Business : Careers

For those who long for their "dream job," a dose of wisdom from those who've found theirs. more...

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Career experts agree that most job seekers already know what they need to do in order to find a new job. But they won’t—or can’t—do what it takes because they are paralyzed by their own fears: fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of talking to strangers, fear of looking foolish, fear of being seen as a “bragger,” and much more. Career coach Katy Piotrowski has helped thousands of clients overcome their fears and take the small steps that can lead to big rewards. Now she brings her expertise to the brand-new Career Cowards series for JIST, which analyzes each aspect of a successful job search and provides easy steps for facing job search challenges in a unique and easy-to-tackle format more...

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Reveals the secrets to personal success through branding. This work explains the authors' proven personal branding process and provides examples of successful professionals. It also includes case studies on career branding, as well as real stories of successful executives who have learned to build their careers like they would their businesses. more...

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Career Management covers key career management techniques, from lifelong learning to getting promoted, and from surviving office politics to goal setting. Packed with lessons and tips from great careers and ideas from great thinkers like Charles Handy. more...

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The Foreign Service is the State Department agency through which the United States government conducts international affairs. Its trained personnel support the President of the United States and the Secretary of State by participating in the development, implementation, and promotion of US foreign policy and by protecting and advancing American interests abroad. There are two types of overseas posts, diplomatic and consular. Diplomatic missions are embassies, headed by an ambassador who is the personal representative of the United States President and is accredited to the government of the host country. Their primary concern is political relations. A consular officer is appointed to attend to business, commercial, and cultural matters, as well as to handle the concerns of Americans abroad. Consuls are not accredited to the chief of state of the host nation and do not represent the President. Foreign Service Officers and specialists are dispatched to embassies and consulates all over the world. more...

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