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This CD-ROM is the most efficient and economical way to access the core readings from the FRM Exam. Over 700 pages of essential reading material are now at your fingertips, all easily viewed in pdf format. For one-stop convenience, this CD-ROM contains 38 recommended readings. Also included is a complete appendix bibliography, so that you can easily reference any supplementary reading materials not available for reprinting on this CD-ROM. In total, this CD-ROM provides immediate or reference access to all other essential readings recommended and endorsed by the Global Association of Risk Professional’s FRM Committee for the FRM Exam. The reading selections by the FRM Committee are representative of the theory and concepts used by practicing risk management professionals. The FRM Committee, which oversees the selection of reading materials for the FRM Exam, suggests these readings for those registered for the FRM Exam and any other risk professional interested in the “mission critical” knowledge essential to their profession. In addition to these readings, GARP also recommends the Financial Risk Manager Handbook, Second Edition, by Philippe Jorion, for those taking the FRM Exam. Risk professionals may gain further information about GARP, the FRM Exam, and the Financial Risk Manager Handbook through www.garp.com or www.wiley.com.
The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) is the leading global association for risk management professionals, with nearly 34,000 members worldwide.
René M. Stulz, Everett D. Reese, Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics at the Ohio State University, and Richard Apostolik, President and Chief Executive Officer of GARP, served as co-editors for this collection of selected readings in financial risk management.
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great resource!.......2007-09-22
I had to purchase this textbook for a class and I must say, out of the hundreds of dollars spent for my MEd program in school counseling, this text is one of the few that will be on my shelf as a well used resource. It is informative and helpful, a great guide to develop useful support groups for all students K - 12.
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Updated to address the specifics of today's job market, THE CAREER COUNSELOR'S HANDBOOK is a one-stop resource for counselors looking to break into the business, be more efficient, or simply get a recharge of inspiration and ideas. From practical matters to ethical concerns, Figler and Bolles provide all the professional tools, problem-solving tips, and soul-searching wisdom a counselor needs to ensure a successful and satisfying practice.
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Excellent resource for those new to the field, many good ideas for those that are more experienced.......2006-10-05
This is an excellent book for the beginning career counselor and offers a lot of good advice and resources for more experienced professionals as well. It is well-written and it is obvious that Mr. Bolles is passionate about his topic.
The thing I like best about this book is that it focuses on matching what people like to do to a career choice rather than simply matching people's skills or what they are good at to the needs of the market. This puts the client's best interests squarely at the center of the counseling process. It also drives home the point that deep right hemisphere introspection is a necessary prerequisite to making a fulfilling decision. This point is often underplayed or ignored in other books.
Mr. Bolles also brings in the often controversial topic of how career (or vocation) relates to spirituality and how one might address this with a particular client. Although this is not a standard practice, the reality is that for many people spiritual considerations are important. Handling this connection between the two is delicate, but is certainly an option with many clients and potentially an added value that will be appreciated by many. Whether you decide to enter this territory or not, this section is good food for thought and it isn't an opinion that dominates the rest of the book.
While I like this book and think it offers good practical advice and contains some very good resources, it also has some shortcomings. For example, I think it underplays the value of psychological testing and has a tendency to oversimplify these kinds of big decisions. On the other hand, it emphasized peak experiences and mining them for clues to a client's values which also sheds light on deep psychological motivations. This approach also tends to bypass negative scripts or schemas that undermine many clients.
In short, I think this is a good roadmap for career counseling which I do a fair share of in my practice. While I think for many clients there are other tools to augment this process that Mr. Bolles doesn't mention, he does talk about many important skills and provides a good structure for this type of work. For those that are interested in other tools, there is certainly a lot of complimentary reading material that one can explore.
Well Done!.......2003-04-25
This is a great book about not just helping people find a job, but helping them find themselves and fulfillment in their career. For the job seeker this book is also a great tool for understanding both yourself and the career counsel you may seek.
Learn the "True" Role of the Career Counselor.......2001-08-25
As a rookie in the field of Career Development I was in for some major surprises. As many Americans in today's society, I thought that the most frequently utilized tools of any professional career counselor would be assessment tests and occupational forecasts. Instead, I learned that these tools should be be used sparingly and with caution. Although still frequently used, the the highly skilled and professional career counselor makes it his/her mission to help the client use introspection, and ultimately, assume the responsibility for her/her own career development. I learned a lot about the field of career counseling, material which can not only be used when working with clients but also material that will be beneficial to my own career development. My two least favorite aspects of the book were the last chapter which dealt with "Hanging it up as a Career Counselor". Not that this Chapter shouldn't have been included, but I felt as that it was a downer of an ending. Also, it was recommended that the Counselor be ready to bring God and sprituality into the counseling session(s) if the client seems ready to do so. Maybe it is because I am new, but I find religion and spirituality to be so personal and unique to the individual, that I would be uncomfortable doing this. Religious values and beliefs are so varied that I think one would have to be highly knowledgeable about both world religions and the world of work.
Food for thought!.......2000-12-31
When I purchased this book, I found myself inspired, refreshed and enlightened by the contents. After doing career counseling for over 20 years, I am delighted to be caught up anew in the possibilities. I called up four colleagues and started a book discussion group. We are working our way through the ideas herein, beginning with the authors' distinctions between information, knowledge, and wisdom. Brilliant, and very helpful! I recommend this to career practitioners who wish to sharpen their skills and focus. Bravo!
Theory and practice in one.......2000-08-07
This book is a gift to anyone who is interested or involved in career counseling. It holds a wealth of clear, helpful and practical information that has been gathered and tested by two writers who have become leaders in their field, and who have in this book shared their wealth of experience. It provides a superb history of the ideas and events in the history of career counselling from 1909 to the present that will be valuable to both the student and the practitioner. It successfully integrates the academic, the spiritual and the intensely practical aspects of career counseling, and shows its relationship to life planning. The basis of this counseling approach is empowering individuals, so that clients 'take charge of their career development, make their own decisions and act on those decisions'. The writers take a firm stance on career assessment tools. There is sound advice on managing groups and group processes as well as an initial framework for running career counseling in a group. There is also practical advice on how to unblock clients, how to deal with the impossible client and how to counsel someone when you only have one hour. This book supports the proactive job search approach, self-employment, entrepreneurship and selling yourself. This is no standard textbook on counseling - it is a focused, practical and helpful guide that stays with its own topic and provides real tools and helpful advice, based on sound research and practice. I believe this book goes far in providing the career counselor with the tools they need to succeed, and, and in a wonderfully readable form.
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An unparalleled information source and time-saver packed with 417 useful lists of guidelines, activities, and materials for academic, career, and personal/social counseling...everything K-12 counselors need to meet the developmental needs of students and work constructively with teachers, parents, and administrators.
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Great Lists, but many out-of-date resources.......2000-05-15
While I like the format, content, and applicability of the MANY lists included in this book, when searching for various sources listed as "additional information" I found many of the Online URLs don't work or have changed and books are not available or are out-of-print. Although this is a useful resource material, I'd like to see the "additional information" sources updated, then it would be one of the best resources I've found.
Great Lists, but many out-of-date resources.......2000-05-15
While I like the format, content, and applicability of the MANY lists included in this book, when searching for various sources listed as "additional information" I found many of the Online URLs don't work or have changed and books are not available or are out-of-print. Although this is a useful resource material, I'd like to see the "additional information" sources updated, then it would be one of the best resources I've found.
Great Lists, but many out-of-date resources.......2000-05-15
While I like the format, content, and applicability of the MANY lists included in this book, when searching for various sources listed as "additional information" I found many of the Online URLs don't work or have changed and books are not available or are out-of-print. Although this is a useful resource material, I'd like to see the "additional information" sources updated, then it would be one of the best resources I've found.
Great Timesaver!.......1998-08-21
Wonderful resource not only for new counselors, but also for those "seasoned" in the field! A concise, but thorough resource covering nearly any information a counselor might need at a moment's notice. Strongly recommended!
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Dr. King shares her wisdom.......2001-05-01
From soup to nuts...that is how Dr. King covers the process of counseling. In a delightful conversational style, she outlines both the art and the science of counseling. Her career as a counselor and counselor educator shines through the pages of this brief but potent work. I recommend it to counselor educators as a text for intro and practicum courses. Enjoy it!
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The second edition of this work on family law, comprising text, cases and materials, provides not only an explication of legal principle but also explores, primarily from a feminist perspective, some of the assumptions about, and constructions of, gender, sexual orientation, class and culture that underlie the law. It examines the ideology of the family and, in particular, the role of the law in contributing to and reproducing that ideology. Structured around the themes of welfare, equality and family privacy, the book aims to offer the benefits of a textbook while also giving students a wide-ranging set of materials for classroom discussion, using the case method to demonstrate how various issues might be resolved. As well as providing a firm grounding in family law, the text sets the law in its social and historical context and encourages a critical approach by students to the subject. It provides an ideal introduction to family law for undergraduates, but will be equally helpful for postgraduate students of family law for whom it provides a challenging set of materials set within a theoretically rich set of ideas and arguments. A stimulating work which attempts to situate family law in its social, historical and political context. Its appeal should not be confined to family law students, as its commitment to a critical and analytical approach offers insights and ideas with broader significance. Mary Childs, Child and Family Law Quarterly, September 2002. 'The arguments are provocative, the analysis is stimulating and the materials amassed strongly support the authors' aim to question the 'axiomatic status of what is traditionally designated as the family'.' Fiona E Raitt, Infant and Child Development, September 2002. 'It is not often that one can say of a textbook in Law that it 'makes interesting reading' with quite the enthusiasm that can be expressed for this text. This new publication offers something that few textbooks seem to offer - a book you CAN open up virtually anywhere and find an interesting piece on almost any aspect of the broad family law spectrum.' Penny Booth, The Law Teacher, September 2002. 'All the major themes in feminist and constructionist perspectives in family law are presented together with a wealth of readings and extensive references. As a teaching manual, it is excellent - a coherent feminist perspective across the entire range of family law. 'Marty Slaughter, Feminist Legal Studies, July 2003.
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- A Start at Understanding One of the Great Astronomers of the Twentieth Century, But only a Start
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Fred Hoyle's Universe
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Fred Hoyle made an impressive contribution to many important problems in astronomy. Based on a meeting held in recognition of his work, this book contains chapters by many of Hoyle's scientific collaborators. It concentrates on his scientific legacy, and examines the influence of his research on others as well as on advances in astronomy and cosmology. The wide-ranging collection of essays will interest researchers in astrophysics and cosmology, as well as professional historians of science.
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A Start at Understanding One of the Great Astronomers of the Twentieth Century, But only a Start.......2006-12-28
Fred Hoyle was the astronomer nobody knows. One of the most interesting and provocative scientists in his field in the twentieth century, Hoyle made important discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics, and astrobiology. In particular, he broke ground in such areas as the evolution of the universe, the accretion of stars, and modern cosmology. Sir Fred died in 2001 at the age of 86 and this book is the result of a conference held in celebration of his life and work in 2002. Edited by Douglas Gough, a colleague of Hoyle's at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, the twelve chapters of this book was written by colleagues and friends.
In the first chapter, dealing with Hoyle's scientific legacy, Wallace Sargent attributes much of the current state of knowledge about the universe to the mind of Fred Hoyle while noting that his scientific work involved considerable creative thought, especially his efforts in nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution, and cosmology. This overview introduces several other chapters on individual areas explored by Fred Hoyle, all written by other scientists rather than historians.
Had historians been represented in this book, it might have turned out quite differently. For example, a full review and analysis of Hoyle's insistence on the legitimacy of the "Steady State" thesis of the universe versus the "Big Bang" is not to be found here except in the most general terms. Hoyle's persistence in the "Steady State Universe" in the face of building and eventually overwhelming evidence supporting the "Big Bang" is one of the most fascinating episodes of his career. While "The Scientific Legacy of Fred Hoyle" represents a useful tribute to the life of an esteemed colleague, it leaves open more questions than it answers.
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