Effective Resume Writing: A Guide to Successful Employment

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A must for anyone who writes performance reviews!.......1997-06-19

This book contains hundreds of one line phrases that can be used in performance reviews. All you have to do is flip through the pages, and take the phrases you need to write your reviews. There are great categories to choose from--communication skills,technical skills, professionalism, and the list goes on. At the price, it is an absolute steal. I've done performance reviews in about 1/4 of the time it used to take me. You have to get this book if you are a manager!!!

How to Write an Effective Resume (Successful Office Skills Series)

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How to Write an Effective Resume (Successful Office Skills Series)
Bobbi Linkemer
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Stories of extraordinary men and women who are making their communities better places to live. This stunning and inspiring book of photography and first-person narratives celebrates the remarkable people who, against staggering odds, are overcoming social, economic, and personal differences to improve their local communities and better people's lives. From volunteer crime patrols in Delray Beach, Florida, to marine conservation along the North Pacific Coast of Alaska, from migrant farm workers building homes in the Rio Grande Valley to youth empowerment on Chicago's Southwest Side, these encounters with real life and real people show us that we all have a role to play in our own communities. Each community represents examples of change, inviting reflection on our own values, beliefs, and commitment to the place we call home. Bill Burke, Lynn Davis, Lauren Greenfield, Reagan Louie, Danny Lyon, Sylvia Plachy, and Eli Reed are among the world-renowned photographers who have contributed to the book. The accompanying CD is narrated by the individuals featured in the book. Local Heroes Changing Lives is the centerpiece of the Indivisible Project funded by the Pew Charitable Trust. Photography exhibition will tour to: Chicago, Akron, San Antonio, Tuscon, Raleigh, San Diego, Sarasota, Philadelphia, Anchorage. 120 color and 120 black-and-white photographs.

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thought-provoking and good images but too fragmentary.......2001-01-29

This book is understandably fragmentary because its interview-based format. As a pastiche of American life, this format is interesting and pretty effective. However, if your main interest in reading the book is to find out about innovative programs around the US, presumably with an eye toward participating yourself, is a bit difficult to get a coherent view of what's happening in each section. For instance, I would have preferred to have a bit more detail about how each of the organizations was started, what problems were overcome early on and which were still being faced -- there wasn't much pragmatic detail, there were a lot of impressions. There wasn't even contact information for the organizations in the book. The overall impression was more coffee-table book than a practical manual for change.

Here are synopses of the 12 organizations described in the book.

1) Doula Service, Univ. Hospital, in Stony Brook, NY.
'Doula' is a Greek word meaning servant, and today it means someone who offers emotional and practical support at the pre-natal, labor, postpartum stages. Talks about how doulas engage in this "ancient, humanizing approach to supporting birth".

2) Dine bi' iina', Inc., in the Navajo Nation "Dine bi' iina'" means "Navajo lifeways". It's a group of Navajo herders, weavers, and cultural activists, working to find ways to prosper while maintaining traditional ways of life. The titl machine that e of this section is "A Traditional Future".

3) Eau Claire Community of Shalom, in Eau Claire-North Columbia, SC
The Community of Shalom is a nat'l initiative of the United Methodist Church. It encouraged two churches in Eau Claire, one historically black, the other historically white, to work with each other and with other churches & community institutions to improve health care, education, housing, safety.

4) Proyecto Azteca, in San Juan, TX.
Founded by the United Farm Workers union, this organization ("Project Aztec" -- Aztec being both the name of the ancient people and a relevant acronym in Spanish) helps Mexican-American families escape from colonias and build homes. A "colonia" is an unincorporated rural development, usually without even basic utilities.

5) Southwest Youth Collaborative, in Chicago, IL
Grassroots collaboration of churches, social service centers, rec centers, and neighborhood organizations. Activities include a discussion group for female juvenile offenders, assistance for released offenders, discussion group for youth to understand issues of law/justice, and a variety of neighborhood youth programs.

6) Yaak Valley Forest Community, in Yaak Valley, Montana
150 familes living near Canada, often w/o electricity or plumbing, in the middle of a huge nat'l forest. The Council, created under the US Forest Service's Forest Stewardship program, supports forest protection, especially in the remaining roadless areas. Its story shows the value and vagueness of the democratic process in a highly charged debate involving issues of ownership, livelihood, freedom, wrestling with issues of public and private good.

7) Haitian Citizens Police Academy and Roving Patrol, in Delray Beach, FL
Many Haitians who have streamed into Florida in recent years. Naturally the arrival of many new immigrants causes various stresses on the existing community. The program profiled was started by the police dept and community organizations to embrace the newcomers as community members, in the context of community policing.

8) Alaska Marine Conservation Council, on the north coast of the state
The AMCC is a group of concerned residents who have successfully advocated for sustainable fishing practices, independent fishermen, native communities, a good example of change through consensus building, successful because informed by a deep familiarity with the complexities of maintaining a viable way of life in that region.

9) Communities in Harmony Advocating for Learning and Kids (Chalk), in San Francisco, CA Youthline is a toll-free phone service offering access to listeners, young staff trained for at least 80 hours to direct callers to help & information, supporting callers with conversation and encouragement. Essential idea is youth helping youth. The emphasis is on active listening, not giving advice.

10) alternatives federal credit union, in Ithaca, NY A credit union working within federal standards, Alternatives is member-owned, and driven by a commitment to social change through local investment. It provides low end," high-risk" members with mortgages, small-business startup loans, lines of credit, in financial education.

11) Handmade in America / small town revitalization project, in Western North Carolina America's small rural towns are struggling to survive and maintain their way of life in the face of megastores and franchises. Handmade in America works to revitalize local economies in an environmentally and culturally sensitive way. The Small Town Revitalization Project in Marshall, NC, develops citizens' ideas for promoting tourism, in developing small-business, etc.

12) the village of arts and humanities, in Philadelphia PA the village intends to rebuild community through creativity. By building housing, reclaiming lots as parks, youth theater, publications, and outreach efforts, village residents work on building community through the arts.

Inspiring Stories and Photographs.......2000-11-29

"Local Heroes Changing America" is an extraordinary collection of stories and photographs by some of America's finest photographers and writers. Having just seen the exhibition here in Chicago at the Terra Museum, I can only say that this book should be brought by everyone who wants to know if pictures and words together still have the power to inspire and create social change. They do, and this book, and the traveling exhibition, shows why. Buy one for yourself, and one for a friend. They will definitely thank you. If the exhibition is in your city, make it a point to go, and take others. Work like this, that speaks so powerfully and compassionately, should be widely and enthusiastically supported.

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Kathleen Thelen explains the historical origins of important cross-national differences in four countries (Germany, Britain, the United States and Japan), and also provides a theory of institutional change over time. The latter is considered a frontier issue in institutionalist analysis, of which there are several varieties emerging from economics, political science, and sociology. Thelen's study contributes to the literature on the political economy of the developed democracies that focuses on different institutional arrangements defining distinctive models of capitalism.

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Cutting Edge Institutionalism.......2006-02-12

How Institutions Evolve is widely considered one of the most important recent contributions to the institutionalist literature. It received the Woodrow Wilson award, the most prestigious book award of the American Political Science Association.

Thelen is concerned with the interplay between continuity and change in institutions. Focusing on vocational training, she demonstrates the persistence of country specific patterns of vocational training through periods of dramatic political change. In an extended treatment of the German case she demonstrates how, in spite of this continuity, the function of vocational training in Germany has dramatically changed over the years. While created against the opposition of organized labor at the end of the 19th century, it gradually changed into an importan pillar of union power in Germany's political economy.
Her argument is directed mainly against the 'punctuated equilibrium' approach to institutional change, which views institutions as stable until a major 'critical juncture' changes them entirely.

Though 'vocational training' may not strike most readers as the most exciting of subjects, Thelen's focused theoretical lense, as well as the historical depth of her treatment make this book a good, at times fascinating, read. It is sure to become required reading for all students and scholars of political institutions.

The Brave New World of European Labor: European Trade Unions at the Millennium

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The Brave New World of European Labor: European Trade Unions at the Millennium
Lucio Bacaaro , Anthony Daley , Lydia Fraile , Chris Howell , Richard M. Locke , Rianne Mahon , and Stephen J. Silvia
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Postsocialist Pathways: Transforming Politics and Property in East Central Europe (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

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Postsocialist Pathways: Transforming Politics and Property in East Central Europe (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
David Stark , and Laszlo Bruszt
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Redeeming the Communist Past: The Regeneration of Communist Parties in East Central Europe
Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing the Legacy of Communist Rule
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Subversive Institutions: The Design and Destruction of Socialism and the State (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe

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Is there a distinctly East European capitalism? This volume analyzes democratization and economic change in the postsocialist societies of East Central Europe. It demonstrates that the collapse of communism was not the same across the region and that the differences in how the pieces fell shaped the building blocks used for reconstructing political systems and restructuring economies in the region. Among the key concepts are the importance of social networks in the economies and of deliberative institutions in the polity that include the interests of subordinate groups in policymaking.

Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

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Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Isabela Mares
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Beyond Employment: Changes in Work and the Future of Labour Law in Europe

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More of the well focused humor.......2000-06-06

After buying the first volume, "Lawyers and Other Reptiles" for a barrister friend in Nigeria, he immediately wanted the sequel. This little book continues the well intentioned poking of fun which even lawyers can enjoy. Good light reading.

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