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Virtually everyone looking for corporate work today must submit to a personality test. Better plan ahead and prepare yourself with this quick and easy guide to out-foxing and out-psyching the dreaded test. Author Edward Hoffman delivers a jargon-free tutorial on what applicants can expect from the test. He explains what six dimensions of. personality the test measures, how the test is evaluated, and most importantly, what employers can and can’t ask applicants. Ace the Corporate Personality Test also features:. Sample questions and scripted answers from tests that are widely used. Advice on how to frame your answers so they fit the particular position you’re seeking, whether in sales, management, or elsewhere. Detailed tips on how to conquer pre-test jitters and optimize concentration. Insights into legal issues and the rights of applicants regarding test results. Learn how to position yourself for the job you want, and ensure that your personality test says everything you want it to say to prospective employers. more...

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Create a first-rate resume that will get you hired in IT  . Stand out in a crowd of IT job applicants by creating and submitting a winning resume and cover letter with help from this practical guide. Fully revised and updated for the latest trends, technologies, and in-demand jobs, Ace the IT Resume, Second Edition reveals how to best showcase your IT skills and experience. You'll get tips for adapting your resume for different formats, using the right keywords, and getting your resume in the hands of the hiring manager. With an encyclopedia of sample resumes, job descriptions, and resume strategies, this is your must-have guide to landing a great IT job.: Present your skills, experience, and education in the most effective format; Optimize your online resume; Customize your resume based on the job you're seeking; Write compelling and relevant cover letters; Avoid common pitfalls and analyze your resume for errors; Discover ways to quickly get hands-on experience; Network with IT professionals to make connections more...

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This unique book is a guide for students and graduates of mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, and other number-based disciplines contemplating a career in actuarial science. Given the comprehensive range of the cases that are analyzed in the book, the Actuaries' Survival Guide can serve as a companion to existing study material for all courses designed to prepare students for actuarial examinations. more...

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In the century since its founding, Harvard Business. School has become the single most influential institution in. global business. Twenty percent of the CEOs of Fortune 500. companies are HBS graduates, as are many of our savviest. entrepreneurs (e.g., Michael Bloomberg) and canniest felons. (e.g., Jeffrey Skilling). The top investment banks and brokerage. houses routinely send their brightest young stars to HBS to. groom them for future power. To these people and many others,. a Harvard MBA is a golden ticket to the Olympian heights of. American business. In 2004, Philip Delves Broughton abandoned a post. as Paris bureau chief of the London Daily Telegraph to join nine. hundred other would-be tycoons on HBS’s plush campus. Over. the next two years, he and his classmates would be inundated. with the best—and the rest—of American business culture that. HBS epitomizes. The core of the school’s curriculum is the. “case”—an analysis of a real business situation from which the. students must, with a professor’s guidance, tease lessons. Delves. Broughton studied more than five hundred cases and recounts. the most revelatory ones here. He also learns the surprising. pleasures of accounting, the allure of “beta,” the ingenious chicanery. of leveraging, and innumerable other hidden workings. of the business world, all of which he limns with a wry clarity. reminiscent of Liar’s Poker. He also exposes the less savory trappings. of b-school culture, from the “booze luge” to the pandemic. obsession with PowerPoint to the specter of depression that. stalks too many overburdened students. With acute and often. uproarious candor, he assesses the school’s success at teaching. the traits it extols as most important in business—leadership,. decisiveness, ethical behavior, work/life balance. Published during the one hundredth anniversary. of Harvard Business School, Ahead of the Curve offers a richly. detailed more...

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Great for students planning their education beyond high school. Includes brief search advice. more...

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