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Great book and source, but make sure you have a good professor or other source of knowledge..
This is a very good source for a beginning look at world religions.However, you need to make sure that you diversify your sources because of the inherent bias in a book called "Religions of the World."There are some examples in this book that the actual practitioners would never call a religion (Shintoism) and obviously there are many important beliefs left out.So take it all with a grain of salt and don't leave any one source as your SOURCE!Otherwise, the book is well-written and interesting.It gives good information.

Enlightening view of the world's major religions.
Textbook format with interesting highlights of the world's major religions.Not as focused on doctrine as Huston Smith, but indicates the cultural impact and use of these eastern and western religions.Goodreference tool. ... Read more

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• Develop an entrepreneurial Strategy
• Build Your Catalog of Services
• Create a Strategic Business and Marketing Plan
• Negotiate the Best Total pay package
• Land the ideal job

As a job seeker, you are an "interim entrepreneur." You are creating a start-up company that targets the Business-to-Business (B2B) market. You have the needed services to offer, markets to supply, a marketing and brand advertising campaign to reach them, a pricing structure (compensation package) that is competitive, and a sales program to land the customer. The one difference is that a start-up business is looking for many customers. You are looking for just one–the right employer.

Of course, just as you must start a business with a plan, you should start your job hunt with one too. The Princeton Management Consultants Guide to Your New Job shows you how to build your successful career using the same powerful, tried-and-true business planning methods that entrepreneurs use to build successful start-ups. You’ll market and sell your skills and services to targeted employers, and find the job niche that’s right for you.

The innovative methods in this book will help you:

• Describe your vision and mission
• Describe and define the services you have to offer
• Define your target markets
• Know what salary, benefits, and stock-ownership opportunities are competitive in your job market
• Develop a marketing, branding, and advertising strategy
• Package yourself as a product
• Launch your sales campaign
• Beat the competition and land the job

Instead of following job hunting rules, you will learn to use your ingenuity, intelligence, individuality, and experience to stand out from the crowd–the same way new businesses differentiate themselves from their competition. Rather than scatter your resume among anonymous prospects, you’ll achieve success by systematically targeting employers as individuals with specific needs you can fill. Packed with expert advice on relationship marketing, resumes, cover letters, networking, executive recruiters, interviewing, and more, the Princeton Management Consultants Guide to Your New Job is the resource you need to succeed in the business of you. ... Read more

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Great, nitty-gritty book on how to get that next job
Keith Wheelock, Skillman, NJ

Mr. Nielsen has written a marvelous book on the nitty-gritty of how to devise a job search strategy, then, step-by-step, how to customize your search to maximize your opportunities. Though aimed principally at the seasoned professional who is seeking a new job, it is also valuable for the neophyte who can benefit from Mr. Nielsen's uncommonly practical advice.
Perhaps most helpful were over 40 sample cover letters and 50 resumes of diverse thrusts and flavors. Anyone would benefit from this Dutch uncle 'getting started' advice together with the detailed 'what to do' and 'how to customize it to your personal situation' that Mr. Nielsen shares from his decades of experience as a human resources manager and human resources consultant. Buy it, get your job offers, then turn to Chapter 7 to negotiate your best compensation package.

Why Didn't I Think of This?
I have read a lot of job search, resume-writing and networking books in my time.I have given seminars on all these topics; and I think this approach gets to the heart of the matter!Why didn't anyone write this before?Well, most of us don't want to think about "selling" ourselves.The job search must be strategic as well as tactical.Considering the stress of looking for a job, thank goodness Niels Nielsen gives the reader a step-by-step plan.The approach is unique, focused, and immediately useful.There are many parts of "Guide to Your New Job" I thought were powerful.Niels includes a large variety of cover letters and resumes that model creativity and assertiveness.Well-written by jobseekers, these examples are excellent guideposts for the reader.I really like the way questions were used in the cover letters.And what a great idea, "the 15-second elevator speech".All I can say is, this book should be in the hands and heart of every jobseeker.

A Unique Job-Searching Process
This is an excellent book on how to find the ideal job and career.It takes a unique view of the process, showing how a job search is like a start up business.The book is in fact a business plan for an "interim entrepreneur" that can be followed until that one ideal customer is landed, the employer.It even has a last chapter on "Customer Relations Management" about how to thrive in your new job.

It also has a full chapter on that most crucial part of the job hunt, compensation.It tell you how to "price" your services, and how to consider and negotiate salary plans, incentives, stock ownership programs, employee benefits, human resources policies, and perks.The book shows you how to wade through all the different compensation plans and to negotiate the best deal.

Besides that, there are 40 cover letters and 50 resumes that the author prepared for clients in a wide variety of occupations.They are so good, they are worth the price of the book alone.

Job Search ideas
Niels Nielson covers some job search ideas that are very good and not commonly understood or talked about.Anyone who is in job search mode would certainly gain more than one good practical tip from this book.

Niels hits the nail right on the head when he says there is no one right way to get that job.But some of his ideas will surely help everyone.

Samples: 1) your search is a marketing effort.This is little understood by many job seekers and a very useful concept.2) I had breakfast the other day with a job seeker & I mentioned he might want to get to the local chamber of commerce and other fixed networking functions - a very good idea that Niels covers in this book too - I've never heard anyone else mention chambers of commerce 3) having your 30 second statement prepared in advance 4) approach your job search like a job and work at it.5) saving job search receipts for taxes

Lots of good model resumes, cover letters, other snippits too.A definite good read - join this with the book "60 seconds & You're Hired" (Robin Ryan); you'll surely have a better handle on getting the right job.

Highly recommended!
Princeton Management Consultant's Guide to Your New Job is an important book to add to your library if you're out of work.The author provides concrete advice on how to find a job, using the effective analogy of the job hunting process as an entrepreneurial venture.He guides you through each step of the process, providing concrete details and practical advice. His many years of consulting experience are also apparent because of his obvious compassion for those who have lost their jobs.He is also able to use examples of real-life experiences to illustrate important points. Finally, the abundant examples of resumes and cover letters are very helpful. ... Read more

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This contains sixteen contributions by fellow linguists that include papers on the English progressive; predication and the nominal clause; the use of mood and modal verbs in Italian and Danish; some Norwegian discourse particles and their English correspondences; and, tendencies in the syntax of the verb in American and British English. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Ink & Print, published by Batiste Publications Ltd. on January 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1039 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New polymer plant in Europe.
Author: Jack Baarends
Publication: Ink & Print (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1997
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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This book comprises a number of cultural-historical and ethnographic studies of the history of sport in the Nordic countries. The studies examine the contribution made by sport to the development of Scandinavian nationalism in the nineteenth century, and analyze the ways in which sport became interwoven with the social life of citizens in the various Scandinavian countries in the twentieth century. The main focus of this volume, therefore, is not on the organizational history of sport, nor is it on society vis-á-vis sport - i.e., sport as a reflection of a certain societal constellation. Rather, what is of interest is sport in society, and therefore the book aims to illustrate the ways in which sport has been used and has served to help explain and understand Scandinavian society types. ... Read more

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Education and Earnings in Europe is based on a two year pan-European research program and presents an in-depth analysis of the returns to education in Europe.

The book begins with a critical review of the literature which compares and contrasts the issues involved in the estimation of these returns. A central message of this review, based on the extensive use of cross country comparisons, is that the estimated return to education can vary depending on the precise methodology and data specification used. This review is followed by 15 country specific chapters which present the structure of the educational system, estimates of the returns to education and extensions to the basic model of each country. The chapters follow a consistent format and style to allow for ease of comparison between the countries discussed. ... Read more

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This anthology aims to throw a historical and a sociological light on the relation between sports, body culture and humanistic health science. More precisely, it intends to analyse how the health aspect from the beginning formed an important part when sports developed into a social institution in the second part of the 19th century and how it is still used in a legitimative fashion. In this connection, the gender aspect has to be taken into consideration as sports pertain to the two sexes in very different ways; thus much time was spent on debating whether sports were healthy for women while the health aspect was not discussed in relation to men.The basic idea of the anthology is that there are manifold cultural meanings and discourses surrounding sports, body and health. These meanings and discourses not only vary from time to time, but also function to mark the boundaries between social classes, races, nations, gender and ageing. Thus, the anthology provides an introduction to the cultural ambiguity and pluralism of the triplex: sports, body and health - and it rejects any notion of fundamentalism and universalism in the field. ... Read more

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This title consists of both original volumes of this classic, now published as one. The first volume is a handbook of the theory of the gamma function. The first part of this volume gives an elementary presentation of the fundamental properties of the gamma function (and related functions) as applications of the theory of analytic functions. The second part covers properties related to the integral representations for $\Gamma(x)$. The third part explores the properties of functions defined via series of factorials: $\Omega(x)=\sum s! a_s/(x(x+1)\ldots(x+s))$, with applications to the gamma function. The Handbook is an often-cited reference in the literature on the gamma function and other transcendental functions.The second (and shorter) volume covers the theory of the logarithmic integral $\textnormal{li}(x)$ and certain related functions. Specific topics include integral representations, asymptotic series, and continued fractions. ... Read more

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This workbook is intended as a source of supplementary reading and exercise material for courses based on Mastering English. An Advanced Grammar for Non-native and Native Speakers.

The aim of the workbook is to raise awareness of the tools of language description employed in Mastering English, and also to help students recognise and analyse central structures of English.

Where appropriate, exercises that inquire into the developing framework of Mastering English are provided.

Alex Klinge is Associate Professor in the English Department of the Copenhagen Business School, Faculty of Modern Languages, Frederiksberg, Denmark. ... Read more