Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Careers - Job Hunting

Who would spend millions for a job that pays $250k? Parker s answer will surprise you. Required reading for Congress jocks.
Michael C. Munger, Duke University

A unique and interesting approach to the study of legislators and legislative institutions.
David Brady, Stanford University

What would you do if, the very day you were hired, you knew you could be unemployed in as little as two years? You d seek opportunities in your current job to develop a portfolio of skills and contacts in order to make yourself more attractive to future employers. Representatives...

There's been a major paradigm shift in business practices and the workplace. Alexandra Levit tells readers what no longer holds true for getting ahead today, and debunks business myths that are more dangerous and less viable than ever-given the current climate of ethical scrutiny and intense competition-including it's best to climb the ladder as fast as possible, and that employers want you to be yourself.

Levit offers something better in place of these...

What is it like to work in the media? Are media jobs more 'creative' than those in other sectors? To answer these questions, this book explores the creative industries, using a combination of original research and a synthesis of existing studies.

Through its close analysis of key issues - such as tensions between commerce and creativity, the conditions and experiences of workers, alienation, autonomy, self-realisation, emotional and affective labour, self-exploitation, and how possible it might be to produce 'good work' - Creative Labour makes a major contribution to our...

Whether you can admit it to yourself or not, you are creative.

In today's complex world, creativity is the key to finding and living your passion. Whatever that passion is-- cooking, technology, writing, or even plumbing--Creative You reveals your own personal style of creativity to help you build an environment of innovation at work and home....

WomenPreneurs: 21st Century Success Strategies, will appeal to three groups of interested readers. The first consists of higher education faculty teaching courses in management, entrepreneurship and women's studies and directors of professional development workshops interested in acquiring a supplemental readings book. The second consists of women in the workplace, those contemplating entry, parents who want to provide daughters with the best guidance as well as men and significant others who want those they love to have a safer navigational journey and recognize that the work...