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Skills for Success: The Personal Development Planning Handbook (Palgrave Study Guides) | 
| Author: Stella Cottrell
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 4667
Media: Paperback
Pages: 312
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1403911320
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9781403911322
ASIN: 1403911320
Publication Date: May 2, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 Don't expect to learn much October 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is very typical of self-help books. Full of self-assessment exercises, quotes taken from The Oxford Book of Quotations or similar. The text is cobbled together from popular psychology and management theory. Some of the questionnaires would seem to belong in a women's magazine, rather than an academic book. Anyone who has done PD/PSE or a motivation course will have a good idea what to expect. It is amazing that this is set as essential reading on many university courses now.
 Excellent book October 1, 2008
I used this in conjunction with the Experts Guide Job Interview DVD Job Interview Skills - Extended DVD & CD, and found them both to be indispensable.
Excellent guide to PDP October 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For students at school and university this is an essential guide. Personal and Professional Development Planning is key to making the most out of your experience in any educational institution. Employers are looking for much more that the diploma/degree that you emerge form Uni' with. You are required to be able to demostrate your skills and attributes as they apply to the work that you would be doing. Cottrell shows you how to draw these out, collect evidence and demonstrate what you have gained and achieved through your educational experience.
 Lot's of detail, too much, not inspiring February 9, 2006
8 out of 20 found this review helpful
i was dissapointed when i bought my copy of this book. it is set out very much as an academic text and not very user friendly. i was surprised by the style of book the author chose to do. mostly forms and questionaires to fill in, followed by some short paragraphs. it is very much the typical type of offering from an hr department when they are encouraging time management, or reflective practice. not inspiring or motivational at all. the content is ok, but reminded me very much of the type of exercise they gave us for professinal development courses at university. i did not get a lot from them either. thorough but left me dissapointed.
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