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Employment Personality Tests Decoded

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 Employment Personality Tests Decoded

Employment Personality Tests Decoded

Book Description
At least 30 percent of American companies, from American Express and Bank of America and IBM to Marriott, Procter & Gamble, Time Warner, and a host of smaller firms, subject their employees to one or more personality tests each year.

Why do they do it? Employers want to hire and retain employees who are qualified, confident, resilient, even-tempered, and loyal. Personality assessments, like coaches, help them identify potential problems. The corporate world is intense. Employers need to know how their staff will deal with the inevitable pull of priorities between a regimented corporate life and family responsibilities.

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Great Thoughts to Sell By

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 Great Thoughts to Sell By

Great Thoughts to Sell By

Product Description

When the going gets tough, the tough need inspiration-and that’s what Great Thoughts to Sell By provides. It’s a collection of quotes from the world’s top sales consultants, business leaders, historical figures, and bestselling authors, including:

  • Norman Vincent Peale, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Malcolm Forbes, Mary Kay Ash, Andrew Carnegie, Deepak Chopra, Sam Walton, and Brian Tracy, among others

Packed with easy-to-read, compelling words on self-esteem, determination, opportunity, criticism, and many more topics, this book is a great motivational boost.

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Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Event of the Century

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Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Event of the Century

Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Event of the Century

Book Description
Profit from the Peak contains the information you need to successfully navigate the end of our oil-based economy. It takes a hard look at the future of oil and gas, examines how you can effectively invest in these resources, and profit from energy alternatives that are poised to power the years ahead. Along the way, this book also explores the potential, and possible limitations, of each major energy source, while carefully cover the investing angles of each one.

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Multi-objective Management in Freight Logistics: Increasing Capacity, Service Level and Safety with Optimization Algorithms

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Multi-objective Management in Freight Logistics: Increasing Capacity, Service Level and Safety with Optimization Algorithms

Multi-objective Management in Freight Logistics: Increasing Capacity, Service Level and Safety with Optimization Algorithms

Book Description

The complexity of modern supply chains requires decision makers in logistics to work with a set of efficient (Pareto optimal) solutions, mainly to catch different economic aspects for which one optimal solution related to a single objective function is not able to capture entirely. Motivated by this, and by recent changes in global markets and the availability of new transportation services, Multi-objective Management in Freight Logistics provides a detailed study of freight transportation systems, with a specific focus on multi-objective modeling.

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The No Lawsuit Guide to Real Estate Transactions

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The No Lawsuit Guide to Real Estate Transactions

The No Lawsuit Guide to Real Estate Transactions

Book Description

Real estate professionals, buyers, sellers, builders, and property inspectors are all vulnerable to a lawsuit with every transaction.

Whether you’re a real estate professional or a property owner, this is the ultimate must-have resource for understanding and managing all the important liability issues inherent in real estate transactions. Simple enough for novice buyers, sellers, and real estate agents but in-depth enough for real estate pros, this one-of-a-kind guide is a great source of information.

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IT Governance: A Manager’s Guide to Data Security and ISO 27001 / ISO 27002

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IT Governance: A Manager’s Guide to Data Security and ISO 27001 / ISO 27002

IT Governance: A Manager’s Guide to Data Security and ISO 27001 / ISO 27002

Book Description

Information is widely regarded as the lifeblood of modern business, but organizations are facing a flood of threats to such “intellectual capital” from hackers, viruses, and online fraud.  Directors must respond to increasingly complex and competing demands regarding data protection, privacy regulations, computer misuse, and investigatory regulations. IT Governance will be valuable to board members, executives, owners and managers of any business or organization that depends on information.

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