Until recently, most people expected to have one career withmaybe two or three job changes in a lifetime. Now, experts adviseus to expect seven or eight jobs with multiple industry changes. If you want to survive, you need the ability to transferand repurpose your skills in a completely new direction. In The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention , Pamela Mitchellshows you how your knowledge, experience, and skill sets can beadapted to a wide spectrum of industries and jobs, and provides thetools to help you navigate the full art of career change.

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The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now. Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators--Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg--Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufactur

Put these words to work for you Learn the gift of gab and getcloser to your dream job This latest addition to the bestsellingPerfect Phrases series is a must-read for anyone who dreadsnetworking or who has ever fumbled or frozen during important andpossibly career-changing conversations. "Perfect Phrases forProfessional Networking" arms readers with foolproof and versatilephrases that help them take advantage of virtually any professionalnetworking opportunity. KNOW WHAT TO SAY IN ANY SITUATION Fromcocktail parties to industry conferences, association meetings, andeven unexpected run-ins on the street, this book has all the toolsyou need to feel comfortable striking up a conversation, steeringit in the right direction, and following up effectively. Whetheryou're looking for a promotion, considering a career change, orjust hoping to update that rolodex for a rainy day, this handyresource has you covered--including new-media tactics such ase-mail etiquette, rules for social networking, and the proper way

A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technologyand the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, andsociety at large. Which paint color is mostlikely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How canofficials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes beforethey explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of theH1N1 flu outbreak? The key to answering thesequestions, and many more, is big data. “Big data” refers to ourburgeoning ability to crunch vast collections of information,analyze it instantly, and draw sometimes profoundly surprisingconclusions from it. This emerging science can translate myriadphenomena—from the price of airline tickets to the text of millionsof books—into searchable form, and uses our increasing computingpower to unearth epiphanies that we never could have seen before. Arevolution on par with the Internet or perhaps even the printingpress, big data will change the way we think about business,health, politics, edu

Part Fast Food Nation, part Bobos in Paradise,STARBUCKED combines investigative heft with witty culturalobservation in telling the story of how the coffeehouse movementchanged our everyday lives, from our evolving neighborhoods andworkplaces to the ways we shop, socialize, and self-medicate. In STARBUCKED, Taylor Clark provides an objective, meticulouslyreported look at the volatile issues like gentrification and fairtrade that distress activists and coffee zealots alike. Through acast of characters that includes coffee-wild hippies, businesssharks, slackers, Hollywood trendsetters and more, STARBUCKEDexplores how America transformed into a nation of coffee gourmetsin only a few years, how Starbucks manipulates psyches and socialhabits to snare loyal customers, and why many of the things wethink we know about the coffee commodity chain are false. Starbucked is ...smart cultural criticism minus any academicgobbledygook. Mr. Clark is quite funny as he dryly sends up theexcess of the corporate

Michael J. Gelb, author of the international bestseller How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci , and Sarah MillerCaldicott, a descendant of Thomas Edison, introduce a revolutionarynew system for successful innovation . Bestselling author Michael J. Gelb and Sarah Miller Caldicottintroduce a carefully researched, easy-to-apply system of the fivesuccess secrets inspired by the creative methods of Thomas AlvaEdison. The greatest innovator in American history, Edison set thestage for America’s global leadership in innovation by his focus onpractical accomplishment. Now Gelb and Caldicott apply the bestpractices of this American genius to contemporary businesssituations to help today’s leaders harness their own innovativepotential. Innovate Like Edison is a blueprint for successthat will enable executives and entrepreneurs to revitalize theirown ingenuity and thrive in today’s culture of innovation.

Joe Girard was an example of a young man with perseverance and determination. Joe began his working career as a shoeshine boy. He moved on to be a newsboy for the Detroit Free Press at nine years old, then a dishwasher, a delivery boy, stove assembler, and home building contractor. He was thrown out of high school, fired from more than forty jobs, and lasted only ninety-seven days in the U.S. Army. Some said that Joe was doomed for failure. He proved them wrong. When Joe started his job as a salesman with a Chevrolet agency in Eastpointe, Michigan, he finally found his niche. Before leaving Chevrolet, Joe sold enough cars to put him in the "Guinness Book of World Records" as 'the world's greatest salesman' for twelve consecutive years. Here, he shares his winning techniques in this step-by-step book, including how to: read a customer like a book and keep that customer for life; convince people reluctant to buy by selling them the right way; develop priceless information from a two-minute phone call; mak

The quintessential guide to kick-starting your career-now updated to address the challenges of today's economy、 With our current economic situation, more peopleare unemployed now than at any other time in recent history andmany who do have jobs are overworked, maxed out, and miserable. Inthis revised and updated edition of I Don't Know What I Want,But I Know It's Not This , career coach Julie Jansen shows howanyone unhappy with their employment-or lack of-can implement areal and satisfying career transformation. A range of quizzes andper?sonality exercises help readers to identify the type of workfor which they're best suited, and then Jansen shows them how totransform this uncertain time from a period of crisis into anopportunity for positive change..

IT RANKS AMONG THE UNQUESTIONED LAWS OF AMERICAN BIG BUSINESSover the last half century: If you want to be taken seriously, youhire McKinsey Company. For decades, its consultants havehelped companies and governments come up with the strategies andhabits that have shaped the world we live in. In this book, starfinancial journalist Duff McDonald shows how, in becoming anindispensable part of decision making at the highest levels,McKinsey has done nothing less than set the course of Americancapitalism. He also answers the question that’s on the mind ofanyone who has ever heard the word McKinsey: Are they worth it?After all, just as McKinsey can be shown to have helped invent mostof the tools of modern management, the company was also involvedwith a number of striking failures. Its consultants were on thescene when General Motors drove itself into the ground, and theyplayed a critical role in building the bomb known as Enron. McDonald is one of the few journalists to have not only parsedthe record but

From online marketing to old-fashioned word-of-mouth, readerswill find a comprehensive update on key marketing basics, as wellas such topics as: Guerilla marketing Marketing to Boomers and Latinos Online marketing Targeted-but-affordable direct mail Sample marketing plans for several types of small businesses (aswell as a couple of larger projects) Practical, do-it-yourself distribution strategies Analysis of business segments and trends, and much more.

"The fullest account yet of the rise of one of the mostprofitable, most powerful, and oddest businesses the world has everseen." - San Francisco Chronicle Just eleven years old, Google has profoundlytransformed the way we live and work-we've all been Googled.Esteemed media writer Ken Auletta uses the story of Google's riseto explore the future of media at large. This book is based on themost extensive cooperation ever granted a journalist, includingaccess to closed-door meetings and interviews with industrylegends, including Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, MarcAndreessen, and media guru "Coach" Bill Campbell. Auletta'sunmatched analysis, vivid details, and rich anecdotes illuminatehow the Google wave grew, how it threatens to drown mediainstitutions, and where it's taking us next.

Draws on thephilosophies of the "Rich Dad" series about making a successfultransition from employee to company owner, in a guide for aspiringentrepreneurs that shares firsthand accounts of people who achievedsuccess. Reissue. 100,000 first printing.

Want to live your dreams--or even surpass them? Want the worldto change for the better? Want to see a miracle? What are wewaiting for? Why not be the miracle? That's the challenge Regina Brett sets forth in BE THEMIRACLE . To be a miracle doesn't necessarily meantackling problems across the globe. It means making a difference,believing change is possible, even in your own living room,cubicle, neighborhood, or family. Through a collection of inspirational essays, Regina shareslessons that will help people make a difference in the world aroundthem. The lessons come from Regina's life experience and from thelives of others, especially those she has met in her 24 years as ajournalist. Each chapter is a lesson that can stand alone, buttogether they form a handbook for seeing the miracle of changeeverywhere. With upbeat lessons from "Do Your Best and Forget the Rest" to"Sometimes It's Enough to Make One Person Happy," these lessonswill help you accept and embrace yourself, challenge and

It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of that economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades. As yet another period of economic turmoil makes headlines today, Lords of Finance is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, their fallibility, and the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong.