Skills-Based Approach is a methodology centered on the development of a skill set over a career; it is a progression in four stages: planning, building, presenting, and validating. Each stage has proposed ways to achieve its objectives. The beauty of a skills-based approach is its simplicity and flexibility. It effectively handles the complex factors in career planning and development, such as changing career demands due to technology and demographics, rising education costs, and increasingly competitive employment market. A skill set represents your functional capabilities, essentially a list of skills with your level of expertise. Skill sets are searchable, standardized, interactive, and portable. Professional web services have adopted the use of skill sets and some have built sophisticated search engines based on them. This book guides you through planning a skill set to achieve career aspirations, learning and building an expertise with skills and how to respond to setbacks or opportunities, presenting skills on various platforms, and validating skills so you establish credibility with your intended audience. The objective of this book is to provide a framework that can be used throughout your career to increase your chances of success. Career planning is the key to finding happiness.

Skills-Based Approach is a methodology centered on the development of a skill set over a career; it is a progression in four stages: planning, building, presenting, and validating. Each stage has proposed ways to achieve its objectives. The beauty of a skills-based approach is its simplicity and flexibility. It effectively handles the complex factors in career planning and development, such as changing career demands due to technology and demographics, rising education costs, and increasingly competitive employment market. A skill set represents your functional capabilities, essentially a list of skills with your level of expertise. Skill sets are searchable, standardized, interactive, and portable. Professional web services have adopted the use of skill sets and some have built sophisticated search engines based on them. This book guides you through planning a skill set to achieve career aspirations, learning and building an expertise with skills and how to respond to setbacks or opportunities, presenting skills on various platforms, and validating skills so you establish credibility with your intended audience. The objective of this book is to provide a framework that can be used throughout your career to increase your chances of success. Career planning is the key to finding happiness.

Uncover Your Dream Career The Treasure Hunt…A Complete Guide to Interviewing will be your most trusted resource for managing your career search. Brian shares with you the easy to follow steps that are needed to help you uncover the career path where you will have success, financial security, and happiness. In your possession is the map to your future. If you follow each step, keep an open mind, and have fun, you will: Learn how to get everything that you want by exploring the power of both setting and accomplishing goals. Discover how to get an interview without sending countless resumes. You will always be a step ahead of everyone by knowing what the hiring company is looking for. Find out how to uncover the best industry, company, and career for you without wasting valuable time and energy. Develop both the knowledge and skills to reach high levels ofachievement within a business world that is complex and always changing. Get the compensation that you need, want, and deserve! About the Author: Brian Carey is both the author and illustrator of this book. He is a successful career consultant, and has had experience in retail, management, wholesale, sales, and service industries.

CRAWFORDVILLE, FLA – After working in the business world for 43 years, Catherine R. Cameron has seen her fair share of resumes run across her desk.  Now, she takes her wealth of experience and pens her new book, “Are you looking for an administrative job?   From Resume to Job Ready.” (published by Trafford Publishing).

Cameron has created a how-to book that helps get job hunters from the resume to job ready and be able to successfully function in a business environment.

“There are books on how to prepare a resume, questions and answers about different subjects, not one that blends it all.” Cameron explains on the uniqueness of “Are you looking for an administrative job?’

“Are you looking for an administrative job?’ is especially helpful in support of administrative receptionists, secretaries and administrative assistants.

“Are you looking for an administrative job?  From Resume to Job Ready.”

By Catherine R. Cameron

Dear Reader If you are reading this book, you are either trying out my book or have already bought a copy. Whether you are already an entrepreneur, an aspiring entrepreneur, or the supporter of an entrepreneur, read on. I had you in mind when I wrote this book. The book offers a window into my life story as an entrepreneur so as to enable you to recognize and identify with my experiences. Business can be rewarding and fulfilling, but some of its challenges can destroy you if you are not prepared to deal with them. This is especially the case if you focus too much on disappointments, rather than see beyond your current obstacle. This book offers encouragement and examples to help you to persevere and not give up on your dream. You will see and learn why setbacks and even suffering do not always come merely to injure, but can also generate insights an opportunities to enable you to achieve beyond your expectation. As you read and digest my “lessons learned,” I hope you will glean from my experience the resolve to climb mountains and reach beautiful valleys in your ventures. I hope you will find the courage to discover new oceans and experience the power of money and wealth.

An absolute truth, sometimes called a universal truth, is an unalterable and permanent fact. It means that something is true no matter where you are and who says it, i.e., 2 +2 = 4, no matter where you go you get the same answer. A universal truth is something anyone can benefit from. They are simple lessons containing wisdom that often goes unnoticed or gets lost in the daily hustle and bustle of our over-stimulated lives. This book is a testament to the struggles that we all face every day in our lives that we must rise up to and overcome in order to be our best and to achieve the miracle that we want to see. These principles are used as a part of Clark’s Executive Presentations Skills Training Course. Each has its own significance and each is able to stand alone. Although numbered for reference purposes, they are not presented in any particular order of importance. Clearly, there are far more than 100 principles of communications, but these are the ones most likely to resonate. Like all great truths, they have a timeless quality making them just as meaningful today as they were in the beginning of time and ensuring that they will maintain their significance far into the future.

Dear Reader If you are reading this book, you are either trying out my book or have already bought a copy. Whether you are already an entrepreneur, an aspiring entrepreneur, or the supporter of an entrepreneur, read on. I had you in mind when I wrote this book. The book offers a window into my life story as an entrepreneur so as to enable you to recognize and identify with my experiences. Business can be rewarding and fulfilling, but some of its challenges can destroy you if you are not prepared to deal with them. This is especially the case if you focus too much on disappointments, rather than see beyond your current obstacle. This book offers encouragement and examples to help you to persevere and not give up on your dream. You will see and learn why setbacks and even suffering do not always come merely to injure, but can also generate insights an opportunities to enable you to achieve beyond your expectation. As you read and digest my “lessons learned,” I hope you will glean from my experience the resolve to climb mountains and reach beautiful valleys in your ventures. I hope you will find the courage to discover new oceans and experience the power of money and wealth.

Dear Reader If you are reading this book, you are either trying out my book or have already bought a copy. Whether you are already an entrepreneur, an aspiring entrepreneur, or the supporter of an entrepreneur, read on. I had you in mind when I wrote this book. The book offers a window into my life story as an entrepreneur so as to enable you to recognize and identify with my experiences. Business can be rewarding and fulfilling, but some of its challenges can destroy you if you are not prepared to deal with them. This is especially the case if you focus too much on disappointments, rather than see beyond your current obstacle. This book offers encouragement and examples to help you to persevere and not give up on your dream. You will see and learn why setbacks and even suffering do not always come merely to injure, but can also generate insights an opportunities to enable you to achieve beyond your expectation. As you read and digest my “lessons learned,” I hope you will glean from my experience the resolve to climb mountains and reach beautiful valleys in your ventures. I hope you will find the courage to discover new oceans and experience the power of money and wealth.

¿Cómo ser más ágiles en nuestros proyectos? Las filosofías lean y ágil son términos que definen técnicas modernas para hacer más eficientes y veloces nuestros proyectos, sin agregar más costos ni reducir la calidad. Los cinco principios del pensamiento “lean” nacen en la década del 90´ en la industria automotriz japonesa. En resumen este enfoque sirve para mejorar la eficiencia en los proyectos de producción masiva, poniendo énfasis en agregar valor al cliente y eliminando los desperdicios del flujo de valor del proyecto. Diez años más tarde, se populariza el manifiesto para la gestión ágil de proyectos de software y sus doce principios de la corriente “ágil”. Estas ideas nos invitan a no ser demasiado estrictos con los planes y procesos, ya que el contexto cambia de manera permanente, y tenemos que ser flexibles con nuestro cliente para adaptarnos rápidamente a esos cambios, si queremos entregar rápido los entregables que nos están solicitando. De estas dos corrientes, una enfocada a proyectos de producción masiva y la otra a proyectos de software, en este libro desarrollaremos ideas 100% prácticas para mejorar la eficiencia y velocidad durante la gestión de cualquier tipo de proyectos. No sólo eso, sino que varios de los conceptos de este libro nos permitirán ser líderes más ágiles en las actividades diarias que llevamos a cabo, aunque no sean estrictamente proyectos. Su autor, Pablo Lledó, ha escrito seis libros sobre Dirección de Proyectos, algunos de ellos publicados con las Editoriales más importantes del mundo. El autor afirma que las ventajas de este libro son:  Comprender la filosofía lean y ágil de una manera muy simple  Aprender lecciones de más de 20 casos reales  Fijar conocimientos con más de 10 ejercicios prácticos  Ahorrar tiempo y dinero en relación a otros libros  Ser mejores Directores de Proyectos Más información: www.pablolledo.com

With its unique features (presented in nine chapters grouped into five major parts), Automated Fare Collection System And Urban Public Transit: An Economic & Management Approach To Urban Transit Systems provides a wealth of resourceful information to everyone with interest in mass transit: Part I: Public Transportation, Urban Economy And Automation in Fare Collection Part II: Models of Transportation Pricing Part III: Transportation Research Methods And Models Part IV: Approaches And Trends in Urban Transit Ridership Part V: Epilogue In these parts of the book, Clifford N. Opurum reveals the impact of the automated fare collection system on mass transit and particularly, on the New York City rail rapid transit system. Various effective urban public transportation pricing techniques are presented. Transportation research methods and models including the alogit model and different approaches to transportation research analysis are featured. Alternative scenarios of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) are used extensively along with other feasibility studies strategies to determine the economic and social benefits of the automated fare collection system. The author concludes that as in the case of other industrial sectors, the financial health of the transit industry is very much dependent upon the level of transit patronage, and that automation in fare collection has further encouraged the later. Furthermore, he added that automated fare collection (AFC) is preferred over the mechanical system of fare collection and will make positive impact on both transit ridership and revenue, if efficiently operated. Finally, he stressed that society would be better off financially if the benefits of automation in transit fare collection are fully utilized, and that automation in fare collection has in deed influenced the travel pattern of most mass transit patrons.

An absolute truth, sometimes called a universal truth, is an unalterable and permanent fact. It means that something is true no matter where you are and who says it, i.e., 2 +2 = 4, no matter where you go you get the same answer. A universal truth is something anyone can benefit from. They are simple lessons containing wisdom that often goes unnoticed or gets lost in the daily hustle and bustle of our over-stimulated lives. This book is a testament to the struggles that we all face every day in our lives that we must rise up to and overcome in order to be our best and to achieve the miracle that we want to see. These principles are used as a part of Clark’s Executive Presentations Skills Training Course. Each has its own significance and each is able to stand alone. Although numbered for reference purposes, they are not presented in any particular order of importance. Clearly, there are far more than 100 principles of communications, but these are the ones most likely to resonate. Like all great truths, they have a timeless quality making them just as meaningful today as they were in the beginning of time and ensuring that they will maintain their significance far into the future.

An absolute truth, sometimes called a universal truth, is an unalterable and permanent fact. It means that something is true no matter where you are and who says it, i.e., 2 +2 = 4, no matter where you go you get the same answer. A universal truth is something anyone can benefit from. They are simple lessons containing wisdom that often goes unnoticed or gets lost in the daily hustle and bustle of our over-stimulated lives. This book is a testament to the struggles that we all face every day in our lives that we must rise up to and overcome in order to be our best and to achieve the miracle that we want to see. These principles are used as a part of Clark’s Executive Presentations Skills Training Course. Each has its own significance and each is able to stand alone. Although numbered for reference purposes, they are not presented in any particular order of importance. Clearly, there are far more than 100 principles of communications, but these are the ones most likely to resonate. Like all great truths, they have a timeless quality making them just as meaningful today as they were in the beginning of time and ensuring that they will maintain their significance far into the future.

¿Cómo ser más ágiles en nuestros proyectos? Las filosofías lean y ágil son términos que definen técnicas modernas para hacer más eficientes y veloces nuestros proyectos, sin agregar más costos ni reducir la calidad. Los cinco principios del pensamiento “lean” nacen en la década del 90´ en la industria automotriz japonesa. En resumen este enfoque sirve para mejorar la eficiencia en los proyectos de producción masiva, poniendo énfasis en agregar valor al cliente y eliminando los desperdicios del flujo de valor del proyecto. Diez años más tarde, se populariza el manifiesto para la gestión ágil de proyectos de software y sus doce principios de la corriente “ágil”. Estas ideas nos invitan a no ser demasiado estrictos con los planes y procesos, ya que el contexto cambia de manera permanente, y tenemos que ser flexibles con nuestro cliente para adaptarnos rápidamente a esos cambios, si queremos entregar rápido los entregables que nos están solicitando. De estas dos corrientes, una enfocada a proyectos de producción masiva y la otra a proyectos de software, en este libro desarrollaremos ideas 100% prácticas para mejorar la eficiencia y velocidad durante la gestión de cualquier tipo de proyectos. No sólo eso, sino que varios de los conceptos de este libro nos permitirán ser líderes más ágiles en las actividades diarias que llevamos a cabo, aunque no sean estrictamente proyectos. Su autor, Pablo Lledó, ha escrito seis libros sobre Dirección de Proyectos, algunos de ellos publicados con las Editoriales más importantes del mundo. El autor afirma que las ventajas de este libro son:  Comprender la filosofía lean y ágil de una manera muy simple  Aprender lecciones de más de 20 casos reales  Fijar conocimientos con más de 10 ejercicios prácticos  Ahorrar tiempo y dinero en relación a otros libros  Ser mejores Directores de Proyectos Más información: www.pablolledo.com

Most of us have had a bad boss at sometime. Consequences range from minor annoyances to health issues to life or death.

The author takes true stories of stand alone cases from big company environments and identifies bad boss behaviors. He looks at serious cases -- cheating, lying, discriminating, stealing, cultural diversity, gender and even religion related problems. Also intricately planned unfairness. Some are contrary to what one is accustomed to reading. Each case focuses on a snapshot or a moving account that exemplifies a boss’ behavior -- like an unauthorized biography. Some are under the radar of the higher leadership -- some are in line. The cases play out in the longer term.

Facts in each case are analyzed. A case might have a simple solution except for the reluctance to discuss taboos or politically incorrect issues.

While there is no condoning bad bosses, there may be identifiable (treatable) reasons -- such as the case of the boss with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and others.

See if you would come to the same conclusions. See if you agree with the actions taken by the players. See what you would do if faced with any of these situations.

It's Nobody's Business but Yours was written as a resource and guide for women who are considering entrepreneurship and also as an aid to those already in business. It is the author’s sincere hope that every woman who has that burning desire to create her own business will gain valuable information from this book and that they will become happy, healthy, successful business owners.

Studies have shown that women who decide to strike out on their own are intuitive thinkers. They are willing to step away from the ordinary and ask “what if…?” They are tuned in to their subconscious mind and trust the messages that they are receiving from it.

You will discover a great deal of practical advice from women who are past the hurdle of starting a business. In addition, there is plenty of sound advice about how to bring your idea to reality, how to market your product or service, how to project a professional image, and what other professionals you will need to have on your team to be successful. This book will serve as your personal Board of Directors and will lead you every step of the way to a successful career in business.