Trashproof Resumes (The Princeton Review)

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Q: What is a trashproof resume?
A: A trashproof resume defies waste baskets, resists recycling bins and works its way to the top of the pile to get you an interview.

Trashproof Resumes shows you how to write an awe-inspiring resume that gets you through that all-important door. Think of it as your personal resume coach.

Chapters include:
a thorough self-assessment -- just what do you want to do?
how to get the real you on paper
resume design and layout
resume language, including extensive lists of Power Verbs
real resumes from recent grads applying for positions in fields from ballet to banking
how to write a great cover letter
how to pick the right paper, printing and envelopes
getting your resume to the right people
navigating the resume superhighway
resume and career advice from over 100 career counselors and human resource professionals

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Excellent book for 20-somethings.......2001-12-13

Most candidates have trouble starting to write a resume and the 20 pages of resume samples short-circuit that stumbling block. It shows numerous "actual" sample resumes in Chapter 8 and highlights sections that are good and WHY. In addition, Chapter 5 answers common questions by job candidates about what to include and provides evidence by polling recruiters and job counselors. Overall, a superb resource for the 1 to 5 year candidate and a great one for anyone looking to brush up their resume.

The book I would have written..........2001-02-14

Having been an employment counsellor with University students for the past 25 years I have read many books on Resume writing... This book is the culmination of my views on how a resume should be written in today's ever evolving labour market. I only wish that this book would be translated into other languages (French, Spanish, and German) so that many would benefit from it's wealth of resouces in resume building. As I said...a book I would have written, is well worth the purchase... a job hunter should combine this book with Richard N. Bolles "What Color is your Parachute - 2001" and would have all he or she needed in their job hunt...Good luck and good read.

Trashproof Resumes.......2000-06-22

This book is very well written, and addresses its subject in an easy to follow way.

It's definitely a number one trashproof reference for people seeking help designing resumes.

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Archaeo-Volunteers: The World Guide to Archaeological and Heritage Volunteering (We Care Guides)
Fabio Ausenda , and Erin McCloskey
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ASIN: 8890016779
Release Date: 2003-05-30

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Fabio Ausenda has masterfully prepared three volunteer guides to help those who wish to help others. Each book lists hundreds of organizations from all over the world. A summary of each organization is detailed with a description of each program, contact information, cost, duration, how to apply, and much more.

Whether your interests lie in environmental conservation, humanitarian aid, or archaeology, these books will provide you with an abundance of options. Volunteering opportunities of all kinds are included, including short-term volunteering (one to three weeks) and long term (one month, a year, or more). One will not find guides more definitive or informative.

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The first thoroughly documented history of organized labor in nineteenth-century Cuba, this work focuses on how urban laborers joined together in collective action during the transition from slave to free labor and in the last decades of Spanish colonial rule in Cuba.

BREAD, OR BULLETS!: URBAN LABOR AND SPANISH COLONIALISM IN CUBA, 1850-1898

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BREAD, OR BULLETS!: URBAN LABOR AND SPANISH COLONIALISM IN CUBA, 1850-1898
Joan Casanovas
Manufacturer: Univ. Of Pittsburgh Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H39BFK

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Learning the tabla

Great beginners guide

Excellent Into. The best book so far

A solid beginning

The basic

Mel Bay Learning the Tabla Book/CD Set
David Courtney
Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0786607815

Book Description

The tabla, a hand drum which originated in India, has become very popular throughout the world. This method covers everything you need to know to learn to play the tabla, including the history and parts of the tabla, tuning and maintenance, positioning, basic exercises, and numerous techniques and patterns. A glossary is included to help the student decipher the many mnemonics and foreign terms which are essential to the tradition of the tabla. The accompanying CD illustrates many of the exercises, so that this book may be used either with or without a teacher.

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Learning the tabla.......2007-09-22

This is a great book for the beginning tabla player. It shows everything you need to get you started. The tabla is the most popular form of percussion in Indian music; backing the likes of Ravi Shanker and the Beatles. The tabla is no far eastern bongos. It has different patterns, involving fingers rather than whole hands. It uses scales like ga, na, and ha. However, this book takes the fear out of learning them. Author David Courtney was one of the first westerners to learn this fine percussion instrument and shares the secrets in this book.

Great beginners guide.......2007-08-20

I found this book useful as a beginner, the CD provided is very helpful. You are able to listen to what the boles should sound like. Introduction to the Taals, Kaidas etc. are covered very nicely. Definitely recommended for the beginner.

Excellent Into. The best book so far.......2007-05-07

I have been searching for a good tabla book for the past serveral years and this is by far the best one. Of course, a DVD should be included in the future, but for now, this is a great start. David goes into detail about the histry of the tabla and also defines the differences in Dilhi and Purpi techniques. He also stresses the importance of correct prononciation and encourages you to learn the hindi script as opposed to english translations of the the bols. Awesome book!

A solid beginning.......2006-08-07

Good information and guide to beginning the tabla. A very good starting place, but you can't learn without a teacher, not if you really want to PLAY tabla. In this day and age it is time to include a short DVD or CD-Rom to at least help with beginning strokes so the beginner knows what it sounds like and this author could do it to help beginners over the initial growing pains.

The basic.......2005-08-02

Its a start, the basic, begining to the tabla but I think a video or dvd is needed to really understand some of the complexities of tuning and playing of the tabla, the CD is lame and of no help.

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How do cell phones change society? How do children use computers? How can we manage relationships via text messages? The internet, television, email and other new forms of information technology are changing at a rapid pace with potentially profound but also subtle influences on social life. This book offers a succinct introduction to both the experience and implications of these information and communication technologies (ICTs) in everyday life. Drawing on a wide variety of studies from different countries, the author considers the potential, or feared, social consequences of ICTs. Throughout, he analyzes what factors are shaping the debates surrounding information and communication technologies. The outcome is a cutting-edge book that offers a fresh approach to understanding ICTs and everyday life.

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Great Resource Spectacular Module.......1999-09-21

This is a great Planescape Resource. Bah to those who say the Blood War is stupid, It is one of the most nesessary things on the Planes. This adventure/accessory Sheds the dark on the Blood War. Complete with Fiendish Spells and Magical Items, its incredibly useful. The three adventures are incredibly detailed, providing spectacular and campaign shattering consequences! Recommended!

Planescape Hellbound: The Blood War (2 Book set)

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Planescape Hellbound: The Blood War (2 Book set)
Colin; Cook, Monte McComb
Manufacturer: TSR
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KBCC3C

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CLEARLY ILLUSTRATED - EASY TO FOLLOW & GRASP - BUT - WHO'S STILL USING WINDOWS 95

Familiar format for seniors

Familiar format for seniors

Clarity, usefulness - and superb step-by-step guidance!

How to Do Just About Anything on a Computer
Reader's Digest Editors
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How to Do Just About Anything in Windows Xp (Readers Digest)

ASIN: 0762102411
Release Date: 2000-06-01

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Published under the aegis of Reader's Digest magazine, How to Do Just About Anything on Your Computer is a beautifully designed and printed hardback book that teaches computer novices what they need to know in order to use personal computers for household management, social events, and basic Internet communications. Oriented exclusively toward Microsoft Windows 98, this book assumes absolutely no knowledge of computer technology on the part of its reader. Case in point: There is a photograph of a computer keyboard with almost everything labeled, including the space bar and the ENTER key.

It's probably inappropriate that the authors chose CompuServe's e-mail services as their sole example of Internet mail--it's not typical, and more people will need to know how to use Outlook Express. The same goes for Web browsing. Despite these troubles, this book distinguishes itself with its carefully illustrated procedures for such common home-computing tasks as creating party invitations (with Microsoft Word) and helping kids do research for school. Well-written, paragraph-length labels clarify the contents of full-color photos and drawings. Some advice is a bit weird--you'd be hard-pressed to make a kitchen floor plan in Word, as this book recommends--but it's enough to get you started in home computing with Windows. --David Wall

Topics covered: Microsoft Windows 98 and programs that run under it, for home users with very little prior knowledge of computing. Readers find out about basic computer parts (such as the keyboard and the mouse) and learn how to use them, then see how they can use Windows software to perform useful tasks, such as creating a family budget and monitoring health records.

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Written in clear, plain language, this user-friendly illustrated guide will help you make the most of your PC. A CD-ROM is included to help you execute the projects in the book; these include résumés, invitations, a family budget planner and more.

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CLEARLY ILLUSTRATED - EASY TO FOLLOW & GRASP - BUT - WHO'S STILL USING WINDOWS 95.......2006-09-24

IN A NUTSHELL: DESPERATELY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED

Quicksilver hasn't changed as fast as computers and a chameleon couldn't keep up with personal computing over the last twenty years. Therefore, why should one be surprised to find this wonderfully insightful how-to personal computing handbook, a bit obsolete.

The problem with this text is simply that it needs to be made into a new edition, since reading through it leaves an anxious kind of nostalgia as though all of this happened about 100 years ago.

WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT: BEFORE WINDOWS 2000 - USB - BURNING CDs & BROADBAND INTERNET CONNECTIONS

Accepting the fact that this book, featuring Windows 95, modems, old fashioned serial port connections and the like could never have been published before being a bit obsolete, it is still useful to people just getting the hang of personal computers -- like my 86 year old mother. In most cases, whatever computer they have or have had will be around there household as long as it works. So Windows 2000 and other newer applications may not be essential or even relevant for the Grandma Bunny in your lives.

HELPFUL FOR BASIC HOME COMPUTING INCLUDING INTERNET COMMUNICATION VIA A MODEM

Everything in this book is easily understood and comes with a lot of illustrations and practical advice. In essence, this book can act as a surrogate computer tech for people who have recently decided to delve into personal computing for the internet and possibly to communicate with family - long distance. Everything you need, including a handy CD to plug into your PC comes with this book and it can be quite a security blanket while your getting started. Even a troubleshooting section is included a covers most of the most likely problems in computing along with most of the solutions that may be predicted. Though broadband connections and burning CDs are not even mentioned here, most people just getting into PCs are probably getting the internet via a modem and aren't thinking about burning CDs yet.

IN 2000 THIS TEXT WAS $49.95

Writing letters, using Windows Works, PowerPoint and other Windows programs are illustrated and reinforced by the CD that is included. For people that are not in need of the cutting edge applications and programs this book and the helpful CD that is included is a real steal today at just $1-2 plus S&H. It is also highly available from public libraries, which is where I found the copy I have read.

BOTTOM LINE: A UPDATED EDITION IS SORELY NEEDED BUT THIS IS STILL A USEFUL AID

Familiar format for seniors.......2001-12-16

I purchased this book for my senior parents who have in the past year bought not one, but two new computers. Brave as they are, computer jargon is new to them, and sometimes I am hard pressed to help them out long distance. It was great to find this book that looks SO MUCH like the red Reader's Digest Do-It-Yourself book that has occupied my father's bookshelves for as long as I can remember. That familiarity is bound to feel something like climbing a new mountain in a pair of comfortable old jeans.

Familiar format for seniors.......2001-12-16

Clarity, usefulness - and superb step-by-step guidance!.......2000-10-13

As a technophobe whose spine turns to syrup when I encounter video machine instructions or, worse still, who feels positively assaulted by those iniquitously obscure computer manuals, I was delighted to have been given this lucid new computer book.

And, having completed a few of the useful but easy projects, my enthusiasm transmuted into gratitude and respect, for HOW TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ON A COMPUTER is the most invaluable and accessible book of its kind I've ever seen, designed for those who dislike obscurity and who, conversely, enjoy clarity, lack of prententiousness and extreme utility.

Such excellence of communication is the Reader's Digest hallmark, and this magnificent book is a premier example of a story well told - and a superb guide to unleashing your computer's awesome power.

As you turn its pages, you are taken on a vivid tour that makes your computer your servant rather than your master. It, literally, puts you in the pilot's seat. No longer will your home computer merely be used to churn out those tedious Christmas Round Robins, but you'll find that it will, with the aid of this book, sprout wings and whisk you into the New Millennium with a host of engaging projects.

Now you can engage your wider family with an impressive full-colour family magazine instead of the Round Robin. And it will be enhanced by the inclusion of home-scanned photographs of little Sally's first walk. Within minutes you'll be turning out professional letterheads, creating menu planners or eye-catching CVs. Indeed, as the title suggests, you and your family will now be able to turn out 'just about anything'. Amazingly, this book shows you how to use your computer to compose music, paint pictures and much more!

You'll be taught how to use Internet - in minutes rather than hours! - and shown how to do historical research. It will lead you step-by-step (and, thankfully, picture by picture) through such arcane obscurities as how to inject more 'oomph' into your PC, how to maximise disc space and how to chase away those naughty viruses.

This book does everything a major and thoroughly entertaining computer course would do - and is suitable not only for the beginner but also for the middle-weight and the advanced user. As a face-to-face course could cost thousands of dollars, the value of this book is, accordingly, immense.

And in comtemplating the myriad of uses readers would find for this book, I thought at once of how teachers would find it invaluable, for they are always seeking clear and well-organised classroom material. This book is ideal for them - not only for instructional use - but also as an essential inclusion in every school or college library.

The Reader's Digest have a knack with language and have found a formula for reaching the great, vibrant majority of mankind. This book exemplifies these skills, for it is as accessible and as appealing to ten-year-olds as it is to post-docs. Created, I'm told, partly in response to the growing need of baby boomers to learn skills they missed in their youth, this comprehensive book will surely satisfy their needs handsomely.

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Now that you know how to take digital photographs, what do you do next? Here's the perfect resource to learn how to enhance, organize, share, and show off your photos with creative hands-on projects-from scrapbooks, T-shirts, puzzles, mouse pads, invitations, personalized cards and gifts, a family Web site, and much more. Easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step tutorials make the process easy and fun.

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Impressive book.......2005-02-08

This book is very interesting and impressive, especially for those with some experience. It is not as easy to read as I expected though. I have bought others which are easier to follow.

How to do Just About Anything in Microsoft Windows

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How to do Just About Anything in Microsoft Windows
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Release Date: 2002-01-24

How to do Just About Anything in Microsoft Word

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How to Do Just About Anything in Excel
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This easy-to-use handbook contains practical advice, clever ideas, and expert tips, including step-by-step instructions showing how to use spreadsheets, enter data, work with formulas, and more. Featuring detailed, at-a-glance snapshots that show you exactly what you'll see on your PC.

How to Do Just About Anything in Windows Xp (Readers Digest)

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How to Do Just About Anything on a Computer (Readers Digest)

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How to Do Just About Anything on a Computer (Readers Digest)
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How to Do Just About Anything on the Internet (Readers Digest)

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How to Do Just About Anything with Your Digital Photos (Readers Digest)

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How to Do Just About Anything with Your Digital Photos (Readers Digest)

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Reader's Digest How To Do Just About Anything On A Computer

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Reader's Digest How To Do Just About Anything On A Computer
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