A Practical Approach to Managing Information System Risk
A Practical Approach to Managing Information System Risk
The purpose of this paper is to provide security managers with a working understanding of risk management as it applies to information systems. The processes and tools included assume that organization- and enterprise-level controls are already functioning, and implementation of the target system is taking place within this existing security context.
I begin by exploring the challenges facing security managers every day when trying to balance security with the needs of business managers to maintain and improve operational effectiveness. I then define risk management and provide an overview of how to strategically approach the application of reasonable and appropriate safeguards. Finally, I provide a model and related tools for conducting a risk assessment, selecting the right controls, obtaining approval for implementation, and managing risk throughout the target system?s lifetime.The purpose of this paper is to provide security managers with a working understanding of risk management as it applies to information systems. The processes and tools included assume that organization- and enterprise-level controls are already functioning, and implementation of the target system is taking place within this existing security context.
I begin by exploring the challenges facing security managers every day when trying to balance security with the needs of business managers to maintain and improve operational effectiveness. I then define risk management and provide an overview of how to strategically approach the application of reasonable and appropriate safeguards. Finally, I provide a model and related tools for conducting a risk assessment, selecting the right controls, obtaining approval for implementation, and managing risk throughout the target system?s lifetime.
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Creating the Virtual Classroom: Distance Learning with the Internet Reviews
Creating the Virtual Classroom: Distance Learning with the Internet
Whether it’s simply a class on telecommunications and education, a full-blown M.B.A. degree program, or something in between, today’s technology has vast implications for the educational community.
Creating the Virtual Classroom gets right down to the real issues of the design and management of distance learning programs -giving practical advice on putting together effective courses and programs. You’ll find out how to propose, plan, and fund a distance learning program for any level from kindergarten through college. You’ll learn all of the techniques you’ll need to evaluate and advertise your program. There’s in-depth coverage of all the latest technologies, including the Internet and the Web, as well as an illuminating chapter on reconceptualizing education and training through distance learning. Special appendices offer up-to-date information about newsgroups and mailing lists, instructional Web sites, online resources for grants and proposals, and much more.
The book features:
* Comprehensive coverage of the various forms of distance learning from e-mail and online teleconferences to the World Wide Web
* Sample checklists to make planning easier
* Tips on advertising and promoting your distance learning program
* Detailed advice on funding and grants
* Course design considerations for an international audienceWhether it’s simply a class on telecommunications and education, a full-blown M.B.A. degree program, or something in between, today’s technology has vast implications for the educational community.
Creating the Virtual Classroom gets right down to the real issues of the design and management of distance learning programs -giving practical advice on putting together effective courses and programs. You’ll find out how to propose, plan, and fund a distance learning program for any level from kindergarten through college. You’ll learn all of the techniques you’ll need to evaluate and advertise your program. There’s in-depth coverage of all the latest technologies, including the Internet and the Web, as well as an illuminating chapter on reconceptualizing education and training through distance learning. Special appendices offer up-to-date information about newsgroups and mailing lists, instructional Web sites, online resources for grants and proposals, and much more.
The book features:
* Comprehensive coverage of the various forms of distance learning from e-mail and online teleconferences to the World Wide Web
* Sample checklists to make planning easier
* Tips on advertising and promoting your distance learning program
* Detailed advice on funding and grants
* Course design considerations for an international audience
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AKAD MBA Method (New 2010 Edition)
AKAD MBA Method (New 2010 Edition)
MBA Admissions Committees (AdCom) routinely reject smarter and more accomplished applicants in favor of applicants who make better arguments that they will use their MBA to achieve significant and specific goals in their career and life.
If you are an applicant, this realization may come to you as good news or bad news. If you have great GMAT scores and work at a top company, you may be discouraged to learn that these advantages by no means guarantee your admission by a top school. You still have a lot of work preparing your application ahead of you. If you have lower GMAT scores or your job has lower status than others’, AdCom’s preferences should come as good news: if you present a clearly argued application, you might still win a spot at a top school.
This book, written by a graduate of both Harvard and Wharton and based on based on AKAD Group’s extensive knowledge of MBA application consulting, takes you through the entire process of planning your application, from clarifying why you want an MBA all the way to responding to specific essay questions about topics like leadership experience or past failures. It asks you to go through challenging introspective and self-appraisal exercises to help you focus. It pushes you to evaluate yourself from AdCom’s view, and think of how you can become a better applicant. It requires you to learn a new, highly structured way of thinking about your application and an accompanying language of terminology.
And yet, the AKAD Method also saves you a lot of time by helping you organize your application process in a highly effective way.
When you have finished the AKAD Method, you will not only be a much stronger applicant, but you will also be able to point to any sentence in your application and use an entirely new vocabulary to explain its specific purpose in creating an argument for your admission.
The AKAD Method has three steps:
• Application Strategy: AdCom wants students who have a very clear set of goals and who know specifically how an MBA – not just any MBA, but an MBA from their school – will help them achieve those goals. The Application Strategy step consists of a series of introspective questions that help you choose which schools to apply to , and which lead towards the creation of a Mission Statement that details your career goals and how an MBA from each of your chosen schools would help you achieve them.
• Communications Strategy: AdCom expects you to show evidence of strength or of developmental potential along each of several dimensions. The Communications Strategy step helps you evaluate yourself along each of these dimensions, and to understand how AdCom will view you. The output of this section is your Admissions Case, a summary of your argument for why you deserve admission.
• Application Preparation: AdCom expects a well-organized and beautifully written application that conveys your Admissions Case. The Application Preparation step helps you carefully plan how you will reflect the pieces of your Admissions Case in different parts of your application, and then provides detailed advice on how to create a resume, answer essay questions, and select recommendation letter writers. The output of this final step is a complete application that makes a convincing argument for your admission to your dream school.
This guide has everything Americans will need to succeed, but also has special sections tailored to international applicants.
In addition to the textual and graphical explanations of this guide, AKAD also provides the AKAD Excel Worksheet, which will help you work you way through the exercises necessary to complete the AKAD Method. The AKAD Excel Worksheet also provides a graphical summary of your strengths and weaknesses along dimensions that AdCom cares about, so that you can develop a better understanding of your competitive position. To get the worksheets for free, visit www.akadgroup.com, and go to Our Service > MBA > Methodology.MBA Admissions Committees (AdCom) routinely reject smarter and more accomplished applicants in favor of applicants who make better arguments that they will use their MBA to achieve significant and specific goals in their career and life.
If you are an applicant, this realization may come to you as good news or bad news. If you have great GMAT scores and work at a top company, you may be discouraged to learn that these advantages by no means guarantee your admission by a top school. You still have a lot of work preparing your application ahead of you. If you have lower GMAT scores or your job has lower status than others’, AdCom’s preferences should come as good news: if you present a clearly argued application, you might still win a spot at a top school.
This book, written by a graduate of both Harvard and Wharton and based on based on AKAD Group’s extensive knowledge of MBA application consulting, takes you through the entire process of planning your application, from clarifying why you want an MBA all the way to responding to specific essay questions about topics like leadership experience or past failures. It asks you to go through challenging introspective and self-appraisal exercises to help you focus. It pushes you to evaluate yourself from AdCom’s view, and think of how you can become a better applicant. It requires you to learn a new, highly structured way of thinking about your application and an accompanying language of terminology.
And yet, the AKAD Method also saves you a lot of time by helping you organize your application process in a highly effective way.
When you have finished the AKAD Method, you will not only be a much stronger applicant, but you will also be able to point to any sentence in your application and use an entirely new vocabulary to explain its specific purpose in creating an argument for your admission.
The AKAD Method has three steps:
• Application Strategy: AdCom wants students who have a very clear set of goals and who know specifically how an MBA – not just any MBA, but an MBA from their school – will help them achieve those goals. The Application Strategy step consists of a series of introspective questions that help you choose which schools to apply to , and which lead towards the creation of a Mission Statement that details your career goals and how an MBA from each of your chosen schools would help you achieve them.
• Communications Strategy: AdCom expects you to show evidence of strength or of developmental potential along each of several dimensions. The Communications Strategy step helps you evaluate yourself along each of these dimensions, and to understand how AdCom will view you. The output of this section is your Admissions Case, a summary of your argument for why you deserve admission.
• Application Preparation: AdCom expects a well-organized and beautifully written application that conveys your Admissions Case. The Application Preparation step helps you carefully plan how you will reflect the pieces of your Admissions Case in different parts of your application, and then provides detailed advice on how to create a resume, answer essay questions, and select recommendation letter writers. The output of this final step is a complete application that makes a convincing argument for your admission to your dream school.
This guide has everything Americans will need to succeed, but also has special sections tailored to international applicants.
In addition to the textual and graphical explanations of this guide, AKAD also provides the AKAD Excel Worksheet, which will help you work you way through the exercises necessary to complete the AKAD Method. The AKAD Excel Worksheet also provides a graphical summary of your strengths and weaknesses along dimensions that AdCom cares about, so that you can develop a better understanding of your competitive position. To get the worksheets for free, visit www.akadgroup.com, and go to Our Service > MBA > Methodology.
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LAYOFF SURVIVAL GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Five Ways You Can Be Prepared When Facing A Job Loss
Chapter 3: Life Changing Events
Chapter 4: Moving On
Chapter 5: How To Look For Jobs That Are Not Announced?
Chapter 6: Positively Thinking Out Of The Box
Chapter 7: Improve Your Interviewing Skills
Chapter 8: New Graduates Competing For Thesame Jobs
Chapter 9: Job Search Tips For Sales Professionals
Chapter 10: Tips For A Stress-Free IT Job Search
Chapter 11: Submit Resume Based On The Predetermined Priorities.
Chapter 12: Health Care Job Search Tips
Chapter 13: Must-know Tips on Executive Job Search
Chapter 14: How To Make The Best Out Of Job Fairs
Chapter 15: Successful Local Job Search
Chapter 16: Identifying Your Skills And Getting That Job
Chapter 17: The Ideal Resume
Chapter 18: Getting Started For A Cold Call
Chapter 19: Setting Clear Objectives
Chapter 20: How To Be Invited For Interviews
Chapter 21: How To Create A List Of Warm Contacts
Chapter 22: Follow Up On All Contacts
Chapter 23: Tips on Using Your Warm Contact List When Networking
Chapter 24: How To Get Referrals From Warm Contacts
Chapter 25: Are We Pre-programmed To Be Productive?
Chapter 26: Activity Plan For Those Who Lost Their Jobs
Chapter 27: Get Rid Of Procrastination, Now!
Chapter 28: Aggressively Written Resumes
Chapter 29: How To Cultivate That Vital Balance
Chapter 30: Conclusion
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Five Ways You Can Be Prepared When Facing A Job Loss
Chapter 3: Life Changing Events
Chapter 4: Moving On
Chapter 5: How To Look For Jobs That Are Not Announced?
Chapter 6: Positively Thinking Out Of The Box
Chapter 7: Improve Your Interviewing Skills
Chapter 8: New Graduates Competing For Thesame Jobs
Chapter 9: Job Search Tips For Sales Professionals
Chapter 10: Tips For A Stress-Free IT Job Search
Chapter 11: Submit Resume Based On The Predetermined Priorities.
Chapter 12: Health Care Job Search Tips
Chapter 13: Must-know Tips on Executive Job Search
Chapter 14: How To Make The Best Out Of Job Fairs
Chapter 15: Successful Local Job Search
Chapter 16: Identifying Your Skills And Getting That Job
Chapter 17: The Ideal Resume
Chapter 18: Getting Started For A Cold Call
Chapter 19: Setting Clear Objectives
Chapter 20: How To Be Invited For Interviews
Chapter 21: How To Create A List Of Warm Contacts
Chapter 22: Follow Up On All Contacts
Chapter 23: Tips on Using Your Warm Contact List When Networking
Chapter 24: How To Get Referrals From Warm Contacts
Chapter 25: Are We Pre-programmed To Be Productive?
Chapter 26: Activity Plan For Those Who Lost Their Jobs
Chapter 27: Get Rid Of Procrastination, Now!
Chapter 28: Aggressively Written Resumes
Chapter 29: How To Cultivate That Vital Balance
Chapter 30: Conclusion
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Simply Learning Excel 2007 Reviews
Simply Learning Excel 2007
This book was designed for basic to intermediate users… in other words, for anyone who does not consider themselves an Excel expert. It covers all the essential features of Excel, from entering data to Formatting, Formulas and Functions, Printing, Filters, PivotTables and Charts. You can start from the beginning of the book, or you can download any end-of-chapter Excel file for free from SimplyLearningExcel.com and start at whatever chapter best meets your needs.
This book was written with one primary purpose: to help you learn Microsoft Excel 2007 in the shortest amount of time. Bob does this by keeping it simple: by staying focused on the essential features of Excel; by using step-by-step instructions and lots of screenshots (almost 200); by explaining concepts concisely and clearly yet always in an inviting manner. PLUS… If you are unable to understand something in the book, you can at no additional cost Ask the Author… LIVE! (TM) by visiting SimplyLearningExcel.com.
In this book, Bob works with you to build a workbook that helps you track what you earn and spend. This has two benefits. First, it offers you a reason to use Excel regularly. Second, if you do not already have a method to effectively track what you earn and spend, the workbook he builds with you will help you do that efficiently. After reading this description do you want even more information about this book? So be it. You can download the first chapter of Simply Learning Excel 2007 for free at SimplyLearningExcel.com.
Thank you for taking the time to consider using this book. Whether or not you buy it, Bob hopes you enjoy using Microsoft Excel.
This book was designed for basic to intermediate users… in other words, for anyone who does not consider themselves an Excel expert. It covers all the essential features of Excel, from entering data to Formatting, Formulas and Functions, Printing, Filters, PivotTables and Charts. You can start from the beginning of the book, or you can download any end-of-chapter Excel file for free from SimplyLearningExcel.com and start at whatever chapter best meets your needs.
This book was written with one primary purpose: to help you learn Microsoft Excel 2007 in the shortest amount of time. Bob does this by keeping it simple: by staying focused on the essential features of Excel; by using step-by-step instructions and lots of screenshots (almost 200); by explaining concepts concisely and clearly yet always in an inviting manner. PLUS… If you are unable to understand something in the book, you can at no additional cost Ask the Author… LIVE! (TM) by visiting SimplyLearningExcel.com.
In this book, Bob works with you to build a workbook that helps you track what you earn and spend. This has two benefits. First, it offers you a reason to use Excel regularly. Second, if you do not already have a method to effectively track what you earn and spend, the workbook he builds with you will help you do that efficiently. After reading this description do you want even more information about this book? So be it. You can download the first chapter of Simply Learning Excel 2007 for free at SimplyLearningExcel.com.
Thank you for taking the time to consider using this book. Whether or not you buy it, Bob hopes you enjoy using Microsoft Excel.
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Outsourcing my Education (Matt’s Travelogues)
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A collection of episodes from my MBA exchange quarter to Bangalore, India in 2003/2004A collection of episodes from my MBA exchange quarter to Bangalore, India in 2003/2004
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Alternate Applications of Automated Valuation Models (AVM) Reviews
Alternate Applications of Automated Valuation Models (AVM)
This book will teach you the wide-ranging alternate applications of AVMs outside of residential modeling – from the universe of commercial modeling to REO and foreclosure modeling to MLS-based data modeling to stress testing mortgage or assessment portfolios using challenger AVMs, etc. Also included are much sought-after topics like Excel-based modeling, forward sales sampling to minimize sales chasing, and the proper process to evaluate a vendor or vet a consultant.This book will teach you the wide-ranging alternate applications of AVMs outside of residential modeling – from the universe of commercial modeling to REO and foreclosure modeling to MLS-based data modeling to stress testing mortgage or assessment portfolios using challenger AVMs, etc. Also included are much sought-after topics like Excel-based modeling, forward sales sampling to minimize sales chasing, and the proper process to evaluate a vendor or vet a consultant.
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Applied MBA: Management by Application
Applied MBA: Management by Application
The purely academic or case-based pedagogical approaches in MBA studies are inadequate for any MBA or business graduate work experience, career progression, business management, or real-life skills.Reading books, attending lectures, or doing case studies and every other “technique” taught by academic gurus don’t work as everyone expects. The keys to MBA success have been taught for many years to millions of people in their search for help in achieving success. Most have tried them and found they didn’t work for them in the real world. They still don’t have what they want.This book is a comprehensive tool kit success strategy for every individual and complements the academic MBA studies by providing practical business tips that are not taught in MBA business schools. This is Applied MBA: Management by Application – Practical MBA or Applied Business Practice.Each practical and proven idea can be implemented immediately or adapted to suit anyone in the business world. Most MBA graduates see a problem. Others (Applied MBA graduates) see an opportunity to triumph.ABOUT THE AUTHORAs President and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of Training and Education Pty Ltd, Australian LifeSkills College, Certified Management Consultants, and Excellent Accounts in Australia, Emeritus Professor Gary Goh has spent the last twenty-eight years solving problems and significantly increasing the bottom lines of corporations in Australia and Asia Pacific regions. Gary’s forte is the ability to identify the patterns that limit and restrict individual and business growth.Besides providing executive coaching, training, and consulting services to corporate clients, Professor Goh has also lectured in the postgraduate and undergraduate degree programs of local and international universities, polytechnics, and vocational colleges.Gary is a Fellow and Chartered Marketer of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, U.K.; Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, U.K.; Fellow of the Institute of Administrative Management, U.K.; Fellow of the Institute of Management Specialists, U.K.; Fellow of the College of Teachers, Royal Chartered, U.K.; Certified Trainer in Australia and Asia; and Justice of the Peace, Queensland, Australia.Emeritus Professor Goh is dedicated to helping people grow their businesses and advance careers exponentially.The purely academic or case-based pedagogical approaches in MBA studies are inadequate for any MBA or business graduate work experience, career progression, business management, or real-life skills.Reading books, attending lectures, or doing case studies and every other “technique” taught by academic gurus don’t work as everyone expects. The keys to MBA success have been taught for many years to millions of people in their search for help in achieving success. Most have tried them and found they didn’t work for them in the real world. They still don’t have what they want.This book is a comprehensive tool kit success strategy for every individual and complements the academic MBA studies by providing practical business tips that are not taught in MBA business schools. This is Applied MBA: Management by Application – Practical MBA or Applied Business Practice.Each practical and proven idea can be implemented immediately or adapted to suit anyone in the business world. Most MBA graduates see a problem. Others (Applied MBA graduates) see an opportunity to triumph.ABOUT THE AUTHORAs President and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of Training and Education Pty Ltd, Australian LifeSkills College, Certified Management Consultants, and Excellent Accounts in Australia, Emeritus Professor Gary Goh has spent the last twenty-eight years solving problems and significantly increasing the bottom lines of corporations in Australia and Asia Pacific regions. Gary’s forte is the ability to identify the patterns that limit and restrict individual and business growth.Besides providing executive coaching, training, and consulting services to corporate clients, Professor Goh has also lectured in the postgraduate and undergraduate degree programs of local and international universities, polytechnics, and vocational colleges.Gary is a Fellow and Chartered Marketer of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, U.K.; Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, U.K.; Fellow of the Institute of Administrative Management, U.K.; Fellow of the Institute of Management Specialists, U.K.; Fellow of the College of Teachers, Royal Chartered, U.K.; Certified Trainer in Australia and Asia; and Justice of the Peace, Queensland, Australia.Emeritus Professor Goh is dedicated to helping people grow their businesses and advance careers exponentially.
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65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays, Second Edition: With Analysis by the Staff of The Harbus, the Harvard Business School Newspaper
65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays, Second Edition: With Analysis by the Staff of The Harbus, the Harvard Business School Newspaper
YOUR LIFE . . . IN 300 WORDS OR LESS
It’s a daunting task. Even the most seasoned professionals find business school application essays to be among the hardest pieces they ever write. With a diverse pool of talented people applying to the nation’s top schools from the most successful companies and prestigious undergraduate programs in the world, a simple biography detailing accomplishments and goals isn’t enough. Applicants need clear and compelling arguments that grab admissions officers and absolutely refuse to let go.
To help them write the essays that get them accepted into Harvard or any of the country’s other top programs, the staff of The Harbus—HBS’s student newspaper—have updated and revised their collection of sixty-five actual application essays as well as their detailed analysis of them so that applicants will be able to:
* Avoid common pitfalls
* Play to their strengths
* Get their message across
Wherever they are applying, the advice and tested strategies in 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays give business professionals and undergraduates the insider’s knowledge to market themselves most effectively and truly own the process.
YOUR LIFE . . . IN 300 WORDS OR LESS
It’s a daunting task. Even the most seasoned professionals find business school application essays to be among the hardest pieces they ever write. With a diverse pool of talented people applying to the nation’s top schools from the most successful companies and prestigious undergraduate programs in the world, a simple biography detailing accomplishments and goals isn’t enough. Applicants need clear and compelling arguments that grab admissions officers and absolutely refuse to let go.
To help them write the essays that get them accepted into Harvard or any of the country’s other top programs, the staff of The Harbus—HBS’s student newspaper—have updated and revised their collection of sixty-five actual application essays as well as their detailed analysis of them so that applicants will be able to:
* Avoid common pitfalls
* Play to their strengths
* Get their message across
Wherever they are applying, the advice and tested strategies in 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays give business professionals and undergraduates the insider’s knowledge to market themselves most effectively and truly own the process.
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Avi Gordon: MBA Admissions Blog Reviews
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There are NO tricks, short cuts, or secret handshakes for getting into a good b-school. Only one thing works: a compelling statement of your worth as a candidate. This MBA admissions blog presents the tools to develop and present your competitive value. Avi Gordon is author of *MBA Admissions Strategy: From Profile Building to Essay Writing* McGraw-Hill Press, 2005.
Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day.
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Equine Little MBA – For the Little Farm with Big Dreams
Equine Little MBA – For the Little Farm with Big Dreams
Whether you board a horse, have one in the backyard, run a 200-horse farm, or just dream about horses, this book is for you. Common sense and inexpensive ways to outsmart your horses, mother nature, your neighbor, the IRS, other horse people and even your ever shrinking checkbook. And have a chuckle or two in the process. Common sense horse talk is what this is all about but that still means budgets, business plans, computers, software, importing and exporting, barns, fences, trailering, legal issues, insurance, etc.. Everything from how to have fun without going broke; to running a real horse business. This is not a textbook yet gives you what you need to be like those horse people with an MBA yet in a down to earth chat about horses form and how to make it work. It even gives the type of advice to build things and do all kinds of things you didn’t think you could do. And for those involved with horse and who don’t like horses this is the book for you.Whether you board a horse, have one in the backyard, run a 200-horse farm, or just dream about horses, this book is for you. Common sense and inexpensive ways to outsmart your horses, mother nature, your neighbor, the IRS, other horse people and even your ever shrinking checkbook. And have a chuckle or two in the process. Common sense horse talk is what this is all about but that still means budgets, business plans, computers, software, importing and exporting, barns, fences, trailering, legal issues, insurance, etc.. Everything from how to have fun without going broke; to running a real horse business. This is not a textbook yet gives you what you need to be like those horse people with an MBA yet in a down to earth chat about horses form and how to make it work. It even gives the type of advice to build things and do all kinds of things you didn’t think you could do. And for those involved with horse and who don’t like horses this is the book for you.
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Finding Your Way with an MBA: Insights from Those Landing Their Ideal Jobs
“The book we wished we had for our MBA students.”-authors Susan Cohn (NYU) and Donald Hudson (Yale)
Over 75,000 new MBAs hit the streets every year, looking for jobs that both fill the wallet and feed the soul. But with all the competition, how do you market yourself so you stand out? How do you target your job search? How can you ensure that your “dream job” doesn’t become a career nightmare?
In Finding Your Way with an MBA: Insights from Those Landing Their Ideal Jobs, authors and career consultants Susan Cohn and Donald Hudson present proven tips drawn from over twenty years of counseling MBAs, and offer real-world insights from fifty MBA alumni-”doers”-who have “made it” in their careers. You’ll find interview hints, networking advice, resource lists, and trade secrets on leveraging your MBA to find your ideal match.
Finding Your Way with an MBA challenges you to seek your true calling-to identify the most meaningful fit of career options to your talents and interests-and then to launch an aggressive marketing campaign to distinguish yourself from everyone else.
With Finding Your Way with an MBA, you’ll learn:
* The four steps to discovering your optimal career path
* Secrets of self-marketing, including finding “hidden markets” for your talents
* How to develop a “commercial” for yourself that will answer the toughest interview question of all: “Why should I hire you?”
You’ll see how a “personal hook” and a “professional hook” will separate you from the pack. You’ll learn the “dos and don’ts” of networking. And you’ll be able to target potential issues within your area of interest.
Reading Finding Your Way with an MBA is like attending a networking party where everyone wants you to learn from their mistakes and insights and everyone wants you to succeed.”The book we wished we had for our MBA students.”-authors Susan Cohn (NYU) and Donald Hudson (Yale)
Over 75,000 new MBAs hit the streets every year, looking for jobs that both fill the wallet and feed the soul. But with all the competition, how do you market yourself so you stand out? How do you target your job search? How can you ensure that your “dream job” doesn’t become a career nightmare?
In Finding Your Way with an MBA: Insights from Those Landing Their Ideal Jobs, authors and career consultants Susan Cohn and Donald Hudson present proven tips drawn from over twenty years of counseling MBAs, and offer real-world insights from fifty MBA alumni-”doers”-who have “made it” in their careers. You’ll find interview hints, networking advice, resource lists, and trade secrets on leveraging your MBA to find your ideal match.
Finding Your Way with an MBA challenges you to seek your true calling-to identify the most meaningful fit of career options to your talents and interests-and then to launch an aggressive marketing campaign to distinguish yourself from everyone else.
With Finding Your Way with an MBA, you’ll learn:
* The four steps to discovering your optimal career path
* Secrets of self-marketing, including finding “hidden markets” for your talents
* How to develop a “commercial” for yourself that will answer the toughest interview question of all: “Why should I hire you?”
You’ll see how a “personal hook” and a “professional hook” will separate you from the pack. You’ll learn the “dos and don’ts” of networking. And you’ll be able to target potential issues within your area of interest.
Reading Finding Your Way with an MBA is like attending a networking party where everyone wants you to learn from their mistakes and insights and everyone wants you to succeed.
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