Skills for Career Success

• Mindtools: Essential Tools for an Excellent Career. Mind Tools outlines more than 100 of the most important thinking skills in nine essential areas: Time Management, Stress Management, Memory Improvement, Information Skills, Practical Creativity, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Project Planning & Management and Communication Skills.
• American Management Association: Specializes in Seminars to Build Careers and Organizations, covering subjects such as Business Writing & Presentation Skills, Communication and Interpersonal Skills, Customer Service, Finance and Accounting, Leadership, Management and Supervisory Skills, Marketing, Plant and Manufacturing Management, Project Management, Strategic Business Management, etc.
• Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas by Scott Berkun, April 2005
  For an interesting essay and insight on the nature of debaters as well as ways to have "meaningful" conversations with such debaters, please check out this link! Scott also has several other interesting essays that discusses the interviewing and hiring process, pitching ideas, giving and getting criticism, etc. Scott is a ten year veteran in leading software development teams, and designing software/web UI. He consults and teaches on project management, team leadership, and usability.

Nuclear Specific Knowledge

• Nuclear Plant Communications by Maureen Brown, Nuclear Management Company
• High-Concern, Low-Trust Communications by Vincent Covello, Director, Center for Risk Communications
  • Reading List
  • Journalist Questions
• NEI's Public Website. Offers information and factsheets on public policy issues, careers & education, nuclear industry data, etc.
• ANS' Public Information Website.Offers communication toolkits, teacher workshops, etc.
• Energy Information Administration
• Nuclear Fuel Management Seminar. Provides information on the entire fuel cycle: Reactor Operations, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Uranium Industry, U3O8 to UF6 Conversion Industry, Uranium Enrichment Industry, Fuel Fabrication Industry, The Nuclear Industry in the Former Soviet Union, Nuclear Fuel Costs, Spent Fuel Management, Spent Fuel Reprocessing Industry, Recycling Nuclear Fuel
• ASME Education & Training Seminars
• EPRI's Event Calendar
• Westinghouse Electric Company Training Program
• Nuclear Space Technology Information