14 must-read nonfiction books like Lose the Resume, Land the Job by Gary Burnison

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Lose the Resume, Land the Job

By: Gary Burnison

3.73

Format: 256 pages, ebook

"'Lose the R�sum�' breaks down every aspect of job hunting, explaining what matters and what doesn'…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Lose the Resume, Land the Job by Gary Burnison , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The One Minute Manager

By: Spencer Johnson , Kenneth H. Blanchard

3.95

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nati… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"ضع الأهداف، امدح، انتقد السلوكيات، شجّع الناس، قل الحق، اضحك، اعمل، استمتع"

-Spencer Johnson, The One Minute Manager

"الناس تحتاج أن ترتبط بمن يهتمون بهم، ليشعروا بأنهم مقبولون وذوو قيمة لمجرد أنهم بشر (..) أيضاً أن الناس يحتاجون إلى معين ليجدوا من يهتم بهم، عندما يجانبهم الصواب ص 91"

-Spencer Johnson, The One Minute Manager

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2. The Psychology of Selling: Increase Your Sales Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible

By: Brian Tracy

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Double and triple your sales—in any market. The purpose of this book is to give you a series of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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3. The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

By: Bob Burg , John David Mann

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

A new edition with expanded content is available now, "The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Sto… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business

4. Brown Girl Dreaming

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesme… read more

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5. The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #23)

By: Michael Connelly

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from #1 Ne… read more

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6. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

By: Brian Christian , Tom Griffiths

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday l… read more

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7. Starship Troopers

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.01

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth),… read more

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"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

8. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more

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9. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

By: Robert B. Cialdini

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"Embarrassment is a villain to be crushed."

-Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

"The customers, mostly well-to-do vacationers with little knowledge of turquoise, were using a standard principle—a stereotype—to guide their buying: “expensive = good."

-Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

"A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do."

-Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

"The truly gifted negotiator, then, is one whose initial position is exaggerated enough to allow for a series of concessions that will yield a desirable final offer from the opponent, yet is not so ou…"

-Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

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10. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

By: David Allen

4.01

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and ma… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"My mission is to create a world where there are no problems only projects."

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist."

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"Getting things done, and feeling good about it, means being willing to recognize, acknowledge, and appropriately manage all the things that have your consciousness engaged. Mastering the art of stres…"

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"Your life and work are made up of outcomes and actions. When your operational behavior is grooved to organize everything that comes your way, at all levels, based upon those dynamics, a deep alignmen…"

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

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11. A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work

By: Juliet Funt

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“You’re going to want to share copies of this book with your overbooked friends and colleagues, but… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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12. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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13. Measure What Matters

By: John Doerr

3.99

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

The revolutionary movement behind the explosive growth of Intel, Google, Amazon and Uber. With a f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"For anyone striving for high performance in the workplace, goals are very necessary things."

-John Doerr, Measure What Matters

"Acute focus, open sharing, exacting measurement, a license to shoot for the moon—these are the hallmarks of modern goal science."

-John Doerr, Measure What Matters

"If the heart doesn't find a perfect rhyme with the head, then your passion means nothing. The OKR framework cultivates the madness, the chemistry contained inside. It gives us an environment for risk…"

-John Doerr, Measure What Matters

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14. Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

By: Ryan Holiday

4.04

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Ryan Holiday's best… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"Start small...on something big."

-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

"You can also commit injustice by doing nothing."

-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

"History is written with blood, sweat, and tears, and it is etched into eternity by the quiet endurance of courageous people."

-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

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15. On the Come Up

By: Angie Thomas

4.27

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780062498564 can be found here. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants … read more

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"All right now, y’all,"

-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

"That’s what we call our goal, the come up."

-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

"I'll always be my dad’s daughter if nothing else."

-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

"Besides, is it really mine if I'm not being myself?"

-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

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16. The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

By: Tariq Trotter

4.20

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

“Tariq Trotter . . . could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. Like the Russian novelist, Mr. Trotter has ref… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

By: Melinda French Gates

4.28

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

A debut from Forbes' third most powerful woman in the world, Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary … read more

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  • business
"When it’s “he said/she said,"

-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

"Overcoming the need to create outsiders is our greatest challenge as human beings."

-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

"…contraceptives are the greatest life-saving, poverty-ending, women-empowering innovation ever created."

-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

"It's the mark of a backward society - or a society moving backward - when decisions are made for women by men."

-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

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18. Lose the Resume, Land the Job

By: Gary Burnison

3.73

Format: 256 pages, ebook

"'Lose the R�sum�' breaks down every aspect of job hunting, explaining what matters and what doesn'… read more

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Cover of What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World by Prentis Hemphill

19. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World

By: Prentis Hemphill

4.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of LinkedIn for Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide by Sandra  Long

20. LinkedIn for Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide

By: Sandra Long

3.98

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER - 2021 EDITION Make a real impact on LinkedIn! LinkedIn for Personal Branding … read more

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  • business
Cover of Linked: Conquer LinkedIn. Get Your Dream Job. Own Your Future. by Omar Garriott

21. Linked: Conquer LinkedIn. Get Your Dream Job. Own Your Future.

By: Omar Garriott

4.18

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

"Of all the books that give job hunting advice, this is the most essential."—Jeffrey Selingo, New Y… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business

13 best-selling business books like Lose the Resume, Land the Job by Gary Burnison

Transform Your Habits

The One Minute Manager

Spencer Johnson , Kenneth H. Blanchard

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Psychology of Selling: Increase Your Sales Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible

Brian Tracy

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

Bob Burg , John David Mann

3.33

Transform Your Habits

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert B. Cialdini

4.22

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14 Best audiobook books like What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World by Prentis Hemphill

Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

Kai Cheng Thom

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too

Ijeoma Oluo

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

Alua Arthur

4.26

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