College Seniors' Job Skills Ranked Nationwide; Career Coaching Book Helps Grads-To-Be

La Jolla, CA (PRWEB) January 18, 2009

Tough Economy Makes Job Search Tactics Critical. New Career Coaching Book Brings Faster Offers.

"There's never, ever been a career assessment that ranks your skills against college seniors nationwide," claims 'LAUNCH!...Get That First Paycheck In 90 Days,' "and then turns your unique strengths into a smart career path."

The career coaching book is now available at Launch-Your-Career.com to help college seniors and recent graduates successfully begin their careers. It offers job-finding secrets that too few students know about - because no other career coaching books reveal them. LAUNCH! includes:

A career assessment quiz that shows how the student's job skills and attitudes compare to college seniors nationwide, and what career paths their unique traits suggest.
How to find job openings before they're advertised.
How to triple resume responses.
Proven networking tactics.
How to interview better.
Why Monster.com and Craigslist are time traps for recent graduates.
How a weekend project can make the student a top candidate for their chosen position.
Finally, LAUNCH! outlines a 90 day schedule for getting that first job.

If downloaded from the website in PDF format, this 339 page career coaching book costs $ 8.63 -- less than the price of a pizza. It's also available as a paperback book (for $ 16.23 - free shipping), an audio CD set (for $ 21.33 - free shipping), or a downloadable MP3 audio book ($ 11.74). An unusual money back guarantee is included -- if any college senior doesn't discover a new job search tactic, boost their resume responses, or learn something about themselves that they didn't know before; they get their money back plus one dollar.

"Unlike those fuzzy lectures and expensive textbooks or seductive student loans, this helps graduates actually find that first job," says LAUNCH! author Gary Sutton, a retired CEO who's been involved in advising, hiring, and firing countless employees during his lengthy career.

"This may be the most important book a college senior ever reads," added Dr. Linda Charles, clinical psychologist and former UCLA staffer.

Anxious students and their nervous parents can even sample the guide before buying by reading a few pages or listening to a brief audio clip at Launch-Your-Career.com.

The career assessment quiz in LAUNCH! can also be taken online at WhoAreYouAnyway.com. It tells college seniors if they'll do better in large or small organizations, among other things. The quiz ranks students' energy, ambition, ethics, status needs, social abilities and fifteen other vocational traits. Results are translated into the best career path.

"Wow! That job quiz nailed me. Without those insights, I'd be waiting tables again," said one Drake grad.

About Career Coaching Book "LAUNCH!...Get That First Paycheck In 90 Days":

LAUNCH is a career guide aimed at college seniors and recent graduates, with more practical, hands-on advice than offered in other career coaching books. It's available in paperback book, downloadable PDF, audio CD set, or downloadable MP3 audio book format at Launch-Your-Career.com. The guide includes an assessment designed to help college students who are trying to choose a career path. The assessment may also be taken as an online quiz at WhoAreYouAnyway.com. The author of both the book and creator of the quiz, Gary Sutton, is a retired CEO. He's mentored seniors at several colleges and found a disturbing level of confusion and unreal attitudes about the world of work.

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A Better Way for Scheduling Summer Church Events, Programs: Online Scheduling Software from Appointment-Plus Helps Automate, Improve the Booking Process

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 23, 2011

Churches and other houses of worship worldwide provide a wealth of activities, events, programs and volunteer opportunities during the summer months and throughout the year for its congregation members. And regardless of the type of services offered, appointments and reservations are usually required. Over-the-phone appointments and paper schedule books usually come up short, which is why a growing number of churches and other houses of worship are turning to Appointment-Plus online scheduler calendar for their appointment-booking needs.

Offering online scheduling solutions to churches and other houses of worship since 2001, Appointment-Plus online scheduler calendar helps these groups automate, streamline and improve the way they accept and manage appointment and member information for a variety of different services, programs and activities, including:

Photo sessions for individuals and families.
Counseling.
Volunteer opportunities.
Community-outreach projects.
Workshops and classes.
Events.
Room scheduling.

As a leading provider of online scheduling software, Appointment-Plus offers a feature-rich platform of functionality to help church administrators and staff quickly and easily manage these appointments and reservations. Among the more popular ones are:

Online self-scheduling, which allows individuals to book their own appointments and reservations when its most convenient for them, 24 hours a day.

Automated e-mail and text message reminders sent by the system prior to a scheduled appointment or reservation time.

Robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities for managing appointment and contact information.

E-marketing through iContact.

Because of its flexibility, Appointment-Plus online scheduler calendar is perfect for a variety of different programs and activities, such as scheduling individual and family photo sessions, booking sessions with church counselors, and scheduling volunteers for events, activities and programs.

Managing appointments can be a tedious and burdensome task for church administrators and staff, especially if they still rely on a paper appointment book and pen, says Bob La Loggia, CEO of Appointment-Plus. Our leading online scheduling program makes this process simple by giving church members the ability to schedule their own appointments and reservations on their own without having to call them in.

Church offices that incorporate Appointment-Plus into their operating procedures can expect almost immediate and positive results.

Appointment-Plus online scheduler calendar makes it easy for churches and other houses of worship to accept online appointment and reservations by providing them with a Schedule Now button and unique URL link to add to their Web site, social media page (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), newsletters, programs, e-mail messages and other forms of communication. This link allows access to the online scheduler, where church members can view services, check availability and book their appointments and reservations.

Because its Web-based, Appointment-Plus online scheduling software requires only an Internet connection, with no downloads, installations or additional hardware required. Appointment-Plus also provides all the technical support so that church IT staff or contracted service need not worry about any maintenance, upgrades or updates to the system, as these are done automatically.

Pricing starts at $ 39 per month, with no long-term contracts. All signups receive complementary training with a professional set-up coach during their 15-day free trial period.

Appointment-Plus online scheduling software is a technology that both church staff and members will appreciate.

Our technology can play a dual role in church operations: Improve the internal scheduling process for administrators and staff and make it easier and more convenient for church members to schedule their appointments and reservations, La Loggia adds. Its a win-win for everyone.

For more information on how Appointment-Plus online scheduler calendar can improve your appointment- and reservation-scheduling processes, click here.

About Appointment-Plus: Appointment-Plus is the leading online appointment-scheduling system, serving organizations in 11 countries ranging from one-person businesses to Fortune 500 companies. With over 10 million end users across 100 industries, Appointment-Plus is the preferred scheduler for colleges and universities, holistic practitioners, salons, shipping docks, government agencies, health care providers, financial institutions, tour operators, and many other types of organizations. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., over 70 million appointments have been booked through Appointment-Plus since its launch in 2001.

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Reset San Francisco Founder And Mayoral Candidate Phil Ting Helps Launch Parkzing Smartphone App To Help Reduce Number Of Cars Towed

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 02, 2011

Today, mayoral candidate Phil Ting announced the winner of Reset San Franciscos $ 1,000 mobile app contest to develop an automated towing notification system that allows drivers to know when theyre in a tow away zone.

Aren Sandersen, developer of Parkzing a free mobile application that uses both street cleaning and tow away zone information, worked with the Reset San Francisco team to develop an app that alerts drivers 10 minutes before a tow zone is in effect and also 9pm the night before morning street cleanings.

As soon as a driver parks, he or she launches the application, selects the street location based on the apps built-in GPS technology and then sees a screen with the time and location information. Its that easy.

Phil Ting said, San Franciscans have been clamoring for this product. Supervisor David Chiu introduced legislation to study the idea. Mayor Ed Lee told the press he supports the idea.

But Reset San Francisco is proving we dont need a two-year, multi-million dollar process mired in the old Government 1.0 mindset. Using web 2.0 tools, Sunshine Requests and a little old-fashioned incentive-based marketing, we were able to do in less than two months and for just $ 1,000 what it would have taken City Hall two years and millions of dollars to accomplish, Ting said.

Im running for mayor because I believe city government can and should be as innovative as the people of San Francisco. And Arens Parkzing app is just one small example of how we can make it happen.

Parkzing is a simple, effective app that will help reduce the 150-160 tows that occur in San Francisco each day. You can download the Parkzing iPhone app from Apples iTunes Store here.

ABOUT RESET SAN FRANCISCO:

Reset San Francisco is an offline and online community founded by San Francisco Assessor-Recorder and candidate for mayor Phil Ting. The community has already united more than 20,000 San Franciscans and given them the tools to learn about policy, debate ideas and make their voices heard at City Hall. The ResetSanFrancisco.org community uses web-based Government 2.0 tools to help its members connect with government, and it also organizes in-person forums to connect San Franciscans to each other and to help the community unite around solutions. Learn more at http://www.ResetSanFrancisco.org.

ABOUT PHIL TING:

Phil Ting is the San Francisco Assessor-Recorder who took one of the citys most dysfunctional offices and helped make it work. He has generated more than $ 300 million in new revenue without new taxes through his program of modernization and reform. Ting is both a former business consultant, who helped advise companies seeking to modernize, and the former executive director of one of the Bay Areas leading civil rights organizations. He is bringing the values of a civil rights advocate, the background of a business consultant and the management skills of a leader who is already reforming city government to his campaign for Mayor of San Francisco. Learn more about Phil at http://www.PhilTing.com.

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