In Book 1 of this series, "Final Dawn", we met Hannah and Mark. She was a brilliant scientist, working for a NASA contractor. He was a successful engineer and a bit of a cornball. Together they made the perfect pair. They were a young couple in love, and looking forward to a bright future. Everything changed the day Hannah found out the world was doomed. She discovered a meteorite headed for earth that would wipe out most of mankind. The United States government, led by a corrupt President more concerned with saving his cronies than his citizens, tried to silence her. When she was able to spread the word anyway, President Sanders did what politicians usually do. He lied. "Don't worry," he told his citizens. "We have a plan. We'll work with the Chinese. We'll send up a weapon with a powerful nuclear warhead, capable of diverting the meteorite onto another path." People around the world were conflicted. They desperately wanted to believe. No one wanted to die. But they knew they couldn't trust their governments. Some panicked. Some rioted. Some calmly accepted their fate. And some, like Mark and Hannah, continued their efforts to save themselves and the people they loved. A few days before impact, the mine they would call home for the next seven years was finally ready. Mark and Hannah gathered up family and friends and gave them shelter. It wasn't a tropical paradise, but it would keep them alive. "Final Dawn" ended when Saris 7 collided with the earth. Around the world, millions were dying. But deeply hidden in an old salt mine outside of Junction, Texas, these forty people would survive. Here, in "Hidden", is the story of their survival.
INCLUSION RECRUITING provides the most powerful advice for recruiting a diverse workforce (diversity recruiting). This is not the same tired compliance based information about recruiting minorities. This book is much bigger than that. The information you will receive provides the foundation for recruiting, HR, and diversity practitioner to become more strategic and impact the bottom line by providing a holistic approach to hiring and interviewing the best talent - that happens to be diverse and inclusive. You'll discover valuable insights about diversity recruiting such as: - Why Diversity Recruiting is DEAD - The Top 10 Greatest Myths of Diversity Recruiting - The Driving Forces that supports the Business Case for Inclusion Recruiting - The Four Stages of Inclusion Recruiting - The 14 Characteristics of a Great Inclusion Recruiter - How to Develop a Comprehensive Inclusion Recruiting Strategic Plan - How to Create an Employer Value Proposition for ALL Candidates - Why Thinking like Donald Trump will get your more Diverse Candidates - The #1 Boolean Search String to produce Diverse Candidates - The Top 8 Diversity Sourcing Techniques - How to the "Close" and hire more Diverse Candidates - How to Leverage Social Media for Branding, Sourcing, and Recruiting to build a Diverse Pipeline of Talent - A Comprehensive List of Professional Associations and Groups on LinkedIn (both diverse and non-diverse). The primary purpose of this book is to: - Shift the traditional thought process of how diversity recruiting is perceived and defined. - Ensure that the new thought process is more inclusive. - Identify the critical factors that increase the chances of successfully branding, sourcing, and recruiting diverse talent at all levels - from entry level to Executives. Who should read this book? -Talent Acquisition Professionals -HR Professionals -Diversity Professionals -Hiring Managers -Corporate Executives One of my favorite movies is the Matrix. Within the first 30 minutes of the movie there is a scene where Morpheus is asking Neo if he wants to know the truth? Does he want to know about The Matrix? As Morpheus begins to close the dialogue with Neo, he offers him the final opportunity to learn about the Matrix by giving him the choice of taking one of two pills - the blue one or the red one. If he takes the blue one, Neo will go back to his normal life as it was before he met Morpheus. If he takes the red pill, he will then find out the truth of the Matrix As you may know, Neo took the red pill and found out the truth of the Matrix and that he was the ONE Now You may be wondering what in the heck do the Matrix, Neo, Morpheus, red and blue pills have to do with Diversity, Inclusion, and Recruiting? Well, this book is the red pill. It is the truth about Diversity Recruiting, which I now call Inclusion Recruiting. I will get to why I call it Inclusion Recruiting shortly. Over the past 20 years, I have had the opportunity to be involved with numerous projects that involved recruiting diverse talent for various Fortune 500 Companies. I have seen companies have success and failure in those efforts. Those experiences have been as an internal Corporate HR/Recruiting professional, or as an external consultant and advisor. It is a combination of those experiences that have led me to create a comprehensive guide to diversity recruiting in Corporate America. And of course, I will be putting a unique spin on how to ensure your success. The Death of Diversity Recruiting As you may know, the concept of Diversity has gone through various changes over the last 40 or so years: 1960's - Affirmative Action 1970's - Assimilation and Compliance 1980's - Valuing Diversity 1990's - Managing Diversity Y2k - Creating Inclusion The causes of diversity recruiting death: -Diversity Fatigue -Lack of Understanding
At last, the much awaited sequel to last year's blockbuster hit, "A Secret Life." Tony Hance was a good kid, two years out of high school and grappling with his future. He had a job, and while it wasn't glamorous, it paid his bills and kept him in shape. He had a loving family and great friends. The Vietnam War was finally over, and the country was more concerned with disco dancing than fighting wars. Life was good. But things sometimes change in a hurry, and one bad decision can sometimes destroy a future. Sharon was a looker who accepted Tony's advances a bit too quickly. A man with more experience might have seen that as a red flag. But Tony was still innocent and na ve to many of the ways of the world. He considered Sharon not as a threat, but as a lonely woman who wanted his company, and he was more than happy to oblige. It was over in a flash in a seedy motel room. A drunken Tony was attacked from behind by Sharon's partner and hit in the head. When it was over, Sharon and her partner both lay dead by Tony's hand. He panicked, and he ran. His brother Mark was the first to find him, at a military base just outside of Anchorage. The FBI was not far behind him. But as the authorities closed in on him, Tony was able to slip through their grasp. It was only temporary, he knew. But it bought him enough time to disappear into the Alaskan wilderness. Mark helped Tony get away, assuming his brother's identity when boarding a jet back to Seattle, and drawing the feds with him. Then the trail went cold. The FBI assumed Tony landed in Seattle and then disappeared into parts unknown. His family knew he was still in Alaska, but not exactly where. And Tony did his level best to disappear from everybody. Here, in "The Hunted," is Book 2 of the series.
This self-explanatory guide introduces the basic fundamentals of the Finite Element Method in a clear manner using comprehensive examples. Beginning with the concept of one-dimensional heat transfer, the first chapters include one-dimensional problems that can be solved by inspection. The book progresses through more detailed two-dimensional elements to three-dimensional elements, including discussions on various applications, and ending with introductory chapters on the boundary element and meshless methods, where more input data must be provided to solve problems. Emphasis is placed on the development of the discrete set of algebraic equations. The example problems and exercises in each chapter explain the procedure for defining and organizing the required initial and boundary condition data for a specific problem, and computer code listings in MATLAB and MAPLE are included for setting up the examples within the text, including COMSOL files. Widely used as an introductory Finite Element Method text since 1992 and used in past ASME short courses and AIAA home study courses, this text is intended for undergraduate and graduate students taking Finite Element Methodology courses, engineers working in the industry that need to become familiar with the FEM, and engineers working in the field of heat transfer. It can also be used for distance education courses that can be conducted on the web. Highlights of the new edition include:- Inclusion of MATLAB, MAPLE code listings, along with several COMSOL files, for the example problems within the text. Power point presentations per chapter and a solution manual are also available from the web.- Additional introductory chapters on the boundary element method and the meshless method.- Revised and updated content.-Simple and easy to follow guidelines for understanding and applying the Finite Element Method.
