The invisible element that lifts you as high as you can go is not a gas after all but neither is it a set of gimmicky rules nor just plain hard work. Those who really achieve superior recognition & reward in the workplace manage their boss their relationships & their environment more consciously & proactively than those who simply focus on performing the job". Those who understand the hidden landscape to be scaled & how to scale it are the ones who reach the top. While others rise no further than pure graft will take them you can float over their heads & away. Written in a story format but grounded in existing & successful business practice " Career Helium" is an inspirational career guide that will change the way you view work & how you can accelerate your rise up the corporate ladder." ...

How does anyone make sense of work & career choice in times as tough as this? This book encourages you to break out of a rut & start to make things happen in your career. Packed with practical tips for rejuvenating your career this book is a must for anyone striking out into a difficult job market after redundancy or simply looking for new opportunities in tough times. This book is designed to help you get out of a hole if youre career-panicked especially if youre coping with redundancy. Section 1
- Taking Stock checks your thinking before you throw yourself into job search mode. Section 2
- Planning Your Strategy gives you insights into the way the market works & the way recruiters & employers react to the different behaviors adopted by job seekers. Section 3
- Your Message To The Marketplace provides a series of checklists to show you how to sell yourself on paper including the reason why so many CVs & cover letters fail & Section 4
- Interview Secrets reveals how to make an impact in the final stages of the selection process. Finally Section 5
- Looking Forward provides some longer-term career strategies.




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The Careerist: 100 Ways to Get Ahead at Work" is a handy quick-fix reference guide on how to improve your career prospects. Based on the weekly column in the " Financial Times" by Rhymer Rigby it provides expert advice for those difficult career moments such as how to: do presentations work a room delegate effectively market yourself bounce back from failure sack someone use extracurricular activities be more ambitious change sector make a good impression ask for a pay rise future proof your career get head-hunted socialise with colleagues find a mentor deal with fights at work deal with stress set goals manage former colleagues step into big shoes come across well in meetings make humour work for you deal with criticism resign & much much more. With expert opinions from industry professionals on every topic " The Careerist" provides rubber-stamped career advice you can trust." ...

Are you a careers advisor a careers librarian or a teacher? Do you want to give the pupils you know a head start in finding their desired career? With one million 18-24 year olds currently unemployed & facing the toughest job market in 20 years it is more important than ever for students to think carefully & start planning their future. Careers 2013 will help you to advise your pupils on future job opportunities & career paths that are available giving pupils inside information & focus to get the job they really want. With over 500 job profiles Careers 2013 is the best-selling careers directory which provides pupils with a vast range of jobs & industries to investigate including administration healthcare education leisure performing arts science security services & transport. Each job profile contains: * Details of qualifications & courses required * Information on the personal skills & attributes needed * Guide to salaries for the role * An overview of working conditions & future prospects * Information on pros & cons of each job * Contact addresses for further information Simply laid out arranged alphabetically by job sector & highlighting industries & jobs that pupils have never thought of Careers 2013 opens up a wider range of opportunities for students giving them the knowledge they need to have a successful career. ...

For philosophically minded Isabel Dalhousie editor of the Review of Applied Ethics getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. & with the arrival of baby Charlie not to mention a passionate relationship with his father Jamie fourteen years her junior Isabel enters deeper & rougher waters. Late motherhood is not the only challenge facing Isabel. Even as she negotiates a truce with her furious niece Cat & struggles for authority over her son with her formidable housekeeper Grace Isabel finds herself drawn into the story of a painters mysterious death off the island of Jura. Perhaps most seriously of all Isabels professional existence & that of her beloved Review come under attack from the machiavellian & suspiciously handsome Professor Dove. A master storyteller whether debating ethics in Edinburgh or pursuing lady detectives in Africa here Alexander Mc Call Smith is as witty & wise as his irresistibly spirited heroine. ...

George Michael is the single most played artist on UK radio for the last two decades. He has sold 100 million albums world-wide & had seven UK number one singles & albums. This revealing new biography tells his story from the formation of Wham! in the early 1980s with friend Andrew Ridgley. Their success with hits including Young Guns (Go For It) & Club Tropicana & their split in 1986. His success as a solo artist with albums including Faith & Listen Without Prejudice. His legal battle with Sony which cost him millions of his own money. His personal life including his secret boyfriend Anselmo Feleppo who died in 1993 his former muse Kathy Jeung & art dealer Kenny Goss. The drug & sex scandals that eventually led him to be sent to prison in 2010 following a car crash.

Includes:: commentary by those best placed to observe his career
- such as former Wham! Manager Simon Napier-Bell.


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As an Arrow an elite soldier in the Psy Council ranks Judd Lauren was forced to do terrible things in the name of his people. Now a defector his dark abilities have made him the most deadly of assassins
- cold pitiless unfeeling. Until he meets Brenna.. . Brenna Shane Kincaid was an innocent before she was abducted
- & had her mind violated
- by a serial killer. Her sense of evil runs so deep she fears she could become a killer herself. Then the first dead body is found victim of a familiar madness. Judd is her only hope yet her sensual changeling side rebels against the inhuman chill of his personality even as desire explodes between them. Shocking & raw their passion is a danger that threatens not only their hearts but their very lives.. .


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Every island of the Caribbean has its own character & so not surprisingly does the food from their kitchens. Indeed when Christopher Columbus first arrived in the Carribean he is said to have remarked that he saw so many islands he hardly knew which to go to first. So variety is the spice of life in Caribbean cooking. It is a delightfully eclectic blend of tastes & textures influenced by ingredients & cooking techniques from Europe Asia & Africa; a diversity born out of the mixture of races
- Chinese Portuguese British Indian Amerindians & Africans whose travels & histories are the heart of the Caribbean. The essence of good Caribbean cuisine is in using fresh vegetables & fruit & seasoning meats & fish in herbs & spices. Rosamund Grants introduction to this cuisine presents recipes for traditional dishes as well as some created using ideas & ingredients borrowed from other cultures.
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In the BBC2 programme Caribbean Food Made Easy" Levi Roots travels around the UK & the Caribbean & reveals how delicious Caribbean food can be prepared at home with easy-to-prepare mouth-watering recipes using fresh healthy & readily-available ingredients. The show made by BBC Scotland will consist of four 30-minute prime-time shows from 8-8.30 pm including 3-4 dishes per programme. The accompanying cookbook

Includes:: 100 delicious Caribbean recipes including all of those that appear on the TV programme."

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With amazing culture beaches activities & weather not to mention the rum the Caribbean is a joyous riot of islands offering the ultimate escape. Ryan Ver Berkmoes Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage & you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. Inside This Book 65 islands covered 13 expert authors 500 days (and nights) of research 874 gorgeous beaches Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Cruising feature In-depth background Comprehensive planning tools Easy-to-read layout ...