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Mr. Goldberg has written a work readiness book that was published on April 16, 2008. The book's title is:

Do you run a youth at risk program; an ESOL program; or a work readiness program? Are you a Not for Profit Corporation looking for a high quality fund raiser? Do you manage a Job Center, or do you work in management for a Workforce Develop Board? Do you run a post-high-school vocational school? Do you work with re-acclimating prisoners to society? Then click here to see special pricing and the materials/support available when you use this book in programs.

One item Mr. Goldberg always wanted to include in his Work Readiness Training Programs was a book participants could take with them and use as a reference after they secured jobs. This book does that and more. It not only can be used by graduates of the Programs using Mr. Goldberg’s curriculum, but was written as a stand alone book to help people who have not taken the courses understand how to be valuable to their employers.

In fact, Mr. Goldberg enhances his Program in this book by clearly laying out the reasons why workplace behaviors are important to employers, and by using real life situations which make for an informative, enjoyable, attitude-changing read. Mr. Goldberg highly recommends that all venues using his Program incorporate this book.

The book will also be available for co-branding. Custom covers can be added to make the book an employee training guide for specific businesses or organizations. The book can also be modified, expanded, or have chapters eliminated to meet specific customer's needs.

Below is a link to Mr. Goldberg's author page at Outskirts Press, his publisher. That page contains book excerpts, the book's table of contents, and direct links to sites where the book can be purchased.

Book review from Midwest Book Review, a company that recommends books for California, Wisconsin and upper Midwest libraries and whose reviews are included in Gale Research who provide book reviews to libraries throughout the United States.

5 stars (out of 5) - Getting a well-paying job is essential just to survive, July 7, 2008 By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)

"The cost of living becomes higher and higher by the year; getting a well-paying job is essential just to survive. "How to Get, Keep, and Be Well Paid in a Job" is a guide for prospective employees to succeed at their searches for a good job, not to mention tips on the easiest way to keep a plum career - by excelling at it. With an examination of how workplaces function and how the reader can make himself or herself a vital cog in the corporate machine, "How to Get, Keep, and Be Well Paid in a Job" is highly recommended for community library career collections."

Book review from the blog The Global Futurist, a blog about "spotting trends, changes and emerging patterns in the domestic and international markets is crucial for business survival. You must constantly stay ahead of the curve in order to compete successfully."

"Author Jay Goldberg, in his critically-acclaimed book, HOW TO GET, KEEP AND BE WELL PAID IN A JOB (Outskirts Press) , invests almost a quarter of the text on dealing with ethical dilemmas in the workplace. Most of the means of dealing responsibly and ethically with the workplace situations addressed by Mr. Goldberg in his book would have seemed obvious to most Americans twenty years ago. I am obligated to report that the conventional wisdom of twenty years ago now has to be codified in a procedure manual. Twenty years ago, this book would not have found an adult market -- today, it is a secular bible."

EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS
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Traditional employee handbooks contain workplace and personnel policies ranging from policies on sexual harassment, discrimination, and conflict resolution, to employee benefits, compensation and workplace safety.

One of the reasons for having an employee handbook is to protect the company against law suits. Employees acting inappropriately can lead to legal disputes. So can employees who are confused regarding company policies, particularly as it applies to raises, promotions, compensation and benefits. Having a clearly written and well thought out employee handbook can protect the company. In legal conflicts, employee handbooks are often viewed as contractual obligations. And if you are familiar with any of the daytime courtroom shows you’ll know that written contracts are much better than oral contracts, which is what you basically have if you do not have a formal employee handbook.

Obviously, the employee handbook is a major communication tool between the company and its employees. With more and more business owners and managers complaining about the lack of work readiness skills in their employees in focus groups throughout the country, the “new” employee handbook becomes the ideal vehicle for a company to define its work readiness workplace expectations (which also makes it part of the “contract”).

Therefore, I combine traditional Employee Handbook topics with content from my book to provide an Employee Handbook that clearly informs workers of expected workplace behaviors and skills.

If you have a book in you, I highly recommend my Publisher, Outskirts Press. Click here to find out about their services. I recommend that you sign up after you go to the site because allowing some time to pass between sign-up and paying to start the service resulted in Outskirts Press emailing me a discount coupon.