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1) ACT WorkKeys
Publisher
Peterson's
Pub. Date
uuuu
Language
English
Description
The ACT WorkKeys exams are administered to current and prospective employees, in order to gauge their proficiency in such areas as mathematical reasoning and problem-solving and real-world reading skills. The exam is used to predict workplace success. The exam is also administered to high school students in certain states, as part of a larger testing program to determine their proficiency with real-world mathematics and reading.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Author-secretary Peril profiles the various incarnations of the secretary, from pliable, sexy mate of the "office husband" to postfeminist executive-in-training, drawing inspiration from a wide range of "femorabilia" and secretarial guidebooks of yesteryear.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
viii, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"[T]he skills the economy values are changing in historic ways. The abilities that will prove most essential to our success are no longer the technical, classroom-taught left-brain skills that economic advances have demanded from workers in the past. Instead, our greatest advantage lies in what we humans are most powerfully driven to do for and with one another, arising from our deepest, most essentially human abilities--empathy, creativity, social...
Author
Series
Publisher
JIST Works
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Tenth edition.
Physical Desc
v, 410 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a book that covers the one hundred best careers for those with only a high school degree, the authors cover how to research careers and learn about pay; job outlook through 2018; education and skills for each job; how to match one's personal skills to the careers; and seven steps for landing a great job in no time.
5) The U.S. technology skills gap: what every technology executive must know to save America's future
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Is a widening "skills gap" in science and math education threatening America's future? That is the seminal question addressed in The U.S. Technology Skills Gap, a comprehensive 104-year review of math and science education in America. Some claim this "skills gap" is "equivalent to a permanent national recession" while others cite how the gap threatens America's future economic, workforce employability and national security. This much is sure: America's...
Author
Publisher
AMACOM, American Management Association
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ignoring problems or always saying nice things will only maintain the status quo. This research-backed book delivers proven techniques and tools for motivating people and triggering improvement - swiftly and painlessly.
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