Download or read book The African American Job Seeker s Guide to Successful Employment written by Rebecca Enyia and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete with Checklists, Self-Evaluation Worksheets, Goal Setting Charts, Sample Resumes, and Winning Cover letters, this guide shows how to find and keep a job, how to set goals for your career moves, and how to network for a job - who to ask, what to say and how to follow up.
Download or read book The African American Employment Guide written by Tony Rose and published by Reference Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showing thousands of African Americans how to fill out a job application, do a winning job interview, negotiate a salary, evaluate job benefits, and set goals, this edition provides checklists, self-evaluation worksheets, goal-setting charts, sample resumes, winning cover letters, and tips about the best places to look for a job.
Download or read book Working While Black written by Michelle T. Johnson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a black employee's guide to success when working in a white workplace, and focuses on getting hired, pursuing legal support, and using one's own style, history, and goals.
Download or read book Black Enterprise Guide to Building Your Career written by Cassandra Hayes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-07-17 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African American's 411 on choosing, landing, and bulletproofing your career Do you long for a satisfying career but just don't know how to make the transition? Have you recently earned your degree, only to ask yourself, "What now?" Are your skills so narrowly defined that you'll be an easy target for downsizing? Whether you're just starting out or starting over, make yourself indispensable in today's workforce with the Black Enterprise Guide to Building Your Career. With the help of questionnaires, aptitude summaries, and sidebar profiles of successful African American professionals, you'll learn how to: * Decide which career path is right for you, including corporate and not-for-profit jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities * Tailor your resume to fit your goals * Negotiate the best salary and benefits * Network with other black professionals * Navigate career transitions * Prepare yourself with information before you go on the interview * Discover current Web sites for African Americans that offer career advice and employment information * And much more! Give your career the jump-start it needs with the essential tips and advice found in the Black Enterprise Guide to Building Your Career. Special Bonus To keep you abreast of the latest business and money management information, Black Enterprise is pleased to offer: * A free issue of Black Enterprise magazine * A free Wealth Building Kit (See inside coupons for details.)
Download or read book Working While Black written by Michelle T. Johnson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the issues facing African Americans in the job market, covering such topics as finding a job, adapting to the workplace, and achieving success.
Download or read book The African American Job Search written by Marc Sanders and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-01-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African-American Job Search will help minority job seekers find great jobs. Whether you are a college graduate or a seasoned professional looking to change careers, you can benefit from this book.You will learn how to: Understand race in the workplace, what diversity means in America and, if black and female, what special challenges you face. Assess your skills and interests and develop a career plan. Utilize the Internet, especially black career Web sites, scan black periodicals to find jobs, and use ListServes, black college career services, and black professional and business associations. Research occupations and match them to your skills and personality. Prepare a professional résumé/cover letter and post on the Internet. Network, use the Minorities' Job Bank, find companies that have excellent minority hiring track records, and use affirmative action to your advantage. Explore job opportunities in non-profit organizations, with local, state and federal governments, on cruise ships, in the field of education, and more. Find jobs in security and counter-terrorism. Conduct yourself in an interview and negotiate salary.
Download or read book The African American Writer s Guide to Successful Self publishing written by Takesha D. Powell and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a ten-step plan, former "Jive/Intimacy" magazine editor and self-published author Powell shows aspiring authors how to turn their writing skills into a successful and profitable moneymaking writing and book publishing career.
Download or read book 2007 2009 African American Scholarship Guide for Students Parents written by Dante Lee and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A financial resource guide for high school and college students with over 1,000 listings of scholarships, grants, fellowships, and internships for African American students and students of colour.
Download or read book Black Out written by Michelle T. Johnson and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information and encouragement for African Americans who seek a career change.
Download or read book The African American Woman s Guide to Great Sex Happiness Martial Bliss written by Jel D. Lewis Jones and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author gives great relationship tips and advice in the more than 30 informative chapters, such as Enhance Your Sex Appeal, Communicating In Lovemaking, Thirteen Secrets To Sizzling Passion, and 72 Ways to Love Your Lover.
Download or read book When Your Parachute Is Black written by William M. White and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the last five decades, African-American unemployment has been almost twice that of the general population of the United States. Currently, African-American unemployment is reported at 13 percent nationwide, while the unemployment rate of the nation is 7.0 percent. The only ethnic group that continues to have a higher unemployment rate than African-Americans is Native Americans. Race still matters! However, key attitudes and skills necessary for successful career management are lacking in many African-Americans. This is the first book of its kind targeting African-American employment development. When Your Parachute is Black is not just another book on career development. It is a learning system which transforms how African-Americans view work now and into the future. The readers experience the power of passion and visioning, taking them beyond survival or "just getting by," to thriving! When Your parachute is Black provides answers to five critical questions by providing African-Americans with the opportunity to elevate their skills, accomplishments, values, strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes in a manner that reduces the opportunity for discrimination. More importantly, readers learn how to pursue their passion or vision while creating value for perspective employers. The techniques presented in When Your Parachute is Black provide African-Americans with the management skills necessary to successfully navigate the twenty-first century job market. It is written for African-American job seekers of all ages who are interested in becoming the best they can be in all facets of their lives. A website, yourblackparachute.com has been established to update concepts presented and to allow African-American job seekers to share their challenges and solutions to ongoing acts of exclusion.
Download or read book Literary Divas written by Heather Covington and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These divas represent the voices of past and future generations, such as Tyra Banks, Terry McMillan, Harriette Cole, Maya Angelou, Iyanla Vanzant, Nikki Giovanni, Dawn Davis, Adrienne Ingrum, Carol Mackey, Oprah Winfrey, Rosa Parks, Shirley Chisholm, Coretta Scott King, Zora Neal Hurston, and Octavia Butler.
Download or read book Ebony written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
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Download or read book Ready to Die written by Jake Brown and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of one of history's most well-known rap artists, whose life was cut short by his violent murder. In "Ready to Die," author Jake Brown reveals the musician's loyalties and his roots, bringing readers up-close and personal into the rise of Bad Boy Entertainment, Sean "Puffy" Combs (P. Diddy), Tupac Shakur, Faith Evans, Lil' Kim, and the Junior Mafia.
Download or read book How to be an Entrepreneur and Keep Your Sanity written by Paula McCoy Pinderhughes and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is the ultimate tool for African Americans who really want to take charge of their lives. It gives step-by-step instructions on how to join the entrepreneur's winner's circle and has hundreds of resources as well as real-life biographies of some of America's leading African-American entrepreneurs.
Download or read book The House that Jack Built written by Hal Jackson and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The House That Jack Built" is a true rags-to-riches American success story. Hal Jackson is founder, owner, and Group Chairman of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, the largest black-owned broadcasting network in the nation. This is about a remarkable man, whose determination and vision would make him one of the most significant figures in American radio and television history.
