Photographs and simple text introduce homophones, words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.

An elementary course for anyone who needs to improve their telephone skills, particularly for the workplace. Each unit develops the language and skills needed to use the phone confidently and take messages efficiently. Areas covered include basic vocabulary, numbers, dates and spelling on the phone, key phrases and recorded messages.

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Private detective John Blame is back treading Dublin's mean streets. His marriage is going well and baby Emily is the apple of his eye. Everything appears to be going well. Until he gets a phone call...

The academic job search handbook
(3ed., U. Pennsylvania, 2001)

Review:

Nice, generic handbook

I bought this book at the late stages of my job hunting process, days before my first, phone interview. Therefore, I did not read the first half of the book which has to do with planning the job search and searching (assisted with sample vitas, cover letters, etc. which cover half of this book's pages). My focus was in the interviewing, and later on in the negotiating phases. In that respect, I think that this book is what its title implies: a handbook giving generic guidelines to most of the situtations one might face while interviewing ( covering off-site, conference, phone, on-campus interviews), including a list of possible questions that might be asked. It gives you advise on how to prepare for each type of interview, what to expect, what to wear etc. in a brief manner, something that was very useful for my case, since I had only a few days to prepare for my first, phone interview. I also found some useful points in the "negotiating the job" section. Another aspect I liked about this book was that it covered specific situations such as dual-carrer couples, foreign nationals seeking US employment, etc. The last part of this book covers the "after you take the job" phase, which I plan to read.

Overall, this is a nice handbook, which outlines the basics, but doesn't get into much detail. I had to buy another book and combine information of both to better prepare for my job interviews. Half of the book is covered by sample materials, which I found useless, but given its low price, I would recommend it to anyone seeking for an academic job, as a start-up, quick reference guide, or a complementary book to another, more detailed one.