Ten Speed Press
Business & Finance
61 books found.
The End of Work as You Know It
Written by Milo Sindell and Thuy Sindell
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Dec 1, 2009
- Price: $14.99
MAKE YOUR JOB WORK FOR YOU
In today's often-challenging job market, many of us want to feel more engaged with our current jobs rather than try to find the "perfect" position. Veteran leadership consultants and authors Milo and Thuy Sindell share eight thought-provoking strategies to help you create the end of work as you know it--their phrase for the ideal state of harmony among what you do for a living, why you do it, and the… Read more »
The End of Work as You Know It
Written by Milo Sindell and Thuy Sindell
- Format: eBook
- On Sale: Dec 1, 2009
- Price: $14.99
MAKE YOUR JOB WORK FOR YOU
In today's often-challenging job market, many of us want to feel more engaged with our current jobs rather than try to find the "perfect" position. Veteran leadership consultants and authors Milo and Thuy Sindell share eight thought-provoking strategies to help you create the end of work as you know it--their phrase for the ideal state of harmony among what you do for a living, why you do it, and the… Read more »
How to Get Any Job 2nd ed
Written by Donald Asher
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Oct 20, 2009
- Price: $15.99
Donald Asher, America's career guru, believes that success comes from an alignment of passion and preparation. First tip: Your college major has very little to do with your job options. In fact, you can get to virtually any life-goal destination from virtually any starting point. Stephen Colbert was a philosophy major. Chad Hurley, billionaire founder of YouTube, was an art major. And while we're at it, Albert Einstein was a high-school drop-out.… Read more »
101 Toughest Interview Questions
Written by Frances Bolles Haynes and Daniel Porot
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Oct 6, 2009
- Price: $12.99
Nothing is more crucial to landing your dream job than a stellar performance in the all-important interview, that nerve-wracking final step to every job search. Extensively updated and revised for today's highly competitive employment market, this compact, concise handbook will prepare you for the most challenging and frequently asked questions you can expect to encounter. Following each question is a list of savvy, can't-miss sample answers, which… Read more »
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Sep 22, 2009
- Price: $18.99
What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the bestselling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades, in good times and bad, and it continues to be a fixture on best-seller lists, from New York Times to BusinessWeek. It has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages around the world. Parachute is streamlined this year to help those struggling in these hard economic times acquire… Read more »
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Hardcover
- On Sale: Sep 22, 2009
- Price: $28.99
What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the bestselling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades, in good times and bad, and it continues to be a fixture on best-seller lists, from New York Times to BusinessWeek. It has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages around the world. Parachute is streamlined this year to help those struggling in these hard economic times acquire the job-search… Read more »
The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Jul 14, 2009
- Price: $9.99
One hundred pages of lifesaving advice for people out of work. When over ten million people have needed help with their job-hunt—or with figuring out what to do with their life—there is one person they have turned to, more than any other. He is Richard N. Bolles, author of the #1 job-hunting book of all time, What Color Is Your Parachute? His name is well-known around the world. Just during the last twelve months, he has appeared… Read more »
Strategies for Successful Career Change
Written by Martha E. Mangelsdorf
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Jun 23, 2009
- Price: $16.99
Are you ready for a change?
Whether you’re seeking a more fulfilling job or rethinking your career goals after a layoff, the questions you face are crucial. In Strategies for Successful Career Change, seasoned business and career journalist Martha E. Mangelsdorf distills lessons from a diverse group of people who have made the leap and landed on their feet. To help you navigate the challenges, pitfalls, and rewards of career… Read more »
Common Sense Management
Written by Roger Fulton
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Apr 28, 2009
- Price: $12.95
For anyone newly promoted to a management position, the influx of expectations and responsibilities can seem daunting. In Common Sense Management, veteran management consultant Roger Fulton distills a career's worth of experience into basic principles, encouragement, and advice. Fulton speaks not only to managers, but also to supervisors and leaders, demonstrating how it's possible to succeed at any level in any industry, and… Read more »
Bold Truth about Investing
Written by Adam Bold
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Apr 7, 2009
- Price: $15.95
In times of economic uncertainty, it is vital to not only protect your hard-earned assets,but also to stay attuned to new investment opportunities. Mutual funds guru Adam Bold has distilled a back-to-basics approach to personal finance into ten streamlined commandments. Delivered in his signature down-to-earth style, these principles help both novice and seasoned investors navigate the markets to take back control of their financial investments… Read more »
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Oct 1, 2008
- Price: $18.95
The #1 best-selling career book of all time, revised and updated to keep pace with today's ever-changing job market.
Still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? is the most complete guide for first-time job seekers as well as second and encore careers changers. For more than three decades, it remains a mainstay on best-seller lists, from Amazon.com to Business Week to the New York Times, where it has… Read more »
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Hardcover
- On Sale: Oct 1, 2008
- Price: $28.95
What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the best-selling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades, in good times and bad, and it continues to be a fixture on best-seller lists, from New York Times to BusinessWeek. It has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages around the world.
Parachute is streamlined this year to help those struggling in these hard economic… Read more »
Little Black Book of Entrepreneurship
Written by Fernando Trias De Bes
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Sep 1, 2008
- Price: $15.95
A truth-sayer'¬?s guide to assessing one'¬?s entrepreneurial aptitude, written for anyone seriously considering starting a business of any kind.
Most entrepreneur guides focus on the mechanics of raising capital, drafting a business plan, and handling licensing, but they overlook the serious self-reflection that is required in the decision to launch a business. And most of the literature is obsessed with success stories, while ignoring… Read more »
A Foot in the Door
Written by Katharine Hansen
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: May 1, 2008
- Price: $14.95
This empowering and accessible guide shows career rookies how to get a foot in the door-and then kick it wide open. The revised second edition emphasizes the importance of contemporary social networking, such as discussion groups and forums, online portfolios, and blogging. Featuring a list of networking hot spots, confidence-building advice for the shy or intimidated, and a comprehensive guide to informational interviewing, A FOOT IN THE DOOR reveals… Read more »
Job-Hunting Online
Written by Richard N. Bolles and Mark Emery Bolles
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: May 1, 2008
- Price: $12.95
The Internet can be an invaluable tool in any job hunt-but only when you know how to use it. Cowritten by career guru Richard Nelson Bolles and his son, nontraditional career expert Mark Emery Bolles, JOB-HUNTING ONLINE helps job seekers navigate the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet to find the most useful sites and avoid common pitfalls. Filled with hundreds of annotated website recommendations and newly reorganized to… Read more »
Birthing the Elephant
Written by Karin Abarbanel and Bruce Freeman
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Mar 1, 2008
- Price: $15.95
Customized for the female entrepreneur's unique psychological experience of launching a business, BIRTHING THE ELEPHANT goes beyond logistics to prepare women for the emotional challenges they will face, with expert advice on reshaping one's business identity, giving up the paycheck mentality, anticipating problems, and avoiding costly mistakes. This supportive handbook gives the small-business owner the staying power to survive and succeed… Read more »
The Career Counselor's Handbook
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Oct 1, 2007
- Price: $19.99
With more than sixty-five combined years of experience in the career development field, Howard Figler and Richard Nelson Bolles are the undisputed authorities when it comes to helping people find meaningful work. In this revised and updated second edition of their classic guide for career counselors, Figler and Bolles show aspiring counselors how to break into the business, and give experienced counselors ideas for improving effectiveness and recharging… Read more »
Restaurant Success by the Numbers
Written by Roger Fields
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Jun 1, 2007
- Price: $16.99
Ninety percent of all restaurants fail, and those that succeed happened upon that mysterious X factor, right? Wrong! A man of many hats-money-guy, restaurant owner, and restaurant consultant-Roger Fields shows how a restaurant can survive its first year, based on far more than luck, and keep diners coming back for many years to come. Featuring real-life restaurant start-up stories (including some of the author'¬?s own), this comprehensive how… Read more »
101 Mission Statements from Top Companies
Written by Jeffrey Abrahams
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: May 1, 2007
- Price: $14.95
Ben & Jerry'¬?s has one. So do Tiffany'¬?s and Smucker'¬?s and Microsoft. It doesn'¬?t matter whether you'¬?re a small start-up or one of the biggest players in corporate America. A clear statement of intent not only inspires a sense of overall purpose for a business or nonprofit, it serves as a practical focus for individuals within the organization. It can even provide an actual blueprint for a company'¬?s… Read more »
What Color Is Your Parachute? for Retirement
Written by Richard N. Bolles and John E. Nelson
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: May 1, 2007
- Price: $16.95
Once upon a time, retirement planning was just about saving money. But retirement is changing. Today, we're living longer and expecting more from those vital years. For many of us, the question isn't “What work will I retire from?” but “What life will I retire to?”Inspired by the timeless wisdom of WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?, the bestselling career book in the world, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? FOR RETIREMENT… Read more »
Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn't, and Why
Written by Donald Asher
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: May 1, 2007
- Price: $14.95
Do your job, do it well, and you'¬?ll be rewarded, right? Actually, probably not. According to career guru Donald Asher advancement at work is less about skill sets and more about strategy. WHO GETS PROMOTED, WHO DOESN'¬?T, AND WHY details exactly what puts one employee on the fast track to an exceptional career, while another stays on the treadmill to mediocrity.Whether you'¬?re new to the workforce or feeling stagnant and overlooked… Read more »
The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People
Written by Carol Eikleberry
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Apr 1, 2007
- Price: $14.99
You don't have to stifle your creative impulses to pay the bills. For anyone who's ever been told, "Don't quit your day job," career counselor Carol Eikleberry is here to say, "Pursue your dreams!" Now in its third edition, her inspiring guide provides knowledgeable career guidance, real-life success stories, and eye-opening self-evaluation tools to help artistic individuals figure out how to remain different, unconventional… Read more »
How to Live Well Without Owning a Car
Written by Chris Balish
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Sep 1, 2006
- Price: $12.95
You don'¬?t need to own a car to live well in America. In fact, you'¬?d probably be better off without one. In this groundbreaking guide, award-winning journalist Chris Balish exposes the true costs of car ownership and shows how car-free living can put anyone on the path to financial freedom. Using the book'¬?s car cost worksheet, first figure out how much owning a car really costs-you'¬?ll be surprised. Then, see how easy it… Read more »
Unscrewed
Written by Ron Burley
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Sep 1, 2006
- Price: $14.95
Every four seconds an unsuspecting consumer is duped by a cable company, cell phone provider, auto repair shop, or one of the numerous other businesses we use on a daily basis. As customer service departments have become automated wastelands, our ability to get satisfaction within the conventional complaint system has eroded. In UNSCREWED, consumer advocate Ron Burley offers a quick and easy five-step plan to getting what we paid for. This powerful… Read more »
Thinkertoys
Written by Michael Michalko
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Jun 8, 2006
- Price: $19.95
In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how can you be the person who comes up with those ideas? In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking THINKERTOYS, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think like a genius. From the linear to the intuitive, this comprehensive handbook details ingenious creative-thinking techniques for approaching problems in unconventional ways. Through fun… Read more »
