Business & Finance Books

Advantages: Very easy to read, good examples
Disadvantages: heavy!!

I bought this book in 2003 for a Foundation course in Business. I only studied one unit in Marketing but had to write a marketing report for a company of my choice and this book was priceless. This book in my opinion is aimed at Foundation and Degree level students. Although it could be used for Postgrad I wouldn't like to comment on that as I don;t know what a postgrad course involves! (Yet) This was my first time back to University after being ...
...easy to read then anyone can! You can pick this book up for £33.99 brand new on Amazon or £13.00 used from Amazon(prices correct as @ 23/07/05). From time to time Ebay have this book as well and you may pick a copy up cheaper than this! I bought mine last year for £35.00 from Portland bookshop which is located at my University in Manchester. I had to include allsorts of Marketing terms in my assignment such as the 4 p's (the marketing mix product, ... Read review

Advantages: Interesting, captivating and very motivational
Disadvantages: N/A

This book is a must read if you feel you are stuck in rut with your career. It is both inspiring and extremely interesting. Fish is extremely well writen and really draws you into the story. As a business tool it is very motivating and will help you identify problems and come up with ways of sorting them. Im not a great reader but I have read fish twice in the three months since i bought it, even if you are not so interested in the work and motivation ... Read review

Advantages: Inspiring and motivating
Disadvantages: religious US-centric author

What Color Is Your Parachute is a job hunting manual, but it is also a great deal more than that. This book does not simply give you tips on how to write a CV or to succeed in an interview, but it offers what the author likes to call a "life changing job hunt". The book concentrates on the job hunter him-/herself and how through getting to know what you really desire in life you can find the perfect career. So far more than 8 million copies have ...
...70s and as well as What Color Is Your Parachute, he has written several other career counselling books. In connection with What Color Is Your Parachute he also runs a free job searchers website: www.JobHuntersBible.com where job hunters apart from posting their CV can get tips and advice from the man himself. The book is close to 400 pages long (although there are quite a few drawings and statistical tables to fill the pages up), but as the contents ... Read review

Advantages: Very useful
Disadvantages: A few mistakes in the text

This book is produced to help people who are either doing a NEBOSH Certificate or Diploma. NEBOSH is the National Examination Board of Occupational Health and Safety. It is an organisation which was set up in 1979. Over 25,000 people take a NEBOSH qualification each year. Their website is www.nebosh.org.uk. I have used this book for my NEBOSH certificate examinations, its very useful but there are a few mistakes which needed to be altered. If you ...
...you which bits to change but if doing a course from home you may end up making mistakes. This is the second edition which is being reviewed and this was published in 2006 but is the most up to date book so far. It is quite a pricey tome for a paperback but worth every penny if it allows you to pass the exam. It is 432 pages long so you get alot of book for your money. The book is organised into 19 sections, which are:- 1 Health and Safety Foundations. ... Read review

Advantages: Good broad coverage of interview skills and techniques
Disadvantages: May be a little too basic for some, and a bit cheesy in places

...time! Part Three – Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The main pitfalls here for interviewees are failing to answer the question, annoying the interviewer by answering a question that was not asked, providing superfluous information or attending the interview without sufficient preparation. This section contains 180 interview questions which are almost all open ended, ...
...required for many jobs. Most interviewers who know what they are doing (You can get some people who just cannot do the job of Interviewer!), will ask questions designed to get you to explore your previous actions and behaviours. These ought to be the easiest type of question to answer, as they are directly linked to what you did in certain situations. However, interviewees cannot always think fast enough when in an interview situation and you should ... Read review