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Consulting Basics

Consulting Basics

While businesses are struggling with economic problems in today’s market, jobs are changing, and employment is unstable. Professionals are grappling with thoughts concerning whether they should strike out on their own and add “entrepreneur” to their résumés. However, before they take the plunge, Joel Gendelman, author of Consulting Basics, suggests that they should develop a plan. His book provides information to help readers decide whether they are prepared and have the skills and traits necessary for the consulting life.

 Gendelman, Joel
Full of Bull

Full of Bull

In Full of Bull, McClellan uses his thirty-two years of experience as a securities analyst on Wall Street to help individual investors decode the Street’s confusing advice and make better investment decisions. Recommendations from Wall Street are directed at institutional investors who understand the nuances of how the game is played. For the individual investor, it is not enough to stay on top of stock recommendations published in various media outlets. The information must be understood in the proper context to be used effectively.

 McClellan, Stephen T.
Perfectly Able

Perfectly Able

In Perfectly Able, Jim Hasse explores the many benefits of hiring people with disabilities. Advanced problem-solving skills and creativity engendered by the need to overcome the obstacles of disability are just two of the qualities that many workers with disabilities possess. In addition, the book covers the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations governing the hiring process and accommodations employers must make for workers with disabilities, as well as guidelines for creating a work environment that successfully embraces diversity.

 Hasse, Jim
The Compromise Trap

The Compromise Trap

In today’s corporate environment, many individuals feel pressured to compromise their values, principles, or beliefs. They compromise what they know is right because they believe that is what it takes to get ahead. But in The Compromise Trap, Elizabeth Doty proves that this is not at all the case. Compromising one’s beliefs only results in feelings of worthlessness, anxiety, and depression, and once someone begins to compromise their values, it can be incredibly difficult to recognize what their core values once were.

 Doty, Elizabeth
Globalization

Globalization

Globalization has been occurring for 200 years, and has been feared for nearly that long. In fact, the balance between local and global has remained nearly unchanged. Globalization discusses the fears, realized and not, of the impact of globalization on local economies. Globalization features an in-depth discussion of the history of globalization and the impact it has had on local employment, corporations, and finance, as well as its role in the development and growth of individual countries. Bruce C.

 Greenwald, Bruce C.