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Drone pilots who carry out targeted assassinations. Undocumented immigrants who man the "kill floors" of industrial slaughterhouses. Guards who patrol the wards of America's most violent and abusive prisons. In Dirty Work, Eyal Press offers a paradigm-shifting view of the moral landscape of contemporary America through the stories of people who perform society's most ethically troubling jobs. As Press shows, we are increasingly shielded and distanced from an array of morally questionable activities that other, less privileged people perform in our name.

Here is one book every job hunter needs. Fast paced, with no fluff, Winning Job Interviews is packed with strategies and techniques that are practical, market-proven, and easy to use.

Whether you’re a well-established industry figure or just starting off in your career, this guidebook to professionalism in the modern workplace will set you up for success. Leave Your Mark isn't an advice book -- it's a mentorship in 288 pages. Aliza Licht-global fashion communications...

Job interview? There's no stress for you. Just excitement that you will crush your next job interview with confidence and ease! Because you have the audiobook. Hired by Walt Disney World, Meijer Super Centers, the US Military, the US Postal Service, four-star restaurants, and the owner of seven different businesses, author Brian Mahoney gives you real-world expert advice from real-world experience on getting hired...by crushing your job interview with confidence and ease.

Eine Einladung zum persönlichen Gespräch mit dem Chef! Oh Gott, und jetzt? Hoffentlich vermassel' ich das nicht! Ob erstes Date, Vorstellungsgespräch oder Mitarbeitergespräch: Der erste Eindruck zählt. Hierfür gibt es keine zweite Chance. Mithilfe von sieben Tricks lernst du, wie du vom ersten Gespräch an sicher überzeugst und deine Persönlichkeit bestmöglich verkaufst. Wie bereite ich mich vor? Wie kann ich selbstbewusster werden und wirken? Woher weiß ich, was der Chef hören will?

These days to truly learn how to find a job you love, and one that doesn't simply crush your soul and help you with your car payment, you've got to be smart. You've got to be focused. You've got to use all the modern, kick-ass, job-seeking social-media goodness at your disposal. And that's what this audiobook is all about. It's my hope that this audiobook will help you go beyond the usual cliched advice and give you some tangible, real suggestions on how to break through the gatekeepers and get your resume (and your face) in front of decision makers who can help you find a job.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to How to Land a Tech Job: Insider Advice on Landing a Job at Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Google, or Any Tech Company and get advice about tech and IT jobs from an insider.

Organizational psychologist Dr. Rosalind Chow turns the concept of networking on its head, taking readers on a transformative journey beyond the standard model of mentorship to embracing sponsorship. We all want to build more diverse and inclusive workplaces, but many of us are struggling...

Are you a good teammate? Do you try your best? Do you follow rules and play fair? Explore these and other ways to be a good sport with these fun books! Jordan practices losing graciously, whether she is competing in a footrace, playing tennis, or playing checkers.

A book that actually teaches you how to make the connections you need to succeed? Yes - You really can learn the art of in-person and social networking! In Networking: Learn How to Influence Others and Boost Your Social Skills, Career Growth, Jobs, Social Skills, & Approach, you'll be taken through a step-by-step process on how to get down to basics and create a thriving personal network. This book walks you through the steps you need to get the ball rolling and master the delicate art of conversation. It guides you through the follow-up stage and helps you plan and execute a second meeting. Let Networking: Learn How to Influence Others and Boost Your Social Skills, Career Growth, Jobs, Social Skills, & Approach take you by the hand and show you how to use social media and blogging to get the most out of your interactions!

Some of the questions I get asked most frequently are: “How do I start a conversation?” “What do I say to a girl?” and “Should I have certain phrases prepared in advance?” One of the main problems when striking up a conversation with a woman is that everything seems to be going well and then suddenly her interest seems to simply disappear. As her answers get shorter and shorter you can start to feel like the situation is a complete disaster and that you'd give anything to know what she was thinking.

For Jobs and Freedom: Race and Labor in America since 1865 describes the African American struggle to obtain equal rights in the workplace and organized labor's response to their demands. Award-winning historian Robert H. Zieger asserts that the promise of jobs was similar to the 40-acres-and-a-mule restitution pledged to African Americans during the Reconstruction era. The inconsistencies between rhetoric and action encouraged workers, both men and women, to organize themselves into unions to fight against unfair hiring practices and workplace discrimination.

How the efforts of each person in a group contributes to the whole.

Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into 56 short years. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to cofound and run Apple in addition to turning Pixar into a groundbreaking animation studio. A college dropout, Jobs took unconventional steps in his path to success and inspired the best and the brightest to come with him and "change the world".

Black voters have overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Party for the last fifty years - and for their loyalty, black Americans have been rewarded with worsening schools, collapsed families, skyrocketed incarceration rates, disappearing jobs, and rising crime. Crystal Wright, editor of the blog Conservative Black Chick, exposes how the Democratic Party has systematically betrayed black voters.

How we get to work, how we find work, and how we do our work has changed a lot. With engaging text, listeners will learn about how different jobs used to be.

Plastic surgery has become the answer for many Americans, and in American Plastic sociologist Laurie Essig explores how we arrived at this particular solution. Over the last decade there has been a 465 percent increase in cosmetic work, and we now spend over $12 billion annually on procedures like liposuction, face-lifts, tummy tucks, and boob jobs.

In this book, Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund Phelps draws on a lifetime of thinking to make a sweeping new argument about what makes nations prosper--and why the sources of that prosperity are under threat today. Why did prosperity explode in some nations between the 1820s and 1960s, creating not just unprecedented material wealth but "flourishing"--meaningful work, self-expression, and personal growth for more people than ever before?

America's leaders say the economy is strong and getting stronger. But the safety net that once protected us is fast unraveling. With retirement plans in growing jeopardy while health coverage erodes, more and more economic risk is shifting from government and business onto the fragile shoulders of the American family. In The Great Risk Shift, Jacob S. Hacker lays bare this unsettling new economic climate, showing how it has come about, what it is doing to our families, and how we can fight back.

The broadcaster and journalist Gavin Esler sets out how the most momentous change in Britain for decades will change everyday life. In 7 succinct chapters, he reveals the profound impact of leaving the European Union on: Food and diet, Health and the NHS, Jobs and industry, Education, Travel to Europe. From the food markets of Kent to NHS operating theatres to the boardrooms of big employers, Brexit throws up many surprises. Brexit Without the Bullshit is not about the Brexit you were told you were getting. It's about the one that is arriving.