Helps students, graduates, job seekers, and career changers at various levels find the information and job resources in the field of green...... more

Helps students, graduates, job seekers, and career changers at various levels find the information and job resources in the field of green collar jobs. This book examines different aspects of green careers, beginning with an overview discussing green jobs from environmental, economic, and political perspectives.

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Join in the fun of fancy dress in this activity board book. Slip the figure into the acetate pocket to magically transform the boy or girl ready...... more

Join in the fun of fancy dress in this activity board book. Slip the figure into the acetate pocket to magically transform the boy or girl ready to do any number of jobs.

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The Working with Animals publication is a unique and comprehensive resource designed to assist and inspire anyone who wants to work with animals. Whether you...... more

The Working with Animals publication is a unique and comprehensive resource designed to assist and inspire anyone who wants to work with animals. Whether you are a school leaver or a professional looking for a career change, this book will help you achieve your goal. Compiled by a team of animal care professionals, the information is concise and in one place. This is a great purchase that will help you find a suitable and rewarding career with animals according to your skills, experience and personal interests.

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Nursing is a career that attracts many people. This title provides information about the different types of nursing, what qualifications are needed, how...... more

Nursing is a career that attracts many people. This title provides information about the different types of nursing, what qualifications are needed, how to obtain them and how to apply for a nursing place. It also provides information for nurses working overseas about how to register in the United Kingdom.

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With over 150 big stickers, this delightful sticker book offers little children the opportunity to dress boy and girl characters in the clothes...... more

With over 150 big stickers, this delightful sticker book offers little children the opportunity to dress boy and girl characters in the clothes and uniforms of various different jobs and professions. It features stickers for 15 costumes including a firefighter, astronaut, diver, scientist, hairdresser, artist, dancer, police officer, doctor, vet, chef, builder and racing drive. It is a fun way to find out about different jobs and what people need to wear to do them.

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Every day thousands of hopefuls send off their badly composed CVs, that don't communicate the right message, in pursuit of jobs they simply don't...... more

Every day thousands of hopefuls send off their badly composed CVs, that don't communicate the right message, in pursuit of jobs they simply don't understand. This book explains the need to choose and build on the right format to match your needs and aspirations and how to tailor it to ensure an employer can spot that your skills match their needs.

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Job quality matters. It contributes to economic competitiveness, social cohesion and personal well-being. Focusing on 'bad jobs', this...... more

Job quality matters. It contributes to economic competitiveness, social cohesion and personal well-being. Focusing on 'bad jobs', this book outlines debates, developments, issues and trends in job quality whilst asking the question are bad jobs inevitable?. Bringing together an internationally renowned group of academics, the book defines and measures bad jobs; explains variation and change in job quality; and identifies workplace practices and broader non-workplace strategies for making bad jobs better. Key Benefits: - An essential collection for the study of labour and job quality - Written by leading experts - Contains cutting edge research on contemporary topics relating to work and employment Are Bad Jobs Inevitable? is an ideal companion for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students of Sociology, Labour Relations, Labour Economics, Organization Studies, HRM and Employee Relations.

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An illustrated depiction of Steve Jobs' friendship with Zen Buddhist Kobun Chino Otogawa and the impact it had on Jobs' career Apple cofounder...... more

An illustrated depiction of Steve Jobs' friendship with Zen Buddhist Kobun Chino Otogawa and the impact it had on Jobs' career Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) had such an enormous impact on so many people that his life often took on aspects of myth. But much of his success was due to collaboration with designers, engineers and thinkers. The Zen of Steve Jobs tells the story of Jobs' relationship with one such person: Kobun Chino Otogawa. Kobun was a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the early 1970s. He was an innovator, lacked appreciation for rules and was passionate about art and design. Kobun was to Buddhism as Jobs was to the computer business: a renegade and maverick. It wasn't long before the two became friends--a relationship that was not built to last. This graphic book is a reimagining of that friendship. The story moves back and forward in time, from the 1970s to 2011, but centers on the period after Jobs' exile from Apple in 1985 when he took up intensive study with Kobun. Their time together was integral to the big leaps that Apple took later on with its product design and business strategy. Told using stripped down dialogue and bold calligraphic panels, The Zen of Steve Jobs explores how Jobs might have honed his design aesthetic via Eastern religion before choosing to identify only what he needs and leave the rest behind.

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The media attracts a large number of school leavers and graduates yearly. This title covers a range of job opportunities and looks at the...... more

The media attracts a large number of school leavers and graduates yearly. This title covers a range of job opportunities and looks at the different sectors within this wide ranging industry. It includes information on how to get a job in journalism, publishing, broadcast media (TV and Radio), film and new media.

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Aims to lift the veneer of 'employability' and to expose serious problems in the way that future workers are trying to manage their employability in the...... more

Aims to lift the veneer of 'employability' and to expose serious problems in the way that future workers are trying to manage their employability in the competition for tough-entry jobs in the knowledge economy. This book shows how some students are playing 'the game' to win a competitive advantage and what really happens in the selection events.

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Steve Jobs is a very elusive individual. He strays from the public eye. He keeps to himself. He''s not a paparazzi-driven, media-hungry entity. He''s a...... more

Steve Jobs is a very elusive individual. He strays from the public eye. He keeps to himself. He''s not a paparazzi-driven, media-hungry entity. He''s a creator, an inventor, a genius. And he''s the brains behind some of Apple''s innovative, world-changing product. Learn the story behind the man, the legend of Steve Jobs. Get the inside scoop on what drives him to create and where his first need for intelligence came from. From his first Apple computer all the way to the newest inventions, learn how this man has shaped the company, and himself, for the better.

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Helps students, graduates, job seekers, and career changers at various levels find the information and job resources in the field of green...... more

Helps students, graduates, job seekers, and career changers at various levels find the information and job resources in the field of green collar jobs. This book examines different aspects of green careers, beginning with an overview discussing green jobs from environmental, economic, and political perspectives.

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Suitable for anyone who's applying for jobs, this book explains what recruiters are looking for, gives practical advice about how to...... more

Suitable for anyone who's applying for jobs, this book explains what recruiters are looking for, gives practical advice about how to show yourself in your best light, and provides real-life examples to help you improve your CV.

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Today we expect to choose the kind of career we will have, but it wasn't like that in the Middle Ages. Whatever work you got, you were stuck with...You could...... more

Today we expect to choose the kind of career we will have, but it wasn't like that in the Middle Ages. Whatever work you got, you were stuck with...You could have been a barber: and chopped off people's hair and their sickly limbs! Perhaps you were a rich nobleman? Then you could have hired illuminators to painstakingly decorate your books with gold and silver. Or maybe you have been stuck as a gong farmer, looking for dropped pennies in medieval latrines! This entertaining book first provides and overview of medieval society and then focuses on 100 different job opportunities and drudgeries: - What Happened When?A" Timeline. - How many people lived there? - How was life different then? - Everybody in their place. - Oath of homage & fealty. - Women in the Middle Ages. - Never an idle moment. - Choosing a medieval career. - Bread & Butter jobs. - Religious jobs. - Castle jobs. - Sit-down jobs. - Life & Death jobs. - Artistic jobs. - Law & Order jobs. - Wonder Workers' jobs. - Dirty jobs. - Travelling jobs. A fun book, packed with over 100 lively colour illustrations.

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Do you want to turn your passion for food into a career? Take a bite out of the food world with help from the experts in this first-of-its-kind What...... more

Do you want to turn your passion for food into a career? Take a bite out of the food world with help from the experts in this first-of-its-kind What Color Is Your Parachute? for food related careers.Maybe you're considering culinary school, maybe you're about to graduate, or maybe you're looking for an exciting career change. How can you translate your zest for flavor into a satisfying profession? Should you become a chef or open a specialty foods shop, write cookbooks or try your hand at food styling? Culinary careers are as varied as they are fascinating-the only challenge is deciding which one is right for you. Filled with advice from food-world pros including luminaries such as Alice Waters, Chris Kimball, Betty Fussell and Darra Goldstein Food Jobs will set you behind the stove of your dream career.Chalmers provides essential information for getting started including testimonials from the best in the field (Bobby Flay, Todd English, Gordon Hamersly, Francois Payard, Danny Meyer, Anthony Bourdain and more).

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This important new book is a comparative study of social mobility based on qualitative interviews with middle-class parents in America and...... more

This important new book is a comparative study of social mobility based on qualitative interviews with middle-class parents in America and Britain. It addresses the key issue in stratification research, namely, the stability of class relations and middle-class reproduction. Drawing on interviewee accounts of how parents mobilised economic, cultural and social resources to help them into professional careers, it then considers how the interviewees, as parents, seek to increase their children's chances of educational success and occupational advancement. Middle-class parents may try to secure their children's social position but it is not an easy or straightforward affair. With the decline of the quality of state education and increased job insecurity in the labour market since the 1970s and 1980s, the reproduction of advantage is more difficult than in the affluent decades of the 1950s and 1960s. The implications for public policy, especially public investment in higher education, are considered.

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