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This practical, easy-to-read resume guide is a great tool for anyone looking for a job in the library field, or for those updating a resume for promotions, reviews or other purposes. The examples of various types of resumes are extremely helpful. This book makes a great gift for a library school grad!

Newlen's book is the kind of discovery that will make a job-seeker shout "Eureka!" It was written a few years ago but remains relevant today. I can't begin to describe how eye-opening it was for me. Ever wondered what others write on their resumes, what employers and interviewers are looking for? Newlen features this in the book, with actual examples of resumes that stand out and succeed. You begin to see the process from the standpoint of the employers and understand what they have in mind when selecting among a pool of candidates, the kind of thing that will give you that much of an edge.

Newlen also dives into the details of good writing, noting the basic qualities of composition that not only conform to standards but register with a reader at a psychological level, helping her or him to remember it better. There's information on how best to leverage your training and work experience to date, specialties, formatting-- it's all in here. This would be useful to someone even outside of the librarian field! You'll find this very helpful.

Newlen has created an amazing tool and not just for librarians. His approach is practical and demonstrates how to combine experience with the "dream job". This what resume books should be about today and this one over-delivers. After a clear review of real resumes, Newlen assessed what uniquely connects your skills, interests and strengths to the job you want! Essential hints with added bonuses of computer usage, cover letters and an extensive appendix of action verbs, makes this book a much needed business tool for everyone looking to have a resume worth sharing in today's marketplace

The authors pull concepts and recommendations from three Y2k disciplines: program management, business management, and technology management. This is possibly the first time all three disciplines have been presented in a manner such that a company president can understand the real business threat due to lack of Y2k readiness.

Y2K risk management and contingency planning is the hottest Y2K topic right now. Readers need to know about this book, and fast! For example, agencies of the federal government have until April 30 to submit their year 2000 contingency plans in the event of system failures. Why isn't _Y2K Risk Management_ part of the Amazon Millennium Store? According to all the reviewers, this is THE book to read for anyone who needs to mitigate Y2K business and legal risks, and develop a sound contingency plan.

In my presentations on the impact of Year 2000 in healthcare I am often asked to recommend resources. There are only two recommendations I will give and one of them is "Y2K Risk Management" by Steve Goldberg, Steven Davis and Andrew Pegalis. I equate this book to "just in time information." It is precise and right on the money in terms of the final preparations for January 1, 2000. I use it, our Risk Manager uses it and it is appropriate reading for all involved in Y2K preparedness. If I had only one choice, with the time remaining, this book would be it.

The book is quite funny, but displays the author's bias for government work. As a development manager/implementor, I have seen some of these 77 sins, but others are rather esoteric and limited to the author's domain. Purchase it for a laugh, to educate the ignorant, or to know you are not alone.

As a project management trainer, I often work with IT folks who are struggling with too many projects and not enough time to complete them. Typically IT people don't take the time to reflect and document management practices that drive them crazy and kill their projects. Instead, they just leave the company! In this rare book, two veteran soft developers irreverently vent their frustrations and provide plenty of insight for anyone wanting to better manage software development teams. While they provide a bunch of items related to technical and programming management issues, the also share some management-related sure-fire ways to kill a software project. Some hightlights from their list of items include: #13 -- Begin design while requirements are fluid. #18 -- Make developers fight for every purchase. #28 -- Concentrate on cosmetics, not functionality at inspections. #33 -- Forgo prototyping. #41 -- Give everyone beepers [... so they can be reached even in the middle of the night about cosmetic problems.] #47 -- Schedule as many meetings as possible. #58 -- Jump on the process improvement bandwagon. #59 -- Create lots of TQM groups. #60 -- Hire a TQM expert from outside the company. #68 -- Require overtime work without compensation. #70 -- Hire temp programmers [and pay them for all hours, even overtime, at a rate higher than staff] #73 -- Give humiliating performance reviews. #74 -- Get rid of developers over 40 [years old]. #75 -- Refer to people as "units."

This book is clean, crisp, and fun to read... and might well generate some valuable discussions in your organization that could improve the effectiveness of your projects!...

A fine resource, but am I expected to lug around a 1,000 page book? What if I want to search the text of the book? I hate books that don't come with an eBook copy! It's still a good resource book, but I want an electronic version, too.

Just want to give props on this book as well as its companion, the Desktop Developer's Handbook!!!!

GREAT BUY...well worth the money.

The book is a really good view about secure servers and technology, but it lacks a business view about electronic commerce. In fact electronic commerce is more about business than technology but this book is a very good start. The discussion about electronic payment solutions is very good.

I bought this particular book because I needed information on electronic commerce and indeed it did cover all relevant topics on electronic commerce and much much more

This book covers all of the key points and provides some excellent topics to include in a corporate e-policy. The goal of this book is to aid you in developing a policy that will provide clear, enforceable guidelines to your employees in the acceptable use of the Internet and electronic mail, and to protect your company's image.

It starts out with a well developed approach to assessing your current situation with respect to Internet and software usage, and provides a handy list of questions to aid in this task. The key objective is to discover your company's exposures and what abuse of systems or services [if any] need to be immediately addressed by the policy.

In order to fully understand the results of your assessment and how they relate to risks and exposures, the author provides fundamentals of "cyberlaw" and general security concerns that will indicate, roughly, the degree of risk your company faces. These are important considerations for tailoring an e-policy to which your employees can relate. I liked the chapter on cyber insurance products and how they can be used to transfer some of the inherent risks to an underwriter. I didn't even know such policies existed. The author also addresses software piracy, which can be a big issue because the world wide web has many sources for pirated software (commonly called "Warez"). It goes without saying that pirated software can expose your company to legal headaches and expenses, not to mention technical headaches and lost productivity that will occur if that stolen software also comes with a virus attached.

The book then shows you how to develop an e-policy that is based on your assessment results, and the issues previously discussed in the book. What is valuable here is that the author provides a list of all elements that need to be included in the policy. Moreover the next chapters provide additional material that will prove to be invaluable in preparing your company for the policy. For example, there is a "Netiquette" primer for employees, on-line writing guidelines, and advice on training your employees. The training aspect of implementing an e-policy is especially important because many employees have home computers and are experienced Internet users. They might consider themselves to be experts and may resent being "constrained" by a policy that dictates how they use the Internet at work. Educating them and getting their "buy-in" is essential, and the author provides some effective ways to get that "buy-in".

I found the sample policies in the appendices to be particularly valuable to use as guidelines for drafting a clearly-worded policy that covers all key elements. The applicable laws cited in the appendices were also valuable because they indicate the many sources of legal risks (and protection) that touch an e-policy.

This book provides an excellent starting point for developing an effective e-policy that can be closely tailored to your company and "sold" to your employees. Its clear writing, completeness and sensible advice earn it 5 stars. I will offer one caveat: any e-policy developed based on this book or any other should not be issued until it has been carefully reviewed by legal counsel. I am not an attorney (I am a computer consultant by profession), however, I do know that such a policy touches so many aspects of privacy and employment law that you may put your company at greater risk by implementing a policy that has not been reviewed by qualified legal counsel than by having no policy at all.

This key to designing and implementing email and software policies in a company structure provides business owners and managers with important information on how to produce clear policies which regulate computer use. From workplace piracy to e-theft insurance, Nancy Flynn's The ePolicy Handbook covers a wide range of topics and concerns.

I had the prior version as a textbook in the MBA course in Strategic Marketing. Very instructive and a good learning tool that shows the interaction between the strategic variables in your marketing plan.

Wow!What an excellent simulation!! Nerve recking! Can't sleep withourt seeing the results every day. Better than the class room teachings and bag full of articles and books. Tests your marketing knowledge to the ultimate limits. Best part of this simulation is that no one losses and no one wins but every one LEARNS AND A LOT . This simulation is an eye-opener to the so called market strategists. The team spirit is revitalised and real leaders emerge. I recommend to all serious marketing strategists.

As a Biztalk developer, this book helps me get through my project successfully. In-depth and packed with information. Tables are great for quick reference. It is an EXCELLENT REFERENCE for an experienced developer.... [For a beginner, 1500 pages might make you feel overwhelming. 'MCSE Training Kit: Microsoft® BizTalk™ Server 2000' is a better alternative. It is more precised and get you an overall concept faster.]

The book is something I haven't expected. Comparing to "XML and SOAP Programming for BizTalk Servers" by Brian E. Travis this book covers almost every aspect of BizTalk develpoment, deployment and administration that the guys in Micsosoft has thougth of so far. It is mostly the printed version of the help, but changed and extended. You will find all the whitepapers in here also. Not very much of examples and step-by-step coverage, but... fair well written book, I'd say. The only thing I don't like is the size and weight of the book... should be in volumes.

Some valueable resource on Internet offered. New angels to value Internet. But the statement on generic principal on stock/fund/bond market is too simple.

This book/CD combo knows no bounds when it comes to utilizing the Internet for investing. Its scope covers just about every facet of personal finance imaginable. After an intro, chapters 2 through 7 are deovted to a range of investment topics -- stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and riskier instruments such as IPOs, futures and derivatives. Four additional chapters cover insurance (from life to disability, property and liability). Three chapters are devoted to debt (including personal debt, mortgage debt and credit card debt). And other chapters discuss education and car financing, home buying, retirement and estate planning, banking, and taxes. Each chapter begins with an in-depth explanation of the topic at hand and conlcudes with a detailed cyber-tour of related Web and Internet resources. The accompanying CD is packed with useful financial software along with a fully-searchable electronic edition of the entire book. This is the very best book/CD on the market addressing personal financing and investment strategies which leverage the Internet. --- Calvin Groves

I used this book whilst studying my Diploma in Sales and Marketing and found it invaluable. It goes through the fundamental steps of selling and gives you great examples of companies different approaches to the selling environment. A must for all sales people who want to learn the basics of selling or those who want to brush up on their skills.

A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS A PROFESSOR IN ZIMBABWE (UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE) WOULD LIKR TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE A TEACHERS RESOURCE BOOK, OR ANY SUPPLEMENTS TO THIS BOOK (SELLING - BUILDING PATNERSHIP)