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Richard Denny is famous for his powers of communication, whether he's training hundreds of salespeople, getting his message across in his best-selling books or delivering charismatic speeches. «Communicate to Win» is full of sound, practical advice on every aspect of business and personal communication, such as how to: help people to like you, understand what motivates people, use the telephone effectively; excel at one-to-one conversation, develop your emotional intelligence, master a good writing style and give a great public presentation. Whatever your professional or personal goals in life, Communicate to Win will help you to get your message across or make a first-rate presentation — and the better you can communicate, the more you will achieve.

Deals with the English business writing you need at the top of your career. This title focuses on writing English as a key business tool in international business which may have to be tailored for a multicultural readership. It is suitable for those who have to excel in their English business writing.

Offers guidance to both native and non-native English writers on how to create clear messages and understand how English is used internationally in business. This title uses real life business scenarios to develop your skills and give answers even your boss may not know.

Deals with the English business writing you need to take you a step further in your executive career. This book also helps organizations stand apart by getting noticed for the right reasons, whatever the target audience. It focuses on writing English as a key business tool and how clear, concise messages are a must in international business.

Application forms are designed to filter out unsuitable applicants and to ensure candidates for interview can be assessed objectively. How do you make sure that you pitch yourself properly and ensure your job application is more successful than those of others in the candidate pool? This book holds the answer.

A well-written letter can help you to secure a job interview. It directs attention to your good points and away from your weaker ones, helping you to create the right impression and get your point across clearly and concisely. Whether you have considerable experience, are looking for a first job, or returning from a career break, you need to be able to write a professional, business-like letter. Your letter is the first thing that the employer sees, so the impression that they get at this stage will stay with them. This fully revised new edition of «Readymade Job Search Letters» gives advice on style, presentation, the best words to use, common mistakes to avoid, and writing effective email job applications. It will help you to make a favourable impression, inform, persuade and build a good relationship with the people you write to in order to get that interview. It also provides a wide selection of letters for different situations that can be adapted for individual use, such as: speculative enquiries to a company, requests for an introduction, replies to an advertised vacancy, applications for promotion, cover letters for CVs. Punchy and informative and with supporting online downloadable sample letters, «Readymade Job Search Letters» is essential kit for any serious job-hunter.

Meetings are important business and social activities. We meet with other people to learn, to exchange information, and to take decisions. This work provides guidance on how to get meetings right. It talks about such topics as appropriate preparation, maximizing participation, understanding group dynamics, effective chairing, and how to follow up.

The best business schools place great emphasis on a candidate's performance in the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test). Yet many students let themselves down by poor preparation and deliver results which are at best average and at worst very poor indeed. How to Pass the GMAT is your way to put yourself at the head of the queue of over 250,000 people who consider applying to business school each year. Written by Mike Bryon, a recognized expert in psychometrics and training solutions, the book gives you the skills you need to gain a competitive score that will stand out.Beginning with a 'warm up' for candidates whose knowledge of algebra, geometry, grammar and critical reasoning may be somewhat rusty, the book then expands to provide a rigorous rehearsal regime for the real test. In the pages which follow, you can test yourself with six full-length and highly realistic practice questions which will assess your capabilities in problem solving, data sufficiency, reading comprehension, sentence correction and more. Or, for the busy candidate short on time but still needing to practice, there are 20 different mini-tests. Brimming with more than 600 highly-focused practice questions, the book also provides you with full answers, explanations and assessment of scores. This means that not only can you see where you've gone wrong, but you can also see where to improve your performance and revise your approach to deliver a GMAT score which will be both a credit to you and which will put you in the higher reaches of the admission queue.