Vault Guide to Resumes, Cover Letters & Interviews

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Professional career guide from the Vault Career Library uniquely combining all three areas of job searching and interviewing.

The Vault.com Guide to Resumes, Cover Letters and Interviews

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Not even close to the standard we come to expect from VR

The Vault.com Guide to Resumes, Cover Letters and Interviews
Vault Reports , and N. Y.) Vault Reports (New York
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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ASIN: 0395861683

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From creating a winning resume and enhancing its impact on prospective employers with a tailored cover letter to preparing for the interview that will knock their socks off, job searchers will surely appreciate the insider's advice imparted in The Vault Reports Guide to Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviewing. Complete with template resumes and cover letters and sample interview questions for ten different career paths, Vault Reports informs and braces readers for the daunting process of finding a job.

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Not even close to the standard we come to expect from VR.......1999-03-25

Vault Reports strength is the targeted and highly specified nature of their reports. Industry and even company specific information is what makes them what they are. This book is just the opposite: vague, broad, full of obvious advice and therefore useless.

It attempts to cover resume writing, cover letters and all types of interviews in one book. Impossible. Save your money, buy seperate books on the three areas and Vault Reports on companies and industries that interest you.

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read before retiring

Will help you decide what you want to do with the rest of your life!

Getting Off the Starting Block

Too long!

A Must Read!!!

Don't Retire, REWIRE!
Jeri Sedlar , and Rick Miners
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read before retiring.......2007-05-13

rewire...then retire ...or not...good info because of real life case studies...highly recommend

Will help you decide what you want to do with the rest of your life!.......2007-04-12

For the first time, I'm eligible to take a retirement incentive from
my full-time teaching job . . . though not quite ready to take advantage
of this option right now, it has gotten me thinking as to what I want
to do next with my life . . . so I was most interested in discovering
DON'T RETIRE, REWIRE! by Jeri Sedlar and
Rick Miners.

This excellent book got me questioning whether I just wanted
to continue teaching indefinitely--or perhaps try something
else . . . the key: to be able to find a work situation that was and is
both financially and personally rewarding, whether it be a
part-time job, volunteer work or even a second career.

Like many of my colleagues, I've been thinking about
this subject for quite some time . . . but that said, I didn't know
quite where to start in determining how to pursue the
subject further.

I now have some good ideas, largely because of the
many useful exercises that DON'T RETIRE, REWIRE!
guided me through . . . among them was the following
Legacy Quiz:

Imagine your funeral. Who will attend? Who do you want
to deliver your eulogy? What would you like that person to say?
What would you like your obituary to say? How would you like to
be remembered by others in your town or community?

I also liked the stories and lessons that the authors shared
from more than 300 real-life retirees they've known.

And I found myself thinking that wouldn't be great if this
happens:

When you rewire, you'll have the chance to become the person you
were meant to be, if you aren't already and to do the things you've
always dreamed of doing. Rewiring is your time to focus on your
discarded dreams, uninvestigated interests, delaying discoveries
and any of the stuff you haven't done or pursued because you were
too busy "doing life."

No longer is retirement so scary, in large part because of
DON'T RETIRE, REWIRE! . . . I strongly recommend it to
anybody still working who is 50 years or older.

Getting Off the Starting Block.......2007-03-13

I'm so relieved to find practical advice on how to develop and implement an action plan. This book uses storytelling and examples to illustrate the step by step process. The steps can be applied to any life transition, not just retirement.

Too long!.......2007-01-10

There are some good concepts in this book, but it could have been said in one-third the space. The authors rehash the material too much and literally run it into the ground. I would not buy it again, even though it was recommended by AARP.

A Must Read!!!.......2006-08-31

This is the book for individuals who have done 25 to 30 years in their current corporation or professional field and wish to make a major life style change! This book will enable you to utilize your skills in almost any direction you care to pursue.

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Don't Retire,REWIRE!, 2E
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80% plan to work after retirement … here's the guide you need.

A recent AARP survey found that 80% of baby boomers plan to continue working in some form past the age of 65—either for the money or for the fun of it. Today's retirees are looking for work situations that are mentally and emotionally rewarding. The problem is that many are not sure how to find them. This new edition helps you define what kind of work is best suited for your passions and interests, and guides them through the process of obtaining such work—whether it's a part-time job, volunteer work, or a second career.
—Combines practical advice with stories and lessons of real-life retirees
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It is easy to get a handle on your personal finances with Quicken 2000 Fast & Easy. This reader-friendly book provides you with straightforward instruction on using Quicken for financial planning and forecasting. The "look and learn" approach gets new and intermediate users up to speed very quickly. Every step is accompanied by an illustration of what you will see on your computer screen, helping you to learn even faster.

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A good start.......2001-07-06

I picked up this book because I wasn't sure which manual would be the best. The good news is it's a fast-read and it shows you what your computer screen will really look like. But the bad news is it doesn't really help you out. It just explains basic functions. For example, it will say, click on Billing and then Finance to do so-and-so. Read the choices and pick the one you want. It never says, if you're trying to do so-and-so, the best way is to do this. And if you're trying to figure out when to update your account, try entering in your figures during the month. Don't worry about waiting till you have your entire statement. There's no real advice in the book. Just directions. As a beginner to this program, I was looking for advice. As a computer-savvy person, I could figure out much of the information in the book, just by exploring the program. I'm afraid I'll have to pick up another book on this subject.

A good start.......2000-01-14

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Easy Quicken teaches you how to use Quicken to organize and manage your financial information. You'll learn how to set up and track checking and savings accounts, investments, and pay bills online, without having to spend time reading a lot of text. Instead, this book uses lots of full-color screenshots and step-by-step instructions to teach you more than 100 important tasks.

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Easy Quicken 2000 is a four-color visual approach to learning that is easy to follow and fun to use while learning about Quicken. You can quickly and easily learn how to use all the features of Quicken Deluxe and how to manage your personal finances, taxes, and investments. Easy Quicken provides all of the information you need to know, quickly and successfully, without overwhelming you with too much text or too much coverage. New series features include more a complete index with terms familiar to you and not just the author, and a new updated look and feel.

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A four-color visual approach to learning that is easy to follow and fun for the reader to use when learning about Quicken. The reader will quickly and easily learn now to use all the features of Quicken Deluxe and how to manage his or her p -Four-color visual approach guaranteed to get the reader up to speed quickly -Best value-priced title on the market in a four-color visual approach -New, updated layout and design to appeal to today's fast-paced, "need to know it quickly" audience that wants to learn visually

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Quicken 2 for Windows Made Easy
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Quicken is the most popular personal finance program available. It allows users to bank online, track 401K contributions and earnings, set up accounts and enter transactions, pay bills, and transfer funds. Quicken 200X Fast & Easy is a great tool for anyone who is familiar with a previous version of Quicken and wants to get up to speed quickly with the new version. The Fast & Easy approach gives you a low-cost, high-value method to personal finance management.

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For Computer-phobes.......2001-01-07

If you are afraid of computers and have never used Quicken before, this is the book for you. You will also find this book useful if you want to see what Quicken looks like before you buy the product. The book provides pictures of all the screens and repeats the descriptions that Quicken provides. If, however, you are passingly familiar with Quicken or are brave enough to click on things and read the help, you will not find much of use in this book. If you want a better understanding of how to organize and use Quicken, pick another source.

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While Hollywood has replaced politics with silly diversions about alien invasions, many Americans face a tangible fear: the seemingly inexorable grip of corporate power over their lives. Wages have been dropping for twenty years. Income inequality that grew under Reagan and Bush has accelerated under Clinton. More and more people face an uncertain future as the "land of opportunity" becomes a cynical and empty phrase for millions of Americans. This hard-hitting anthology offers an incisive overview of how corporations, long plunderers of the Third World, are unleashing "market forces" like a pack of rabid dogs attacking the American way of life.

In "Paying to Lose Our Jobs," Patricia Horn shows that U.S. women, especially women of color, are the big losers in the low-wage bidding game. Each year from 1979 to 1992, an average of 41,000 apparel workers in the U.S. lost their jobs. Three-quarters of American apparel workers are women, over a third of whom are minorities. This combination makes them the U.S.'s most vulnerable workers.

But some sectors of society are well-off. As Ralph Nader points out in his chapter, Washington is a federal forum whose operating slogan is "Billions for corporations, bills for people." Societies rot from the top down. They reconstruct from the bottom up. Real democracy is not just good for the economy, it is good for peace and tranquillity, for character and local initiative, for justice and the pursuit of happiness.

Yet CORPORATIONS ARE GONNA GET YOUR MOMMA brings you the good news as well: there are hundreds of groups struggling to create more democratic control of capital and the capitol.

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Original sin against the oligarchy.......2002-09-09

Rather than repeat the kudos already submitted, I'd like to address the primary cause for runaway globalism. I'm old enough to remember when the American public had far more wealth and power, back in the late 40's through the early 70's, because we were a manufacturing society, a wealth-creating creditor to the nations, a nation that was self-sufficient and we had an elderly generation that could remember the Robber Barons. This book addresses the retaliation of an elite against America. An American people able to fight back against Vietnam and social engineering being rammed down our throats during the 60's. CEO's demanded that Washington do something to bust the unions that were robbing them of "opportunity costs". Earl Warren called for political economists to find a way to neuter the rebellious middle class. Nixon and Kissinger went to Red China to find out how the hell you keep over one billion people busy and servile.

They came back and began the systematic bleeding of America began; starting with Kissenger's go-ahead signal to OPEC. Ever since then, the powerful middle class has been raped and pounded into utter submission and servility. We have sacrificed millions of good jobs to the blamphemous, sophomoric lie of Comparative Advantage. That lie from Hell used to convert a self-contained American economy into a one-trick pony that only a tiny few can profit from. The rest of us have fallen into that hell prepared for the middle class: the massive service sector and all the menial, frivolous jobs you can work to make ends meet. Our elites partly replaced our lost earning power with plastic shackles: credit cards. The security of the American home has been second mortgaged to the limit, again to make up for lack of decent or dignified work. All the while, our manic-depressive, psychopathic, megalomanic corporate elites are laughing all the way to the off-shore bank.

Thirty years of looting, bleeding, and Balkanizing have accelerated social entropy to the point of no return. The only way to keep the libertinism of the masses under control is to restore FEUDAL political and social institutions. Feudalism hasn't been seen in centuries but it's coming. Those wild, out of control, multinational corporations will be our new Kings and Lords. Governments, deriving their powers from the consent of the governed, will be reduced to global civil servants of Global corporations. By law, corporations ARE persons and Global corporations will be the only true "citizens of the world".

No more will the little people EVER dare to fight back! By design, wealth accumulation will be impossible as national economies have been structured to prevent labor from ever having value. There will be an Inner cabal of wealthy Mandarins in every field but they can be replaced without harm to the system if they ever forget who pays their rare middle class pay. There will be a royal caste made up of today's highest CEO's and political figures. They sit on each other's boards, travel, conduct business, and do whatever else without ever having to interact with the massive underclass, struggling to eke out a living as cashiers, dog washers, waiters, convenience store clerks, pizza delivery, telemarketers, title pawn shop clerks, fast food slaves, etc. etc. etc!

What we are seeing is only the end result of plans made over 35 years ago.

Brilliant anthology!.......2001-11-06

Kevin Danaher has pulled together a brilliant collection of essays on globalization and corporations-run-amok that makes for a fascinating, insightful, and broad overview of the situation from several different perspectives. Because there's no one author but, instead, 23 authors of 23 different standalone essays, you'll find notes, footnotes, and endnotes within the chapters themselves. Some of the best authors in this field, including Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, David Korten, and Jerry Mander are represented in this book. Although this book doesn't get into politics at all but limits itself to corporate misdeeds and structural problems that allow for same, it does offer in some chapters solutions to these problems that would warm the heart of any truly concerned politician from Barry Goldwater to Ted Kennedy. As you actually read this book, you discover it's not a left-right discussion, but a human-corporate one. Fascinating reading!

No references given anywhere in the book........2001-08-31

While I agree with the basic premise of the book, that corporations are exerting an obscene amount of control in world politics, I wouldn't reccomend reading this book. The author will cite a statistic, or a story, and will give no formal indication of where that quote comes from. The book is mostly just repetitive leftist polemics and rhetoric, and while I am pretty leftist myself, I try to avoid this kind of literature on either side of the fence.

Books like this should contain documentation, look for a bibliography, look for footnotes when you buy such a book.

a salient contribution.......2000-06-23

With contributions from Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, David Korten, Jeremy Rifkin and a host of other equally seminal thinkers, "Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mama" reveals how the corporate economy is subverting democracy (or its remnants), polluting the environment and creating criminal chaos all under the guise of free-market "freedom".

Far from being all doom and gloom, the salient contributors to "Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mama" have outlined strategies to create democratic, egalitarian control of everyone's economic resources.

A Good Primer!.......2000-05-06

If you think that corporations are inocuous organizations with the public's best interest at heart- think again! This book is a very good introduction to the perfidy of the global economy. Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Momma is a collection of short essays from the most articulate critics of the global economy and it will open your eyes to what many of our leaders are really up to.

Don't be fooled by the comical cover and title of the book. This collection of writings is a serious call to action.

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Corporations are Gonna Get Your Mama: Globalization and the Downsizing of the American Dream

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