challenges and hardships. THE ONLY LEADERSHIP BOOK YOU'LL EVER NEED teaches leaders how to overcome their most difficult obstacle: employee engagement. By pinpointing specific areas leaders can focus on and change, this book shows how one leader can effectively change the entire workplace environment - for the better.Topics addressed include:· The 10 Keys to Workplace Exce

Viral Explosions! Hb : Proven Techniques to Expand, Explode, or Ignite Your Business or Brand Online

Internet growth has surpassed all projections and continues to expand every day. Those who are adapting to the online medium will reap the rewards for years to come and have the potential to grow their businesses and build their brands exponentially.Peggy McColl tells her story of discovering the power of online marketing to break through the clutter, capture a global customer base and build her b

Business Etiquette 3rd Edition : 101 Ways to Conduct Business With Charm & Savvy

What differentiates business people from business professionals? Many individuals invest in their careers yet have no clue how to set themselves apart from their competition. BUSINESS ETIQUETTE reveals both the unwritten and unspoken rules of success. It gives new employees and seasoned professionals alike those rather effortless strategies for climbing that slippery ladder of success.You'll learn

Fast Track Networking : Turning Conversations Into Contacts

Whether you are looking to secure a new deal - or land a new job - FAST TRACK NETWORKING gives you the tools you'll need to put the power of networking to work for you. You'll be amazed at the opportunities that will unfold once you begin to network correctly...and unconditionally.Through hundreds of valuable tips and dozens of networking success stories, you'll learn the "tricks of the trade" fro

Ceo Priorities : Master the Art of Surviving at the Top

CEO PRIORITIES provides direct, specific and valuable practical advice and insights for CEOs and aspiring CEOs or executives, supported by relevant stories couched in humour and irony.Neil Giarratana takes you inside the CEO's office and lays out a top executive's priorities - get these right...or else! He covers the key areas that must be handled well and with intelligence and explains in detail

Outsiders On The Inside : How to Create a Winning Career... Even When You Don't Fit in!

Does your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, accent, mannerisms, quirky clothing, piercing or outlook on life make you feel like a fish out of water in your workplace, from the moment your workday begins until you leave at the end of the day?OUTSIDERS ON THE INSIDE provides specific guidance and simple but effective strategies to help outsiders recharge their careers.You will learn:· Crucial m

Executivehealth.Com's Leading Under Pressure : Strategies to Avoid Burnout, Increase Energy, and Improve Your Well-Being

Stress-related disorders are fast becoming the most prevalent reason for worker absence.Millions of CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs and professionals are thinking, planning and scheming about how to stretch a 24-hour day into an endless and productive workday. Burnt-out, energy depleted and constantly stressed, many find themselves unable to take pleasure in their hard-earned position.LEADING UNDE

How To Sell Anything To Anyone Anytime

Hundreds of thousands of small business owners are tossing and turning at night, trying to figure out how to attract more customers. They need to know how to sell, both individually and through their organisations. HOW TO SELL ANYTHING TO ANYONE ANYTIME was written primarily for them.HOW TO SELL ANYTHING TO ANYONE ANYTIME distills the fundamental sales process into simple, easy-to-understand and e

Make Every Second Count : Time Management Tips and Techniques for More Success with Less Stress

“Robert W. Bly's helpful, amusing and slim volume is jam-packed with wisdom and plenty of tips to help you organise, manage your time better, cure procrastination and increase your productivity.”—Rolf Dobelli, GetAbstract.comMAKE EVERY SECOND COUNT goes beyond the usual time management books to bring you a broad range of strategies and tactics - dozens of proven methods to get more done in less ti

Relationship Code : Engage and Empower People with Purpose and Passion

Did you know that stress causes most people to fight with those closest to them? That people with positive social relationships recover from illness faster? And that people who have a best friend at work are 7 times more likely to be engaged in their jobs?THE RELATIONSHIP CODE teaches us to empower ourselves in all types of relationships with the new techniques and insights of the four-step Harmon

Hired! : How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself on Interviews

In today's tough economy, most people are too desperate to get any job, rather than seeking one that will provide the career satisfaction and growth they deserve. Worse, they treat the interview as an opportunity to focus on themselves.In HIRED!, Elinor Stutz asserts, “The interview is not about you, it's about how well you will solve the company's problems. This is the only way you will get a job

Secrets Of Power Problem Solving

Let's face it: very few people have studied how to solve problems. Problems knock us down like a tsunami and we don't know what to do about it. We lie awake at night worrying about it and spend our days stressing out over a situation that only seems to get worse.It doesn't have to be that way. Roger Dawson has taught hundreds of thousands of people has to negotiate, persuade and make decisions, wi

Landing In The Executive Chair : How to Excel in the Hot Seat

In today's fast-paced, unprecedented and unpredictable economy, many executives simply don't know what to do. Conventional methods - which may never entirely be understood in the first place - often don't work during economic upheaval. Executives, especially CEOs, need something better. They need a guide that identifies the roadblocks and points out the landmines. In her more than 30 years of work

Web 2.0 Job Finder : Social Media Strategies to Get the Job You Want From Fortune 500 Hiring Pros

Social networking sites are dramatically changing the way people stay connected. Not surprisingly, sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace, along with “tweets,” blogs and personal Web pages, are now key components of how job seekers discover exciting new opportunities and how companies find promising new employees.Networking is the single most effective tool for finding a job - and social net

Essential Credit Repair Handbook : A Quick and Handy Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Get Out and Stay Out of Debt

The majority of debt-ridden consumers are in desperate need of financial budgeting and credit repair. THE ESSENTIAL CREDIT REPAIR HANDBOOK contains all the information you need to walk you through the step-by-step process of repairing your credit and leaving debt behind!THE ESSENTIAL CREDIT REPAIR HANDBOOK will teach you how to:· Dispute late payments, chargebacks and collection accounts· Rebuild

Managing The Unmanageable : How to Motivate Even the Most Unruly Employee

Who changed the rules of business?It's a different game now. In an increasingly globally diverse workforce, it's vitally important that leaders understand their team inside and out. This takes a new toolbox of skills for the 21st century. Today you need winning strategies to avoid the costly pitfalls of high turnover, low morale and poor collaboration, not to mention the cost of missed deadlines a

Homework Helpers: Chemistry Revised Edition

HOMEWORK HELPERS: CHEMISTRY is a user-friendly review book that will make every student - or parent trying to help their child - feel like he or she has a private Chemistry tutor. Concepts are explained in clear, easy-to-understand language and problems are worked out with step-by-step methods that are easy to follow. Each lesson comes with numerous review questions and answer keynotes that explai