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BA1: Resumes that get shorlisted - over 65, 000 copies sold worldwide since June 2000! Bestselling resume guide in the UK! $24.95
The bestselling Australian Resume guide that has taken the UK by storm (under the title Brilliant CV). The only guide available that is based on scientific published research conducted by Bright and his team on what gets a resume to the shortlist pile! This book has received excellent International reviews, is recommended by leading careers experts and has assisted thousands of job seekers.
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BA2: Getting a Brilliant Job: the students guide. by Karen Bright and Jim Bright. Published by Allen and Unwin 2005. $19.95 inc GST.
At last a thoroughly researched guide aimed at Australian school leavers! This book has been thoroughly researched and road tested in Australian schools. Already this book has been adopted in large numbers by major financial institutions for use in training Australia's youth. An Indian version is also forthcoming!
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BA4:: Job Hunting for Dummies: Australia and New Zealand - over 5000 sold! $19.95
At last, here is a comprehensive book on Job Hunting written specially for the Australian and New Zealand Market! Covers everything from analysing
strengths and weaknesses, to web-based applications, resumes, interviews, negotiations. 376 pages, comprehensively indexed to allow the reader 
to find the advice they need quickly and without fuss. Like all Jim's work, this book uses evidence of what works to provide authoritative career advice.
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BA3: Should I stay or should I go? - How to make that crucial job move decision. $29.95
Prentice Hall.
So, you've been headhunted for a new job, but you don't feel you've achieved all you can where you are right now? Or maybe you are thinking of quitting your permanent job to go freelance? Perhaps you're just completely bored and frustrated at work and wonder whether it's time to go all out to find another job. How on earth do you weight it all up? There's so much to work out, and this is such a familiar dilemma for many of us. But who do you turn to for advice? What you need is impartial and authoritative guidance. Should I Stay, Should I Go? provides just this. It will help you work out where you are in your career, and whether it's time to head for the door or buckle down and work at moving up where you are. The book uses examples and checklists, to show you how to analyse your options logically and thoroughly and make the decision that's right for you.
Moving to a new job - or not - can be a career making or breaking decision. It's also one of the most agonising to make. This book aims to help you work out what's going on and what to do. It uses examples and checklists, to show how to analyse all the options logically.
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BA6: Stress: myth, theory and research. by Fiona Jones and Jim Bright. Published by Pearson 2001. $45
If you are looking for a thorough and critical introduction to the concept of stress including work stress, home-work interface, measuring stress, stress models, cognition and stress, then this is the book for you. It is recommended as a text for university courses in Australia and UK , and positively reviewed in the APA review of books 2004.
Stressssmart is a compilation of effective stress management tips presented in a light-hearted and accessible fashion. Stresssmart has been used successfully in a wide range of applications including individual clients, job seekers, schools, law firms, training, non profit sector and universities. Stresssmart is designed to dip into for some inspiration and sound advice about dealing with stress - it covers both physical and psychological strategies.
Fantastic Career Counselling Resources from Norm Amundson!
Bright and Associates distribute Professor Norman Amundson's outstanding career counselling publications in Australia. We only distribute resources that we genuinely use on a regular basis in our professional practise, training and research. Norman Amundson is one of the world's leading authorities on career counselling and anyone who has seen him present in Australia or around the world will appreciate his superb communication skills, and his original and highly practical career counselling approaches. Active Engagement and the Physics of Living should be on the bookshelves of all career professionals. Careerscope is a brilliant workbook to assist people in making informed and insightful career decisions. Designed for use in schools, it can also be used very successfully by adults.
BAN2: Active Engagement:enhancing the career counselling process. Edition 2. By Norman Amundson. Ergon. $49.00
Active Engagement received the Best Book Award by the Canadian Counselling Association. This second edition adds new information about career processes (dynamics of change, careercraft, structured relationship building) and techniques (storytelling, second order questioning, the Intelligent Career Card Sort, planned happenstance, Guiding Circles, reference coaching and more).
"..captures the inner light of counselling, without leaving the practitioner in the dark" Peter Plant, Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Denmark
" a truly innovative book" Lynne Bezanson, Executive Director, Canadian Career Development Foundation
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BAN1: Physics of Living. By Norman Amundson. Ergon. $38.00
The Physics of Living examines patterns that extend across the physical and psychological realms. Within its pages there is the opportunity to explore metaphors and through this exploration to examine life and career issues. Some of the topics addressed include life balance energy, identity development, burnout, quantum thinking and hope, heroes and opportunity. This is a book about life and how to live in the world with wisdom, truth and beauty.
"The Physics of Living is a wonderful book, full of wisdon, scholarship, poetry and heart" Carlo Leggo PhD.
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BAN4: CareerScope: looking in, looking out, look around. By Norman Amundson, Gray Poehnell, Mark Patten. $18
This publication seeks to assist youth with their career making decisions. Designed to meet many of the prescribed learning outcomes for Planning 10’s Education & Career Category in Canada, the book provides a basis for the introduction and implementation of the Graduation Portfolio there, and will be useful for completing logbooks in NSW and in careers education throughout Australia.. Through this self-guided workbook, students are given the opportunity to explore their skills, interests, and values and see how these fit in choosing potential career opportunities.