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Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Great strategies for writing killer cover letters! At a time when every job seeker needs an edge, Martin Yate, CPC, shows you how to dramatically increase your chances of landing an interview with a dynamic cover letter. Using his 25+ years of experience, he has built a practical, easy-to-follow approach to creating every type of letter you will use in a job search.
82) Knock 'em dead cover letters: cover letter samples and strategies you need to get the job you want
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Presents a comprehensive guide to creating an effective cover letter; and contains power words and phrases, information on electronic cover letters and online job searching, and listings for resume writing services and additional Internet resources.
Author
Publisher
Kogan Page Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A complete resource for standing out from the crowd and getting a job offer. Shows you how to build a strong CV, write an impressive cover letter, excel at interviews, and cultivate the professionalism that employers want. -- adapted from back cover.
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An award-winning journalist shows how workplace diversity initiatives have turned into a profoundly misguided industry--and have done little to bring equality to America's major industries and institutions. Diversity has become the new buzzword, championed by elite institutions from academia to Hollywood to corporate America. In an effort to ensure their organizations represent the racial and ethnic makeup of the country, industry and foundation leaders...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of the revolutionary potential of women working with other women, and a powerful statement about myths like the "cool girl" or the "catty workplace". Covens. Girl Bands. Ballet troupes. Convents. In all times and places, girls and women have come together in communities of vocation, of necessity, of support. In Witches, Sam George-Allen explores how wherever women gather, magic happens. Female farmers change the way we grow our food....
Author
Language
English
Description
In this haunting modern Dickensian story that is a literary tour de force, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Dan Barry chronicles a shameful case of exploitation and abuse in America's heartland, involving a group of developmentally disabled men and the advocates who helped them find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, a group of intellectually disabled men, all from Texas, lived in a tired old schoolhouse....
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The notion of "housewife" evokes strong reactions. For some, it's nostalgia for a bygone era, simpler and better times when men were breadwinners and women remained home with the kids. For others, it's a sexist, oppressive stereotype of women's work. Either way, housewife is a long outdated concept-or is it? Lisa Selin Davis, known for her smart, viral, feminist, cultural takes, argues that the "breadwinner vs. homemaker" divide is a myth. She charts...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"All humans have bias, and as a result, so do the institutions we build. Internationally sought after diversity consultant Tiffany Jana offers concrete ways for anyone to work against institutional bias no matter what their position is in an organization"--
"All humans have bias, and as a result, so do the institutions we build. Internationally sought after diversity consultant Tiffany Jana offers concrete ways for anyone to work against institutional...
Author
Publisher
Nolo
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
From crafting to home repair work to website design, many individuals have transitioned, or wish to transition, from hobby to business, thereby turning their passion into income. And the latest economic forecasts are leading more people than ever to create a second business as they discover that one source of income just isn't enough.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, and The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes Ruth Ware's highly anticipated fifth novel. When she stumbles across the ad, she's looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss--a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten--by...
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In these tumultuous times, as workplaces across the nation struggle to become truly inclusive, women of color need frank talk and honest advice on how to deal with microaggressions, how to heal from racialized trauma, how to find relief from invisible workplace burdens. The stakes are high, as even Lauryn Hill had put it: "How you gonna win when you ain't right within?" In Right Within, Harts offers essential self-help guidance for readers to learn...
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