NJSAA Edited Works Award Winner (2024)Histories of gay and lesbian urban life typically focus on major metropolitan areas like San Francisco and New York, opportunity-filled destinations for LGBTQ migrants from across the country. Yet there are many other queer communities in economically depressed cities with majority Black and Hispanic populations that receive far less attention. Though just a few miles from New York, Newark is one of these cities, and its queer ...

You can't eat your degree — but it can sustain you, satisfy you, rejuvenate you, replenish you and fulfill you. How you use your degree to make a difference in our world can provide you the sustenance you need. Your degree, or more importantly your future career path, can fulfill you in ways you perhaps never considered."What do you want to be when you grow up?""Tell me about yourself.""What are your five-year goals?"You Can't Eat Your Degree gives you the per...

You can't eat your degree — but it can sustain you, satisfy you, rejuvenate you, replenish you and fulfill you. How you use your degree to make a difference in our world can provide you the sustenance you need. Your degree, or more importantly your future career path, can fulfill you in ways you perhaps never considered."What do you want to be when you grow up?""Tell me about yourself.""What are your five-year goals?"You Can't Eat Your Degree gives you the per...

It's not easy being an IT manager. There are constant staffing issue, budget issues, project issues, and the challenge of keeping your management informed about what is going on. The one thing that too many of us end up overlooking as we try to accomplish all of these things is that we have one more management job to do: manage our careers.It can be all too easy to forget about actively managing your IT manager career. In fact, some of us make a conscious decision that we're not go...

Its pages reveal 101 innovative insights on how to succeed in business, shared by the women and men who don't just talk about success-they live it. Although this book was written specifically for the more than 44 million people worldwide who are independent distributors with direct-selling companies, the information applies equally to anyone who owns a small business or is looking to begin one.

One of the best-selling resume books of all time and a trusted resource for job-seekers for nearly three decades, this edition of The Damn Good Resume Guide has been completely revised and updated for today’s marketplace.One of the best-selling resume books of all time and a trusted resource for job-seekers for nearly three decades, this edition of The Damn Good Resume Guide has been completely revised and updated for today’s marketplace.

The Career Explorer's Journal is an eBook companion for the life and length of your career.Unlike most other career guides, we're not here to tell you how it is. We know you'll be the guru one day so our aim instead is to provide you with support, encouragement and all the time it takes to make this role your own.Following a new year of updates, The Career Explorer's Journal is now even better equipped to encourage and support a unique journey of discovery for each and ever...

Getting hired just got easierYou are about to discover everything you need to know about job applications and how to make them work. Starting on Sunday and going through to Saturday, you will learn the stages of a job application step by step so you build up a picture of what it takes to be successful. For many job applicants, what goes on behind employers' closed doors remains a hidden world but, by Saturday, you will have taught yourself how job applications are p...

My name is Anthony Alcamo, and I have recently written and published a new book, Get That Job! Pissing People Off One Email at a Time. It's offensive, rude, gaining a great deal of attention, and I know you'll love itI have been a software architect and developer for over 20 years. I sincerely enjoy the information technology industry and most of the work I have performed. During the first decade of my career, I held 7 different fulltime jobs, and over the next dec...

"Did You Know Many Employees Don't Get A Raise Because They Don't Ask For One?"A salary.com survey found that only 12% of workers ask for more money during their annual performance reviews. And nearly half of the total employees (44%) never bring up the subject of a raise at all.Passing up just one opportunity to negotiate for a higher salary can have staggering consequences over the course of a career. Michael Farr and Dick Gaither share the following example in their book...

Having a highly polished and professional CV is an essential part of job hunting in todays fiercely competitive job market. Standing out from the crowd on paper is a tall order and most people need help making it happen. This incredibly practical book will guide you through the process of crafting a CV that you can be proud of, and which will help you land your next job!This book was written to answer one very specific question – how can you write a great CV? Its sole purpose is to...

Resumes that work get you in the door. Learn the secrets of writing a resume from a professional writer who has helped hundreds of successful job seekers during his many years of experience. Here you will find samples for resume do-it-yourselfers, information you need to build a resume, explanations of what should not be included, and much more.