Peter M. Hess
Hess is regarded as an expert in strategic career development and professional networking.  He speaks to college and business groups nationwide as well as serves as a consultant and trainer for numerous Fortune 500 Companies.  He has been a featured guest on Fox News, NBC News and Bloomberg Television.  He continues to be a source for career related articles in magazines and newspapers across the country including The Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur Magazine.
Career Success: Right Here, Right Now!
ISBN: 0766811530

The YAPA Career Success Kit provides users with everything they need to establish a career and find success. The kit includes Career Success: Right Here, Right Now! - a 264-page handbook on finding success in every aspect of the job search, interview process and throughout a career. An action-oriented book that includes self-assessment exercises, planning and organizing strategies and sound advice for every step of the journey to success. Interview Success! CD-ROM - a multimedia CD that includes a 15-minute mock-interview and career success video. The video features a complete interview, demonstrating the techniques for getting through an interview with confidence - a cornerstone for success. Membership in the Young Adult Professional Associates is also included with the purchase of the kit.
Career Excellence, The Pathways to Excellence Series
ISBN: 1401882013

Before any major life change, especially a career change, one must take stock of his or her own values, beliefs and motivators in order to reach set goals. Career Excellence is a comprehensive guide for those preparing to change careers. Unlike any other text of its kind, this guide takes the reader from the initial stages of making a career change to landing the job to success in the workplace. This text not only presents the information and tools necessary at the beginning of the job search- how-to’s on updating a resume, creating a winning cover letter, preparing a portfolio, and kicking off the job search - it also advises on career success once the reader lands the job. It advises on how to excel on the job by making decisions based on inner drive and includes tips on how to excel with new colleagues, how to impress the boss while maintaining integrity, how to build alliances, and how to continue to make decisions with honesty and consistency. Designed to help readers focus on their internal drive for initiating a successful job search, this unique resource will help them to change their career with an organized approach and with an opportunity for self-exploration. This straight-forward text is full of common sense solutions and is a must-have, motivational resource for any individual preparing for a career change.