Every year, thousands of college students invade Washington, D.C. and the fifty state capitals to volunteer as political interns. Unfortunately, they are rarely able to "hit the ground running," lacking the tools to help them do so. "The Insider's Guide to Political Internships" provides those tools. This volume contains practical, concise essays written by political professionals and scholars with extensive experience supervising internships, as well as advice from many former interns. The book highlights internships on Capitol Hill, at the White House, in the executive branch, at the state level, in the Congressional district office, and at non-profit groups.

The work world isn't so friendly anymore. Landing the job you want takes a little more sweat in this tight job market, and keeping that job requires savvy and vigilance. This smart and comprehensive guide, packed with punchy, frank advice, gives you the tools and techniques that will help you get the most out of your job hunt. Allison Hemming, a noted career expert, delivers a needed dose of wisdom from the trenches in a manual that is perfectly updated to suit the modern work environment.

Work It! gives you the skinny on all you need to know, including:

• Step away from the computer -- the Internet may be ruining your job search

• Lose the McResume and get a grip on the lost art of correspondence

• The ABCs of networking -- don't wing it, work it!

• Training tips for peak interview performance

• Seal the Deal -- how to negotiate and accept a job the right way

If you are recently unemployed or see a layoff looming, there's a bonus Pink Slip section that will make you better able to bounce back and stay financially afloat during your job search. And for recent college grads, there's a road map for getting a J.O.B. degree. Alter your approach to job-hunting from this moment forward! Now go work it!

Explore a variety of jobs and careers through oral history interviews with people who love what they do for a living. Learn the ins and outs of careers that range from mainstream roles such as doctors, computer experts, and postal workers to more obscure callings such as mural painters, river trip guides, and creature effects technicians. Peruse a variety of jobs and careers through oral history interviews with people who love what they do for a living. Learn the ins and outs of careers that range from mainstream roles such as doctors, computer experts, and postal workers to more obscure callings such as mural painters, river trip guides, and creature effects technicians. Corresponding open-ended projects, stories, recipes, and book suggestions give further insights into how certain careers fulfill particular people. Many career-based projects make great learning extensions for different subject areas such as art, math, science, and social studies. Blue collar, white collar, and arts positions are given even attention.

Dieser Leitfaden fuhrt durch alle berufsrelevanten Bewerbungsphasen, mit denen sich Schuler, Schulabsolventen und Studenten konfrontiert sehen, und geht konkret auf die unterschiedlichen Bewerbungssituationen ein. Neben Hilfe fur die Berufsorientierung werden verschiedene Moeglichkeiten besprochen, die eigene Karriere zu beginnen, wie u. a. ein Praktikum, Gap Jahr, eine Ausbildung oder ein Duales Studium. Besonders hilfreich sind die persoenlichen Erfahrungen und Tipps der Autorin. Das richtige Buch fur alle Leser, die sich fur ihre Bewerbung das gewisse Etwas mehr an Unterstutzung und Rat wunschen. Neu in der 2. Auflage: Das virtuelle Bewerbungsgesprach, die kreative Bewerbung und ein zusatzliches Kapitel zur Bewerbung nach dem Studium.

Prof. Dr. Gunther Seeber wird im kommenden Jahr in den Ruhestand eintreten, weshalb wir mehrere Wissenschaftler*innen und Weggefahrt*innen eingeladen haben, seine Leistungen im Rahmen eines Beitrags zu einer Festschrift zu wurdigen. Wir erwarten hochwertige Beitrage, die neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse rund um das Kernthema "OEkonomische Bildung als Allgemeinbildung" hervorbringen. Die Einreichungen werden konzeptionell und empirisch ausgerichtet sein sowie unterrichtspraktische Bezuge enthalten.

Opportunities In Automotive Service Careers offers job seekers essential information about a variety of careers within the automotive service field and includes training and education requirements, salary statistics, and professional and Internet resources.

It is sometimes hard to accept change - particularly when it is delivered as a hardship, disappointment, or rejection. But by developing resiliency managers can not only accept change, but learn, grow, and thrive in it. This guidebook defines resiliency, explains why it's important, and describes how you can develop your own store of resiliency. It focuses on nine developmental components that, taken together, create a sense of resiliency and increase your ability to handle the unknown and to view change - whether from disappointment or success - as an opportunity for development.

This work breaks down the film industry and lists exactly what it takes to crack into each market (except acting). It offers advice from industry insiders: screenwriters; directors; and production designers.

• Complete coverage of interpretation, test construction, applications, and reporting
• Expert advice on avoiding common pitfalls
• Conveniently formatted for rapid reference

Confidently acquire the knowledge and skills you need to conduct, interpret, apply, and report career interest assessments

Essentials of Career Interest Assessment provides step-by-step advice for interpreting and using today’s most popular career interest assessments, including the Strong Interest Inventory™, the Campbell™ Interest and Skill Survey, the Self-Directed Search®, and other innovative career interest assessment tools. Providing essential information required to understand and evaluate these valuable instruments, this book will help you acquire the confidence and skills

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Advance Praise for essentials of career interest assessment

"Presents easy-to-read, key practical information on the most popular career interest assessments. The chapters are clear and concise, presenting valuable information for professionals in applied settings.

In this, the first practical guide for the serious artist, William V. Dunning demonstrates how to make the successful transition from art student to independent artist. Filled with personal anecdotes and stories from and about luminaries in the art world -- from DaVinci to Albers -- the book is a standard reference for all art students.

Bew hrte und innovative Wege unter Einbeziehung neuer Entwicklungen in der Medienwelt, um die Qualit t und den Wirkungsgrad von Pr sentationen gezielt zu verbessern.

Dieses Buch bietet Studienanfangern sowie Abiturienten, die sich fur die Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie interessieren, Einblicke in die vielfaltigen Berufsfelder des Fachgebiets. Die Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten in Deutschland sehr gut etabliert, sowohl innerhalb der Psychologie als auch in der Wirtschaft. Es ist nach der klinischen Psychologie das zweitwichtigste Anwendungsfach der Psychologie. So richten sich uber 30% aller ausgeschriebenen Arbeitsstellen fur Psychologen an Psychologie-Absolventen mit einem Schwerpunkt in der Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie. Experten aus der Praxis stellen in diesem Band sehr anschaulich Ihren Berufsalltag dar, schildern ihre persoenlichen Werdegange und zeigen moegliche Karriereperspektiven fur angehende Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologen auf. Dadurch gibt dieses Werk eine wertvolle Orientierung und erleichtert den Entscheidungsprozess. Kurze Video-Clips aus den Experteninterviews bereichern den Inhalt durch zusatzlichen Nutzen.

Ob Bundestagsabgeordnete, Tattoo-Kunstlerin, Chocolatier oder Schornsteinfegerin - das Leben ist ein Kaleidoskop von Moeglichkeiten. Dieses Buch zeigt 80 Persoenlichkeiten und inspiriert junge Menschen ihren eigenen, einzigartigen Berufsweg zu verwirklichen. Die Interviews enthalten exklusive Ratschlage von 80 erfolgreichen Role Models - sie erzahlen aus ihrem Leben, nennen berufliche Erfolge und Fehler beim Namen und verraten persoenliche Tipps und Tricks, wie junge Frauen zwischen Selbst- und Fremdanspruch ihre eigene Berufung finden. Die 80 Interviewpartnerinnen sind: Trixi Bannert - Claudia Bechstein - Sandra Berndt - Marco Boos - Sylvia Borcherding - Katja Borghaus - Julia Boers - Julia Boesch - Andrea Bruckner - Ilka Bruhl - Linda Burchhardt - Frank Buschmann - Valentina Daiber - Angela De Giacomo - Vanessa Didam - Sabine U. Dietrich - OEzlem Doger-Herter - Anja Dorny - Julia Dorny - Katharina Fankidejski - Emilia Fehse - Bettina Fetzer - Nicolette Fountaris - Marie-Christin Ghanbari - Kirsten Heike Giering - Saskia Stella Gleitsmann - Laura Grosse - Laura Halfas - Ilka Hartmann - Caitlin Hennen - Josephine Henning - Verena Herb - Ulrike Hiller - Nicole Hoelscher - Elke Holst - Bettina Hueske - Petra Justenhoven - Lise-Christine Kobla Mendama - Hatice Koca - Carmen Koehler - Anne Kozlowski - Dirk Kreuter - Toma Kubiliute - Kevin Kugel - Ricarda Lang - Meriem Lebdiri - Monika Maria Lehmann - Elisabeth Lepique - Susanne Liebermann - Chenchao Liu - Dubravka Maljevic - Thomas Mickeleit - Lan Anh Nguyen - Martina Niemann - Laura Nolte - Bettina Pauck - Susanne Pfab - Astrid Quentell - Angelique Renkhoff-Mucke - Johanna Roeh - Colette Ruckert-Hennen - Nicole Schilling - Sabine Schmittroth - Laura Schoenberger - Gabriele Sons - Britta Steffen - Julian F. M. Stoeckel - Sarah Suss - Martyna Trajdos - Marie-Christine Trappen - Anastasia Umrik - Lisa Unruh - Katja von Doren - Linda van Rennings - Christina Virzi - Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl - Hiltrud Dorothea Werner - Alina Wichmann - Nicola Winter - Laura Zieger.

This manual focuses on measuring the effects of training and institutional development programs on individuals, the organizations or economic sectors in which they work, and the welfare of the larger community. It presents a conceptual framework as well as real-life examples drawn from evaluations of the Economic Development Institute's learning and capacity-building programs in the developing world. It provides practical advice on developing evaluation plans, designing questionnaires, conducting interviews, analyzing data, reporting findings, and making recommendations. Emphasis is placed on the active participation of stakeholders throughout the process.

From getting the necessary training and understanding the intricate responsibilities of everyone behind or in front of the camera to getting your first break and avoiding career-specific pitfalls, All You Need to Know About the Movie and TV Business leads you topic by topic through

* A breakdown of job descriptions, from casting directors and key grips to stunt coordinators and film editors
* What kinds of deals actors, directors, writers, and producers make when they start out and when they hit the top
* How to protect and sell your creative work
* How movie deals are put together at studios and by independents
* The nuts and bolts of a boilerplate contract
* The notorious and mysterious world of profit participations, with a detailed explanation of why there's never any profit "net profit" deals

The entertainment industry can be an exciting, challenging landscape to negotiate. Having some valuable insight into how to make the most of your career in the movie or TV business can put you on the surest path to success.

Jobs '98 is your ticket to today's changing job market, with up-to-date and comprehensive information on:

• The most exciting new opportunities, from on-line journalism to financial consulting to jobs abroad in Eastern Europe and Asia
• The hottest cities and regions in the country with the best job opportunities
• The top companies in every industry
• The best job-hunting tools and leads available on-line—and how to use them
• The real lowdown on salaries, working conditions, and outlook
• "Best bet" companies with strong employment prospects, unique opportunities, or great chances for advancement
• What the future holds—business by business, region by region, career by career

Whether you're hunting for your first job out of college, turning over a new leaf and switching careers, looking to move up in your current field, or assessing the ever-evolving job market, this is the ultimate resource. In these pages you'll find all the best positions, the best salaries, and the best opportunities in every area, plus the trends to be on the lookout for.

Designed to make your job search as quick, effective, and enlightening as possible, Jobs '98 puts a wealth of timely and specific job leads at your fingertips. Everything you need is here.

Today's job market is the toughest in recent history. Nearly every day, big companies make headlines by laying off thousands of workers.

The hidden bright spot is that small companies have created tens of thousands of good new jobs. Nearly 80 percent of all new jobs have been created not by big corporations but by small companies.

"A Big Splash in a Small Pond" is the first book that gives you the tools you need to find the job you want. It offers:

Self-evaluations to help you decide if you'll fit in with small-company culture;

Reserch tools for tracking down small companies in the field of your choice;

Tips on fine-tuning your networking skills to make the right contacts and get the recommendations small businesses look for;

Proven techniques for discovering what small business managers want-- and tailoring your resumes and interviews to make the best impression;

Profiles of typical small business managers-- to help you tell what kind of small business you'd like best.

"A Big Splash in a Small Pond" will help outplaced corporate employees, recent college graduates, former career military, women returning to the workforce, and frustrated professionals find new opportunities in the workplace of the 1990's.

In diesem Buch lernen Sie wissenschaftlich fundierte Modelle kennen, mit denen Sie Ihr Selbstmanagement als Wissenschaftler*in systematisch und langfristig gestalten koennen. Im Zentrum des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens steht der Inhalt. Jedoch ist auch gutes Selbstmanagement hilfreich, um zum optimalen Ergebnis zu gelangen. Selbstmanagement meint zum einen, sich fur unliebsame oder herausfordernde Aufgaben zu motivieren, wie das langwierige Recherchieren in Bibliotheken, das Verfassen von Papers, das Fertigstellen von Dissertationen etc. Zum anderen bezeichnet Selbstmanagement auch das Verringern von negativen Gefuhlen, wie Lampenfieber vor Prasentationen des eigenen Forschungsvorhabens, Unsicherheit vor wichtigen Gesprachen oder Konflikte mit Kollegen und Vorgesetzten. Gerade in Zeiten der zunehmenden Digitalisierung und der Arbeit im Homeoffice wird die eigene Motivation umso bedeutender, da oft die persoenliche Ansprache und die Motivation durch den Kontakt und den Austausch im Team vermisst werden. Die Kernfrage lautet, wie Selbstmanagement im Einklang mit der eigenen Persoenlichkeit und der eigenen Situation gelingen kann. Die Autoren leiten Sie an, eigene Starken und Moeglichkeiten als Ressourcen zu erkennen, diese wertzuschatzen und systematisch zu nutzen. Hierdurch koennen Sie auf eine neue, ressourcenorientierte Art mit sich umgehen und sich selbst ein wenig besser kennenlernen. Sie stellen positive Auswirkungen auf sich und andere fest und erweitern Ihren Entscheidungsspielraum sowie Ihr Handlungsrepertoire, auch in schwierigen Situationen.

Perhaps the most comprehensive and multifaceted collection of career-enhancing games ever published, Training Games for Career Development contains a wealth of fun-filled and imaginative exercises designed to hone every skill needed to succeed in today's corporation. If you're a trainer or human resources professional, this book will show you new ways you never thought of to train employees for career awareness, self-improvement, and organizational productivity. The games are divided into six main career topics: Motivation, Development, Dynamics, Climate, Promotion, and Management. Within each category are games for each stage of the instructional process. Each game is coded according to both its career topic and its instructional role, making game selection especially easy for the trainer with particular goals to accomplish. Each game includes specific instructions, as well as before, during, and after facilitation guidelines. And there's a feature you won't find anywhere else: step-by-step instructions for creating fun-filled and instructional training games from scratch! So if you want to help your employees to realize their full work and career potential, this is the most comprehensive book of its kind on the market.

"Nelson... is] one of the country s leading labor scholars.... His] work provides an invaluable... guide to understanding a critical region...." Ohio History

..". I learned quite a lot from reading Farm and Factory, and this will certainly be the case for all who pick up this valuable and informative book." Minnesota History

..". a valuable source for anyone concerned with regional and national tendencies in labor relations and ecomomic change over the last century." American Political Science Review

..". a useful and well written synthesis of labor history in the Midwest in the period between 1880 and 1990." Labor History

..". Nelson s work is most impressive in both its scope and depth.... a long-overdue study of the Midwest as a region distinct and important in the history of American labor." Northwest Ohio Quarterly

..". a richly textured and much needed regional overview." Journal of the West

..". a well written synthesis useful for classroom assignment in regional and social history. It is also a good starting point for a discussion of the future of the midwestern economy." Wisconsin Magazine of History

..". a work of superior scholarship that] makes an original and important contribution to the field." Nancy Gabin

" A useful source for the demographic and economic dynamics of the Midwest and a good starting point for entering the voluminous secondary literature on the nation s heartland." The Journal of American History

..". it provides an insightful, wide-ranging look at work and workers in the Midwest. It will certainly be a basic resource on regional history for years to come, as well as a book that adds to our broader understanding of the nation s labor and economic history." Indiana Magazine of History

"Solidly researched and eloquently written, Nelson s work will long occupy well-deserved status as a redefinition of traditional midwestern history." Illinois Historical Journal

"The great strength of Nelson s book lies in its up-to-date synthesis of various social history literatures... the study forms an exemplary American labor history." Michigan Historical Review

"The writing is a model of clarity and economy; the examples are well chosen and the sources are complete. Nelson has presented a blueprint for a new way to think about and present labor history." Agricultural History

"Farm and Factory deserves to take a place among the most respected books consulted by students of midwestern history" The Annals of Iowa

Daniel Nelson illuminates the importance of the Midwest in U.S. labor history."

Der Band berichtet uber empirische Forschungsergebnisse aus einer Langsschnittuntersuchung zu den Studienvoraussetzungen, zum Studienverlauf und Studienerfolg von beruflich Qualifizierten. Im Zentrum stehen solche Personen, die nicht uber eine schulisch erworbene Studienberechtigung in die Hochschule gekommen sind. Das Kernergebnis besteht darin, dass diese Studierendengruppe ahnlich erfolgreich studiert wie andere Studierendengruppen auch.

40 structured activities to help youth learn to copie with stress, define personal values, improve self-concepts and develop wellness skills. Yhe activities can be used by a variety of people who work with youth (elementary through junior high) including counselors, teachers, parents, scout leaders, youth group leaders, camp directors, just to name a few.