ESSEC Books: The Right Job, Successful Teamwork and Fulfilment...

Guides to achieving professional and personal fulfilment, testimonies from leaders and a period thriller...Here’s our selection of recent publications by alumni. 

Trouver le bon job grâce au(x) réseau(x) [Finding the Right Job Through Networks] by Hervé Bommelaer (E78)
To access the famous 80% of jobs which are not publicly announced, networking remains the most effective solution. But this approach cannot be improvised! There are rules to follow and techniques to acquire. This guide has already helped 50,000 readers and is currently in its 8^th edition, with new techniques (Zoom interviews and LinkedIn profiles, etc.) and 25 success stories.
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Réussir en équipes [Successful Teamwork] by Guillaume Paoli (E95)
The author reveals the secrets behind the success of Aramis Auto, the online car sales platform he co-founded and whose turnover currently exceeds €1 billion. A highly informative guide to managing hyper-growth and scaling up, reconciling customer satisfaction and employee fulfilment, and using collective intelligence to co-construct the success of a charmed company. 
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365 Golden Days by Sophie Grégoire (E09)
This guide teaches you how keeping a diary can help you to reflect introspectively and transform your life. A tool to help you develop self-confidence and take care of yourself; in other words, to help you become the author of your own life.
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La Perle Youssoupoff [The Youssoupoff Pearl] by Jean-Luc Komada (EXEC M05)
‘La Pélégrina’ – one of the world’s largest pearls – has disappeared. Its collector, Prince Youssoupoff, decides to contact Maria-Léna, the famous clairvoyant and medium from Russian community, to help him find the fabulous jewel. This tale for lovers of thrillers and history, set in the inter-war period, brings to life famous figures and key events of the Art Deco era with a dose of humour.
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Mémoires d’un verrier [Memoirs of a Glassmaker] by Jean-Jacques Durand (E64)
The author, a former salesman for the Arques crystal glassmaker, tells the story of the small firm based in Pas-de-Calais and founded by his grand-father which, in the space of a few decades, would become a world leader in the table arts. An inside look at a flagship of French industry and a major industrial family in Northern France. Profits from the sales of this book will be donated to the ESSEC Foundation.
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