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Junkie Lit, fraught with literary fraudsters, has become something of a cottage industry with its tales of the endless cycle of rehab, relapse and redemption. This tired genre has now found redemption itself in Cheeni Rao's memoir of his own battle with the dark side, In Hanuman's Hands. All addicts have a monkey on one sort or another on their backs. In Rao's case, the 800 pound gorilla in the room is a Hindu monkey god named Hanuman. This not a book that resorts to voyeuristic detail to hook the reader; what lifts Rao's work into the realm of art is his ability to bring you inside his own personal heart of darkness and share his hallucinatory horrors. It's not a pretty picture. Nor is it an easy read; wending your way through an unfamiliar Hindu hagiography with a cast of thousands can be a tough slog at times. But the payoff is worth it.
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Richard Bolles set the gold standard for career advice in 1970 when he wrote What Color is Your Parachute. And his advice was sound in last century’s best-of-all-possible worlds. But his advice required the twin luxuries of time and a financial cushion. The 21st century needs a new round of job-hunting advice.
How to Write and Design a Professional Résumé to Get the Job by Dale Mayer may just be taking up where Bolles left off. It’s like a What Color is Your Parachute for the rest us, which means just about any person contemplating a job search in the 21st century. In what may be a rarity in contemporary publishing, Mayer’s title under promises but over delivers. This isn’t just another cobbled together laundry list of résumé tactics and techniques; this is a comprehensive Baedeker to the whole job hunting life cycle.
Mayer touches on everything from the rigorous self-examination you need to conduct before putting pen to paper (these days, that’s usually cursor to computer screen) to the etiquette of accepting (or declining) a job offer. She goes into chapter and verse of the nitty-gritty of how to know what you want in a job and how to present yourself to win value. Her advice on what to leave out of your résumé is as valuable as what she has to say about what you should include.
The low up-front cost of starting a cleaning service (other than elbow grease) makes this an attractive option for many people thinking about starting their own business. Many would-be entrepreneurs have found out the hard way that it’s easier to start a business than to make one profitable. They could have saved themselves a lot of time, money and handwringing, and developed a profitable business, if they had read Beth Morrow’s How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service beforehand.
Morrow describes step-by-step the process you should go through before opening your own cleaning service, including asking the critical questions you need to answer to know if this is the right business for you. She covers the entire spectrum of cleaning service options from consumer/residential to heavy-duty commercial and industrial specialized services. Morrow also covers many back-office functions that many proprietors overlook, such as obtaining financing, picking the right lawyer and accountant, and developing a marketing plan. The book comes with a companion CD-ROM which contains the forms you’ll need as well as a pre-written business plan in Microsoft Word format that you can customize for your business.
Morrow goes beyond getting you started and wishing you good luck. She assumes that you’re going to make a go of your business and want it to grow and expand. With that in mind, she offers insightful information on how to recruit and keep good workers and paying clients. Equally valuable, she offers wise advice on how to recognize toxic clients and how to learn how to say “No.” If you think there’s a cleaning service in your future, you won‘t go wrong making this book your bible.
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In Hanuman's Hands (09 Edition) by Cheeni Rao
Edward Smith, April 29, 2009
Junkie Lit, fraught with literary fraudsters, has become something of a cottage industry with its tales of the endless cycle of rehab, relapse and redemption. This tired genre has now found redemption itself in Cheeni Rao's memoir of his own battle with the dark side, In Hanuman's Hands. All addicts have a monkey on one sort or another on their backs. In Rao's case, the 800 pound gorilla in the room is a Hindu monkey god named Hanuman. This not a book that resorts to voyeuristic detail to hook the reader; what lifts Rao's work into the realm of art is his ability to bring you inside his own personal heart of darkness and share his hallucinatory horrors. It's not a pretty picture. Nor is it an easy read; wending your way through an unfamiliar Hindu hagiography with a cast of thousands can be a tough slog at times. But the payoff is worth it.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
How to Write and Design a Professional Résumé to Get the Job: Insider Secrets You Need to Know ⿿ With Companion CD-ROM by Dale Mayer
Edward Smith, March 16, 2009
Richard Bolles set the gold standard for career advice in 1970 when he wrote What Color is Your Parachute. And his advice was sound in last century’s best-of-all-possible worlds. But his advice required the twin luxuries of time and a financial cushion. The 21st century needs a new round of job-hunting advice.How to Write and Design a Professional Résumé to Get the Job by Dale Mayer may just be taking up where Bolles left off. It’s like a What Color is Your Parachute for the rest us, which means just about any person contemplating a job search in the 21st century. In what may be a rarity in contemporary publishing, Mayer’s title under promises but over delivers. This isn’t just another cobbled together laundry list of résumé tactics and techniques; this is a comprehensive Baedeker to the whole job hunting life cycle.
Mayer touches on everything from the rigorous self-examination you need to conduct before putting pen to paper (these days, that’s usually cursor to computer screen) to the etiquette of accepting (or declining) a job offer. She goes into chapter and verse of the nitty-gritty of how to know what you want in a job and how to present yourself to win value. Her advice on what to leave out of your résumé is as valuable as what she has to say about what you should include.
How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service: With Companion CD-ROM by Beth Morrow
Edward Smith, March 16, 2009
The low up-front cost of starting a cleaning service (other than elbow grease) makes this an attractive option for many people thinking about starting their own business. Many would-be entrepreneurs have found out the hard way that it’s easier to start a business than to make one profitable. They could have saved themselves a lot of time, money and handwringing, and developed a profitable business, if they had read Beth Morrow’s How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service beforehand.Morrow describes step-by-step the process you should go through before opening your own cleaning service, including asking the critical questions you need to answer to know if this is the right business for you. She covers the entire spectrum of cleaning service options from consumer/residential to heavy-duty commercial and industrial specialized services. Morrow also covers many back-office functions that many proprietors overlook, such as obtaining financing, picking the right lawyer and accountant, and developing a marketing plan. The book comes with a companion CD-ROM which contains the forms you’ll need as well as a pre-written business plan in Microsoft Word format that you can customize for your business.
Morrow goes beyond getting you started and wishing you good luck. She assumes that you’re going to make a go of your business and want it to grow and expand. With that in mind, she offers insightful information on how to recruit and keep good workers and paying clients. Equally valuable, she offers wise advice on how to recognize toxic clients and how to learn how to say “No.” If you think there’s a cleaning service in your future, you won‘t go wrong making this book your bible.