Summary
Praise for the previous edition:
"Recommended."—Library Media Connection
Being organized and efficient provides a huge advantage in the work world. Organization Skills, Fifth Edition helps students understand how being organized leads to greater productivity, higher quality work, and career-boosting performance. Providing useful advice on how to get organized and develop strategies for staying organized, this eBook introduces useful skills that will shine in the workplace but which can be applied to any aspect of one's life, including school, work, or home. Readers will also find true-or-false quizzes, tips for understanding organization techniques, and exercises for practicing key organization skills.
Chapters include:
- Organization and Time Management
- Managing Your Schedule
- Eliminating Time Wasters
- The Pitfalls of Procrastination
- Organizing Your Workplace
- Organizing Your Home Office
- Seven Secrets of Better Time Management.
About the Author(s)
Andrew Morkes is the founder and editorial director of College & Career Press in Chicago, Illinois. He has written about college-and career-related topics for more than 25 years. Andrew has written and edited many books for Ferguson’s including the Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance and many volumes in the Careers in Focus, Discovering Careers, Vault Career Guides, and Career Skills Library series. He is also the author of Nontraditional Careers for Women and Men: More Than 30 Great Jobs for Women and Men With Apprenticeships Through PhDs; Nature in Chicagoland: More Than 120 Fantastic Nature Destinations That You Must Visit; and They Teach That in College!?: A Resource Guide to More Than 100 Interesting College Majors, which was selected as one of the best books of the year by the library journal Voice of Youth Advocates. Andrew is the author and publisher of “The Morkes Report: College and Career Planning Trends” blog. Articles about his work have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Practical Homeschooling, and other publications. Andrew's poetry has appeared in Cadence, Wisconsin Review, Poetry Motel, Strong Coffee, and Mid-America Review.