Highly-acclaimed work readiness book now being used in adult ESOL program.

Aug. 18, 2008 - PRLog -- The book, "How to Get, Keep and Be Well Paid in a Job" , published by Outskirts Press of Denver, Colorado, has been added to the adult ESOL program at Jupiter High School in South Florida.  For more information about the book visit http://www.outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?ISBN=9781432725297.

The book will be used for reading exercises, to teach the participants about how the workplace in the United States operates, and to help participants gain the behaviors and skills needed to succeed in the workplace.

The book, written by former Citibank executive Jay Goldberg, is a work readiness/job skills guide which is an enlightening and attitude-changing read.  After finishing 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.

In July, 2008, the book received a five star review from the Midwest Book Review, an entity that makes recommendations for library systems.  The review concluded that, "How to Get, Keep, and Be Well Paid in a Job is highly recommended for community library career collections."

Jay Goldberg is currently the CEO of DTR Inc. ( for more information about the services offered by DTR Inc., visit http://www.dtrconsulting.biz ).  His work readiness training program was called the best work readiness certification program in the country by the National Skills Standard Board at a presentation of the program in Jacksonville, Florida on January, 14, 2003.  It was further pointed out that majority of other work readiness programs did more harm than good, something Jay Goldberg agrees with.

In fact, Jay Goldberg has very strong opinions on how effective work readiness and workplace training programs should be structured (demonstrated competencies) and how they definitely should not (assessment-based).  To read more about his training philosophies visit http://workreadiness.blogspot.com which is his blog on effective workplace training programs.

While his work readiness training program was called the best in the country, Jay Goldberg believes his book goes a step further than his original training program by not only explaining why specific workplace behaviors and skills are important to employers, but using comparisons to everyday life to make key points.  For example, the book compares job interviewing to dating; obtaining advanced workplace skills to securing special codes in video games; looks at ethics using music downloads, and much more.  

Therefore, DTR Inc.'s work readiness training program has been modified to include this book.

If you run an ESOL program, a youth-at-risk program, a jobs program (including Career Centers), manage a staff of employees, teach career path/job skills courses in high school, are re-entering the workforce, or have a son or daughter that will be entering the workforce shortly, check out the book and/or training programs (complete with lesson plans and competencies) by going to either the web site for the book, or the web site for DTR Inc. mentioned earlier in this press release.

If you are an executive with a business and need to implement a custom training program, read Mr. Goldberg's blogs to get a good feel for his philosophy on workplace training and then visit his web site if you choose.

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DTR Inc. develops custom workplace training programs. Its work readiness training program was called the best in the country by the National Skills Standard Board at a presentation of the Program in Jacksonville, Florida in 2003. Jay Goldberg worked closely with Rick Spill of the National Skills Standard Board to learn the optimal way to formulate well defined competency statements that can be implemented easily across venues with no risk of local venue interpretation; and can be relied on by the employers who are investing in individuals who passed the competencies. In 2008, DTR Inc.'s CEO, Jay Goldberg, wrote the book, "How to Get, Keep and Be Well Paid in a Job", a critically acclaimed work readiness guide that continues to find individual and program-related audiences.