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Chief Steve Prziborowski reveals more than 101 tips for getting promoted and becoming a vital asset to your fire department, family, and community. From soft skills to hard truths, this book covers what you need to move up the ranks the right way. FEATURING: • Sound advice for personal growth and personal improvement for any firefighter of any rank who wishes to advance • Insights, tricks, and tips for avoiding the pitfalls while preparing for a comprehensive promotional testing process • Bonus: Guidance from 37 professional, knowledgeable fire service veterans What others are saying: “Just like firefighting, getting promoted and moving up isn’t something you can succeed in alone—it takes a team. Steve has assembled a whole bunch of good fire service veterans who own their very personal experiences, bumps and bruises along with their successes, to help you figure this out. Sit back and prepare to soak up decades of advice based on experience so you can start the climb up.” —Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder (Proudly bumped and bruised since 1973) “After years of teaching thousands of aspiring fire rescue officers, Steve Prziborowski has documented his highly successful training information. You need this book if you are looking to get the edge up on the competition and demonstrate to the hiring authority that you are ready for the job. If you are serious about being a successful fire rescue officer at any rank, do yourself a favor and add this text to your personal library today!” —Fire Chief Dennis L. Rubin “Committing to taking a promotional exam requires a Herculean effort, a never-looking-back attitude, and a willingness to give up your life as you know it until the exam is over. The book is an invaluable resource to guide your journey. Study hard and then study harder. Good luck.” —Deputy Chief (Ret.) Anthony Avillo, North Hudson Regional (NJ) Fire and Rescue
Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 30 million times. Now she's turning her attention to improving our vocabulary—one word at a time—with Grammar Girl's 101 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know. Not sure whether your post-high school vocabulary is up to snuff? This handy reference guide is a great starting point for ensuring you know the words that will help you impress your college professors, hold your own among your peers, write killer papers, and simply sound articulate—a skill that will benefit you for years to come. Full of clear, straightforward definitions and fun quotations from luminaries such as J.D. Salinger and Susan B. Anthony, to characters such as Marge and Homer Simpson, this highly-useable guidebook gives you the confidence to succeed and sets you up for a lifetime of success.
Arm your students with the strategies they need for success with 101 Tips for Online Course Success. Many students think they are prepared for online classes, in fact they often think they will be easier than on-ground courses, but are they actually ready for the challenges that come with learning online? Help your students manage their time, keep organized, stay motivated, use online resources, use learning management systems, work in groups, and much more! 101 Tips for Online Course Success is everything your students need to succeed in an online or hybrid course. It is their handbook and planner that can complement any online or hybrid course, regardless of the subject matter. It can also be used in student success courses that introduce students to the college experience. Most of the strategies and tips included in this text are also relevant to the onsite courses.
"I wrote the book I wish I'd had when I started my PhD." Professor Woodhouse knows a thing or two about PhDs. In December 1994 he submitted his PhD after 3 years, 1 month, and it won the Best PhD thesis award from the Remote Sensing Society. As a Professor at The University of Edinburgh he has supervised more than 50 MSc and 16 PhD students to a successful thesis submission. He has also acted as external examiner for a number of PhD students, both from UK universities and world wide, including PhD candidates at universities in Finland, Australia, Canada, South Africa and the Netherlands. He has even failed a first submission at a Viva Voce as an internal examiner! Drawing on these experiences, as both a graduate student and as a supervisor, Prof Woodhouse provides a straightforward checklist of 101 key bits of advice, from how to choose a PhD in the first place, through writing the thesis, to finally getting your first job. The advice is non-disciplinary-specific, so applies to students conducting research in any field. Contents:Before you startGetting The Right MindsetBeing Effective Self Improvement Time management Working on Your NetworkGoing to Conferences Oral Presentation Conference Dinners Poster PresentationWriting your thesisGetting Started on the Thesis Structure The Beginning Middle End The Other Bits Abstract Preface Appendices Footnotes and Endnotes Postscripts and Afterwords General Comments Size Does Matter Writer's Block Don't Write Forever Figures Peer Reviewed Journal Articles ChecklistFinishing Up: The Viva VoceAfter: Getting a job.Afterword
Are you tired of working endlessly on your acting career only to feel like you're stuck spinning your wheels and going nowhere fast? It's time to start gaining traction from all of your efforts and actually earn a living in this Industry! In the grab-and-go world of working actors, what you need is little bite-sized tips that, when applied regularly to your auditions and how you handle your career, can make a BIG difference. You've got the talent for this Business, you just need the inside scoop on how to put it all together and make things happen! The tips and tricks in this FREE resource will start to pull back the curtain on how to do this, and what you really need to be successful. Inside you'll find the three important basics you need to nail in your self-tape along with more game-changing hints to help you wow Casting Directors and finally start consistently booking the paying gigs you're after.
Written to teachers, parents, pastors, and anyone who imparts truth to others - this insightful gift-size book is a treasure of to-the-point, practical advice from one of America's leading Christian educators! Every page shares an idea that you can put into practice today - in your home, in your classroom, and in your ministry!Every servant of God who has a passion to become a better teacher will find the pages of this book unique, encouraging, and helpful. This "teacher's toolbox" is also perfect for group study or as a gift to an educator.In the pages of this book, Dr. Mark Rasmussen draws on over twenty-five years of teaching experience on many levels. He has taught thousands of students who are now teaching others around the world! These tips are not theory or untested philosophy - they are golden nuggets of wisdom drawn out of decades of personal and fruitful work in the "trenches" of Christian education.
Full of meaningful insights, this indispensable compilation of suggestions and recommendations offers counsel on everything from health to people skills, always with an eye toward the goal of instructional leadership.
Each year, more than 15,000 U.S. medical students—along with more than 18,000 graduates of foreign medical schools and schools of osteopathic medicine—take part in the National Residency Matching Program, vying for a small number of positions in the United States. In this keenly competitive environment, they seek every advantage they can get. Based on more than two decades of experience preparing candidates for residency programs, John Canady has developed a concise practical guide to making one’s way through the maze of residency applications and interviews. Guiding residency applicants past the pitfalls in all aspects of the process, 101 Tips to Getting the Residency You Want includes sections on tried-and-true methods for senior year planning, the importance of networking, tips for interviewing, practical advice for carefree travel, and guidelines for follow-up to out-of-town rotations and interviews. This guide covers the do’s and don’ts that will maximize each applicant’s chances and exposes the common blunders that can ruin an application in spite of the best grades and test scores.
This fun, easy-to-read text walks any videographer--from a true amateur to an experienced filmmaker--through all the steps necessary to create exciting and memorable videos for the Web. Includes 101 amazing tips in easy-to-digest sections.
