The Ultimate EU Test Book Assistants 2020 is specially designed for candidates preparing for European Personnel Selection office (EPSO) competitions at Assistant (AST and SC) level. It is relevant to all Assistant-level EPSO open competitions and CAST selections.The 2020 edition is the biggest Assistants edition ever and full of strategies, advice and practice exercises. The focus is on the computer-based multiple choice question tests which prove an obstacle to so many. Included are methodologies, warm-up exercises and hundreds of practice questions with answer explanations showing shortcuts and common pitfalls. Brand new features for 2020 are the specially designed warm-up exercises for tackling numerical and abstract reasoning questions, the tests which give many candidates particular difficulties. The 2020 edition also introduces an expanded guide to the whole EPSO process specifically for Assistant-level open and CAST competitions, explaining how to improve your chances and the common errors to avoid. Note: Candidates for Administrator exams should use "The Ultimate EU Test Book Administrators 2020" and those who reach the final stage Assessment Centre should use "The Ultimate EU Test Book Assessment Centre 2020"CONTENTS1. What Are Assistants and How Are They Selected?2. Assistant Competitions Step by Step3. Verbal, Numerical and Abstract Reasoning Tests in EPSO Assistant Exams4. Succeeding in Verbal Reasoning Tests - methodology explained5. Verbal Reasoning Test (150 questions)6. Succeeding in Numerical Reasoning Tests - methodology explained7. NEW FEATURE! Numerical Reasoning Warm-Up Exercise (45 warm-up questions focused on specific operations)8. Numerical Reasoning Mixed Questions Test (120 questions)9. Succeeding in Abstract Reasoning Tests - methodology explained10. NEW FEATURE! Abstract Reasoning Warm-Up Exercise: how to solve 20 questions, showing every step on the way11. Abstract Reasoning Test (110 questions)12. Prioritising and Organising Test

The Ultimate EU Test Book Administrators 2020 is specially designed for candidates preparing for European Personnel Selection office (EPSO) competitions at Administrator (AD) level. It is relevant to all AD-level EPSO open competitions and CAST selections.The 2020 edition is the biggest ever and full of strategies, advice and practice exercises. The focus is on the computer-based multiple choice question tests which prove an obstacle to so many. Included are methodologies, warm-up exercises applying the methodologies step by step, and hundreds of practice questions with answer explanations showing shortcuts and common pitfalls. A brand new feature for 2020 is a specially designed warm-up exercise for tackling abstract reasoning questions, which give many candidates particular difficulties. The book also includes a detailed guide to the whole EPSO process for EPSO Administrator-level open and CAST competitions, explaining how to improve your chances and the common errors to avoid. Note: Candidates for Assistant (AST or AST-SC) exams should use "The Ultimate EU Test Book Assistants 2020" and those who reach the final stage Assessment Centre should use "The Ultimate EU Test Book Assessment Centre 2020"CONTENTS1. What Are Administrators and How Are They Selected?2. Administrator Competitions Step by Step3. Verbal, Numerical and Abstract Reasoning Tests in EPSO Administrator Exams4. Succeeding in Verbal Reasoning Tests - methodology explained5. Verbal Reasoning Test (150 ALL-NEW test questions)6. Succeeding in Numerical Reasoning Tests - methodology explained7. Numerical Reasoning Warm-Up Exercise (45 warm-up questions focused on specific operations)8. Numerical Reasoning Mixed Questions Test (120 questions)9. Succeeding in Abstract Reasoning Tests - methodology explained10. NEW FEATURE! Abstract Reasoning Warm-Up Exercise: how to solve 20 questions, showing every step on the way11. Abstract Reasoning Test (160 Administrator-level questions)12. Succeeding in Situational Judgement Tests13. Situational Judgement Test (30 scenarios with explanation of options)

The European Union is often depicted as a cradle of judicial activism and a polity built by courts. Tommaso Pavone shows how this judge-centric narrative conceals a crucial arena for political action. Beneath the radar, Europe's political development unfolded as a struggle between judges who resisted European law and lawyers who pushed them to embrace change. Under the sheepskin of rights-conscious litigants and activist courts, these “Euro-lawyers” sought clients willing to break state laws conflicting with European law, lobbied national judges to uphold European rules, and propelled them to submit noncompliance cases to the European Union's supreme court – the European Court of Justice – by ghostwriting their referrals. By shadowing lawyers who encourage deliberate law-breaking and mobilize courts against their own governments, The Ghostwriters overturns the conventional wisdom regarding the judicial construction of Europe and illuminates how the politics of lawyers can profoundly impact institutional change and transnational governance.

In this clear-eyed, candid, and ultimately reassuring

The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.

Facing the Assessment Centre, the final stage in selection competitions for permanent jobs in the EU institutions, can be a daunting challenge. This brand new edition of The Ultimate EU Test Book has been written by specialist trainers in EPSO competitions to give practical help to candidates. It explains what the assessors are really looking for and the important do's and don'ts it is essential to be aware of. Written in a lively hands-on style, this is a must-have resource for anyone preparing for the Assessment Centre.● How the EPSO Assessment Centre works, including a typical day● The EPSO competencies and how they are measured: Analysis and Problem Solving, Communicating, Delivering Quality and Results, Learning and Development, Prioritising and Organising, Resilience, Working with Others, Leadership ● The exercises used to test the competencies, the keys to success and the pitfalls to avoid - the Case Study, the Oral Presentation, the Competency Based and Field Interviews, the Group Exercise, plus the In-tray● Full sample exercises with scoring keys ● Recruitment & the Competency Passport ● Relevant for all Administrator and Assistant competitionsTABLE OF CONTENTSChapters1. The EPSO Assessment Centre2. The EPSO Competency Framework3. The Case Study4. The Competency Based Interview (the Structured Interview)5. The Oral Presentation6. The Interview in the Field7. The In-tray (E-tray) Exercise8. The Group Exercise9. Recruitment10. What if You're Not on the Reserve List?Annexes1. Sample Case Study2. Competency Based Interview Questions3. Sample Oral Presentation4. Sample In-tray (E-tray) Exercise5. Sample Group Exercise6. Sample Competency Passports7. Glossary

Named one of Vulture’s Top 10 Best Books of 2020! Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform. Everyone agrees that education is the key to creating a more just and equal world, and that our schools are broken and failing. Proposed reforms variously target incompetent teachers, corrupt union practices, or outdated curricula, but no one acknowledges a scientifically-proven fact that we all understand intuitively: Academic potential varies between individuals, and cannot be dramatically improved. In The Cult of Smart, educator and outspoken leftist Fredrik deBoer exposes this omission as the central flaw of our entire society, which has created and perpetuated an unjust class structure based on intellectual ability. Since cognitive talent varies from person to person, our education system can never create equal opportunity for all. Instead, it teaches our children that hierarchy and competition are natural, and that human value should be based on intelligence. These ideas are counter to everything that the left believes, but until they acknowledge the existence of individual cognitive differences, progressives remain complicit in keeping the status quo in place. This passionate, voice-driven manifesto demands that we embrace a new goal for education: equality of outcomes. We must create a world that has a place for everyone, not just the academically talented. But we’ll never achieve this dream until the Cult of Smart is destroyed.

The Ultimate EU Test Book - ASSISTANT edition 2013 is designed to help candidates prepare for the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) AST-level selection competitions for jobs in the EU institutions. Fully updated for 2013 and packed with guidance, useful tips and practical exercises.

This book describes the living-room artifacts, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from top to bottom.

Introductory Statistics 2e provides an engaging, practical, and thorough overview of the core concepts and skills taught in most one-semester statistics courses. The text focuses on diverse applications from a variety of fields and societal contexts, including business, healthcare, sciences, sociology, political science, computing, and several others. The material supports students with conceptual narratives, detailed step-by-step examples, and a wealth of illustrations, as well as collaborative exercises, technology integration problems, and statistics labs. The text assumes some knowledge of intermediate algebra, and includes thousands of problems and exercises that offer instructors and students ample opportunity to explore and reinforce useful statistical skills. This is an adaptation of Introductory Statistics 2e by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.