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Top 3 Reasons:
1. For starters, the War for Talent has long gone global - and your international competitors want more than their share of an already rare commodity: Human Capital!
2. If diversity was ever on your agenda, it now must have a specific raison d'être to survive criticism; beyond the right thing to do, diversity efforts must directly tie to the bottom-line for businesses.
3. This is a unique way to gain a huge competitive advantage in a world of increasing reach-out and accessibility challenges, in emerging and locally diverse or global marketplaces.
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GLOBAL
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APRIL 15-17, 2007, BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER |
Global Diversity Career Expo and Multilingual Job Fair Official Books:
| For Parents of College Students ... The College to Career Road Map:
A Four-Year Guide to Coaching Your Student
The Parent Edition of The College to Career Road Map helps you guide your college student through the career exploration and decision-making process. You'll learn how to take on the role of career development coach—someone who doesn't have all the answers but who instead helps your student help himself/herself.
The book also outlines the academic and experiential activities that are most critical for students to work on during their college years, so that they can confidently discern their future direction and boost their chances of landing a satisfying job after graduation.
"Parents need to wear many different hats, including that of career coach. This book gives you everything you'd ever need to make that hat fit."
Robin Raskin
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Parents' Guide to College Life |
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For College Students (current and future)
The College to Career Road Map:
A Four-Year Guide to Finding Your Path
The Student Edition of The College to Career Road Map helps college students discover the specific academic and experiential activities they can pursue—during each of their years in school, freshman through senior—to give themselves the best chance of landing a great job after graduation.
By completing these activities and, as importantly, reflecting upon them, students develop a road map for their future careers, uncover opportunities and possibilities they’ve never thought about before, and reduce their stress.
"By providing a specific and detailed roster of experiences and action items that students should check off during each of their four years in school, The College to Career Road Map affords students the opportunity to hone their talents, build their skillsets, take advantage of available resources, and focus on the small but critical steps that lead to an intelligent career decision."
Alexandra Levit
Author
They Don't Teach Corporate in College
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Diversity: Leaders Not Labels – A New Plan for the 21st Century
Stedman Graham, bestselling author of You Can Make It Happen, teaches that in the 21st century your talent and skills above all else will define your value. In Diversity: Leaders Not Labels, Graham shows you how to break out of the box that keeps you from growing to your full potential, and reveals that success is truly based on results, performance, and excellence.
Diversity is literally changing the face of our nations. Workers of all backgrounds are merging into a global marketplace, while businesses are challenged by a shortage of talent and the need to integrate a wide range of cultures. In this global environment, diversity has become a permanent business characteristic; opportunities will be plentiful for both people and businesses. Graham indicates that we do not have to become a member of anyone else’s culture to play a key role, but must maintain and assert our own identities while respecting others’ uniqueness in our workforces and communities. He helps us to understand that developing leaders rather than accepting labels is ultimately the best way to preserve culture and create a legacy.
“What is most important is breaking through labels and understanding who you are,” says Graham. “Realize that everyone brings uniqueness, talents, and skills that add value to our experiences, work environments, businesses and communities. When you operate from this perspective, you will emerge in the 21st century as a true leader to yourself, to others, and to society.” |

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