How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records
by Frank Broughton
from Grove Press
Construction Management JumpStart
by Barbara J. Jackson
from Sybex
Launch Your Construction Management Career—Quickly and Effectively
Written by an experienced construction management specialist, Construction Management JumpStart provides all the core information you need, whether you're considering a new career or expanding your responsibilities:
- Understanding the functions of construction management
- Understanding the design and construction process
- Working with contracts documents
- Estimating project costs
- Administering contracts
- Managing the job site
- Creating and maintaining a project schedule
- Measuring project performance
- Controlling quality
- Ensuring project safety
Human Resources JumpStart
by Anne Bogardus
from Sybex
Launch Your Human Resources Career—Quickly and Effectively
Written by an experienced HR specialist, Human Resources JumpStart provides all the core information you need to approach a human resources career with confidence:
- Introduction to the essential employment laws
- Staffing requirements
- Compensation and benefits
- Occupational health and safety
- Employee relations
- Employee communications
- Training and development
- Performance management
- Maintaining employee records
- Introduction to strategic management in HR
eCommerce: Formulation of Strategy
by Robert Plant
from Prentice Hall PTR
Get in the Game: Careers in the Game Industry (New Riders Games)
by Marc Mencher
from New Riders Games
Have you dreamed of obtaining a game industry job? Get in the Game will help you achieve this! This friendly guide shows you step-by-step how to prepare yourself for a game industry career. With insights from over a dozen industry experts, it's the only guide you will need for training yourself then finding a game industry job. Discover how to research, meet the right industry people, access the unadvertised job market, sell yourself, create the perfect demo, beat the competition, handle interviews, and negotiate a salary package. This book will show you how to tailor your job search, answer tough interview questions, transition into the game industry from other careers, hone essential resume writing skills and networking skills.
It's a crash course on everything you need to know about the game industry! You will learn about the following careers;
- Game Designer
- Game Programming
- Game Artist
- Game Production
Careers in High Tech (Professional Career Series)
by Nicholas Basta
from McGraw-Hill
Find a cutting-edge career in the field of high-tech!
We live in a high-tech world, and technology is advancing ever more rapidly. Companies dedicated to high tech endeavors are the way of the future. Fortunately, no one has to be left behind. Whether you're a computer whiz, possess leadership talents, or have a knack for selling products, you can find a steady, lucrative career in the business of high-tech.
Careers in High Tech gives you invaluable tips for finding a job in one of the many areas that make up this diverse field. Whether you're interested in computer design or network analysis, program management or product marketing, this guide will help you:
- Develop a clear understanding of your career options
- Key in on the specialty most suited for you--from R&D to manufacturing to sales
- Understand what to expect in an entry-level job
- Find the education and training you'll need to stay one step ahead of the competition
- Familiarize yourself with current salaries, benefits, and the best job prospects
The IT Career Builder's Toolkit
by Matthew Moran
from Cisco Press
Your complete guide to building your information technology career in any economy
The IT Career Builder’s Toolkit features market-focused skills and proven methods you can use to jump-start and advance your career. While other books cover just the mechanics of preparing your résumé, writing a cover letter, and interviewing, this book provides all that plus additional insight from IT career development expert, Matt Moran, to help you plan and create a rewarding IT career over the long term.
The toolkit approach allows you to use this book to suit your unique needs:
- Are you new to the IT field? Benefit by reading the book cover to cover.
- Just need to fine-tune your IT career? Choose a topic and dive in.
Understand and prepare for the various and changing factors that affect your career in both positive and negative ways. Learn how to
- Present the value of your technical skills in the job market
- Position yourself as the primary commodity of your career
- Remove the guesswork out of job searches
- Highlight on-the-job skills and gain meaningful professional exposure
The companion CD-ROM includes career management tools such as résumé and cover letter templates, forms to track important contacts, and self-assessment tools. Start or further your consulting career with sample proposals, opportunity tracking forms, and a time-tracking and billing database. Financial tools, including budget and cash-flow summary worksheets, help you gain financial well-being. Use the Value-Added Technologist presentation to gain a clear understanding of the career-building process and how to use the toolkit to build a dynamic career.
Most of all, have fun! Every year, people advance along the path to career stardom. Let Matt help you to be one of them through his career philosophy “Do not accept mediocrity as a career objective–demand more of yourself.”
“I want you to see the [toolkit] techniques as one more set of skills to adopt in your overall career development program. They are skills, just like your technical skills, that you will use daily during your career. Just as you adopt new technical skills, use the toolkit to define those soft skills that you must learn and put to use. The result will be a more well-rounded and complete professional skill-set.”
~ Matthew Moran, from the Introduction
Companion CD-ROM
The CD-ROM contains valuable tools, forms, spreadsheets, and documents that work with the Toolkit to help you master key areas of your career development.
Screen Printing (Graphic Communications)
by Sam Hoff
from CENGAGE Delmar Learning
This valuable primer explores the entire screen printing process. It covers, with in-depth explanations, each stage of the process as well as technological advances and latest industry trends. Photographs, charts, diagrams and graphics illustrate the procedures and concepts behind the techniques of screen printing. Environmental issues are discussed to promote awareness of the impact of the technology.
Getting a Job in CG: Real Advice from Reel People
by Sean Wagstaff
from Sybex
Get the Inside Track to Landing an Enviable Job in Computer Graphics
Breaking into the wildly creative and fiery 3D/Effects industry is a tough proposition. With so many talented people competing for each alluring job, it's imperative that candidates grasp what employers look for and make every attempt to stand out. Maya Press, a joint publishing effort between Sybex and industry leader Alias, brings you this definitive and practical guide to help you land that first job or advance your current job in the computer graphics industry.
Getting a Job in CG: Real Advice from Reel People is rich with candid strategies and priceless insights straight from industry and academic leaders, job recruiters, and employers. Through interviews, case studies, and sample demo reels on the CD, this book teaches you how to:
- Discover the myriad job possibilities from the obvious to the obscure
- Identify precisely what tools, skills, and knowledge employers seek
- Determine your best training options: college, art school, or do-it-yourself
- Recognize what staffing agencies and in-house recruiters are looking for
- Build an extraordinary resume that gets noticed
- Find out where to go to meet the right people and tap into networking opportunities
- Acquire the know-how to ace the job interview
- Produce an exceptional and applicable demo reel that will help you land the job
- Emulate the career paths of successful artists
This book's companion website, www.3djobs.net, serves as a research hub packed with supplementary information and links to vital sources.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry (Tempus)
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