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How to Get, Keep and Be Well Paid in a Job: The Unofficial Workplace Rulebook
was published by Outskirts Press and is available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Buy.com and more

This book is a work readiness/job skills guide which is an enlightening and attitude-changing read. After reading this book, the reader will understand how workplaces operate, why specific behaviors and skills are important to employers, and have a road map to forge a career rather than just hold a job. Best of all, this book accomplishes all this using a writing style that is light-hearted, fun, and easy-to-read, rather than a typical straight-forward, hard-to-get through textbook (e.g. Chapter One is called, "The First Date" and compares the interview process to dating).

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This book is ideal for parents to purchase for their kids as they are first entering the workforce; for employers to purchase as a training guide to communicate to their employees what they need to do to become valuable employees and grow within their company; for individuals who find themselves continually passed over for promotions or who continually move from job to job without significant increases in pay; for schools that want to teach work readiness; for Job Centers to have as a reference book that their clients can read; and for anybody who wants to truly understand why specific behaviors and skills are valuable to employers so they can manage a career rather than just get paid to perform a job.

Two Round, Draft-in-Progress, Pick-by-Pick Draft Review
NOTE - these are my initial impressions as the picks were made -
my thoughts may change when I do my detailed analysis.
POSTED 04/26/08 right after day one of the draft (Jay)

#	Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School	JAY GOLDBERG's INITIAL COMMENT
1	1	MIA	Dorsey	DT	LSU	Can't argue, but I think Gholston would be a sack monster in Miami's 3-4 defense.
2	2	STL	Long	DE	Virginia	Disagree, I like Carricker at end he is very big, very quick and a great athlete and is wasted at the nose. Dorsey would have been my pick.
3	3	ATL	Ryan	QB	Bost Col	Agree with selection
4	4	OAK	McFadden	RB	Arkansas	Can't argue, but Oakland is deep at running back and Dorsey would have been a needed cog in their defense.
5	5	KC	Dorsey	DT	LSU	Can't argue, assuming they get an OT later in round one.
6	6	NYJ	Gholston	LB	Ohio St	Agree with selection
7	7	NO	Ellis	DT	USC	Agree with selection
8	8	JAC	Harvey	DE	Florida	Agree with selection
9	9	CIN	Rivers	LB	USC	Agree with selection
10	10	NE	Mayo	LB	Tennessee	Can't argue, the Pats need youth at linebacker, but Clady had to be tempting.
11	11	BUF	McKelvin	CB	Troy	Agree with selection
12	12	DEN	Clady	OT	Boise St	Agree with selection
13	13	CAR	Stewart	RB	Oregon	Disagree, I think Williams is a better weapon than Stewart and should have been given a chance to start. My pick would have been Chris Williams.
14	14	CHI	Williams	OT	Vanderbilt	Agree with selection
15	15	KC	Albert	OT	Virginia	Agree with selection
16	16	ARZ	Rodgers- Cromartie	CB	Tenn St	Agree with selection
17	17	DET	Cherilus	OT	Boston Col	Agree with selection
18	18	BAL	Flacco	QB	Delaware	Agree with selection
19	19	CAR	Otah	OT	Pittsburgh	Can't argue, but if they selected Williams at #13, they wouldn't have had to give up picks to get their tackle (then grab RB T. Choice later).
20	20	TB	Talib	CB	Kansas	Agree with selection
21	21	ATL	Baker	OT	USC	Can't argue, the draft dictated this pick, but it is a little high for Baker.
22	22	DAL	Jones	RB	Arkansas	Mistake, Chris Johnson would have made this team's offense much more difficult to stop. He would help as a runner and as a receiver split wide.
23	23	PIT	Mendenhall	RB	Illinois	Can't argue, he's a great player and too good of a value at this spot, but they need a 3-4 end like Campbell; however, I would have done the same thing.
24	24	TEN	Johnson	RB	East Car	Can't argue, he's very explosive and could be their best receiver, but with one top corner left on the board I would have gone with Jenkins or even DE Jackson.
25	25	DAL	Jenkins	CB	South Fla	Agree with selection
26	26	HOU	Brown	OT	Virg Tech	Mistake, Houston traded down too far and had to reach for Brown, I'm sure they were targeting Baker.
27	27	SD	Cason	CB	Arizona	Agree with selection
28	28	SEA	Jackson	DE	USC	Disagree, with Kerney and Tapp already on board I would have gone WR Thomas.
29	29	SF	Balmer	DE	N Carolina	Agree with selection
30	30	NYJ	Keller	TE	Purdue	Agree with selection
30	30	NYG	Phillips	FS	Miami	Agree with selection

#	Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School	JAY GOLDBERG's INITIAL COMMENT
1	32	MIA	Merling	DE	Clemson	Agree with selection
2	33	STL	Avery	WR	Houston	Agree with selection
3	34	WAS	Thomas	WR	Mich St	Agree with selection
4	35	KC	Flowers	CB	Virg Tech	Can't argue, but I like Porter and Godfrey a little more than Flowers who has great skills but suspect speed.
5	36	GB	Nelson	WR	Kansas St	Disagree, wide receiver is deep position in draft and not a need area for GB. Laws would have been my pick.
6	37	ATL	Lofton	LB	Oklahoma	Agree with selection
7	38	SEA	Carlson	TE	Notre Dame	Disagree, I'm very high on TE Cottam and he would have been my pick.
8	39	SF	Rachal	OG	USC	Can't argue, but OLB Groves would have been my pick.
9	40	NO	Porter	CB	Indiana	Agree with selection
10	41	BUF	Hardy	WR	Indiana	Agree with selection
11	42	DEN	Royal	WR	Virg Tech	Can't argue, but WRs Caldwell or Hawkins could develop into starters, while Royal will remain a slot receiver (but a good one).
12	43	MIN	Johnson	FS	Ark State	Agree with selection
13	44	CHI	Forte	RB	Tulane	Agree with selection
14	45	DET	Dizon	LB	Colorado	Mistake, the Lions will not forgive themselves for passing on RB Ray Rice; Dizon is good but may be too small for the middle.
15	46	CIN	Simpson	WR	Coast Car	Mistake, Laws would have been my pick. At receiver I would have gone with Caldwell as a speed receiver over Simpson.
16	47	PHI	Laws	DT	Notre Dame	Agree with selection
17	48	WAS	Davis	TE	USC	Mistake, they have Cooley; Groves would have given them a badly needed pass rusher.
18	49	PHI	Jackson	WR	California	Agree with selection
19	50	ARZ	Campbell	DE	Miami	Agree with selection
20	51	WAS	Kelley	WR	Oklahoma	Mistake, as a receiver with size I like Sweed more than Kelly and Sweed would have been my pick.
21	52	JAC	Groves	DE	Auburn	Agree with selection
22	53	PIT	Sweed	WR	Texas	Agree with selection
23	54	TEN	Jones	DE	E Michigan	Agree with selection
24	55	BAL	Rice	RB	Rutgers	Agree with selection
25	56	GB	Brohm	QB	Louisville	Can't argue, but will this selection undermine the more talented Rodgers whose job of replacing Favre is hard enough.
26	57	MIA	Henne	QB	Michigan	Agree with selection
27	58	TB	Jackson	WR	Appl St	Can't argue, he has mad return skills, but Caldwell and Hawkins are better receiver prospects.
28	59	IND	Pollak	C/G	Arz State	Agree with selection
29	60	GB	Lee	CB	Auburn	Can't argue, but I like Godfrey and King a bit better than Lee but that's splitting hairs
30	61	DAL	Bennett	TE	Tex A&M	Agree with selection
31	62	NE	Wheatley	CB	Colorado	Disagree, a bit high for Wheatley but he should be good in NE system, but maybe not as good as Godfrey or King.
32	63	NYG	Thomas	CB	USC	Disagree, Godfrey would have been the perfect fit here, Thomas may be a better safety than corner in the NFL.

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