Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Careers - Internships

For students interested in a career in politics and public service, "Washington Internships" is an invaluable guide to landing that crucial first position in America's capital. Deirdre Martinez, a former policy analyst and legislative director, shares practical strategies for each phase of the internship process. She has helped place hundreds of young people in internships of all kinds, and shares not just what to do but when to do it. The book shows how to develop relevant interests, what skills to develop, how to enhance the resume (poli sci course work not required ), and how to ace the...

In this extended meditation, Jean Lave interweaves analysis of the process of apprenticeship among the Vai and Gola tailors of Liberia with reflections on the evolution of her research on those tailors in the late 1970s. In so doing, she provides both a detailed account of her apprenticeship in the art of sustained fieldwork and an insightful overview of thirty years of changes in the empirical and theoretical facets of ethnographic practice. Examining the issues she confronted in her own work, Lave shows how the critical questions raised by ethnographic research erode conventional...

So, you want to be an investment banker, huh? Well, you're looking in the right place. This is the ONLY book on the market that guides you right through the process from where and when to apply, to the most likely interview questions and even how to impress your boss from day one ensuring you keep that job.

Job applications to investment banks have shot up due to all the media attention that the industry has received but there are fewer jobs available: The unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds has risen sharply in the current recession, from 15% in 2008 to 19% in 2009 and then to...

This comprehensive and easy-to-read new edition of The Fashion Intern first guides students in preparing to search for and secure an internship, and then challenges the student to critique the internship organization from the perspective of a business analyst. In this way, the student may primarily work in one area of the business, but must be exposed to the business in its entirety in order to complete the text, gaining a holistic view of the company. Text includes information on emerging fashion career options in communications and entrepreneurship, international internship...

The Coffee Run: And Other Internship Need-to-Knows is the what-to-do and how-to-do-it guide on internships for students. Based on real and honest internship experience, it is chronological advice, preparation, and lessons for undergraduates interested in any industry. Cleverly told and boldly...

You're Hired Is the most definitive and well-researched guide to planning, writing and presenting compelling CVs that will maximise your chances of getting an interview.

You're Hired makes it clear, that if you fail to grab the attention of your prospective employer within a few seconds, your CV will be consigning to the bin of rejections.

If you want your CV to avoid the dustbin of rejections, take note of the suggestion in You're Hired In order to transform your CV into a targeted, high-impact, job-winning tool, by way...

Sooner or later, everyone must face the daunting task of interviewing for a job. Whether it's for just a job to keep your bills paid, or if it's the dream job you've always wanted, there are many things that you have to remember before you can get that job that you so desire. Most people assume that the most important part of a job interview is showing up well groomed, but there is more to it than that. Everything that you could ever want may be riding on your behaviour at a job interview. The smallest thing can mean the difference between your having a new job, or you're still pounding...