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The Apprentice Free Ebook FREETHE APPRENTICE EBOOK Pilar Molina Llorente,Pilar Molina Lorente,Juan Ramon Alonso,Robin Longshaw | 112 pages | 01 Sep 1994 | Square Fish | 9780374404321 | English | New York, NY, United States The Apprentice (American TV series) - Wikipedia The Apprentice is an American reality television program that judges the business skills The Apprentice a group of contestants. It has run in various formats across fifteen seasons since January on NBCwith the most recent season having run in Contestants are split into two "corporations" teamswith one member from each volunteering as a project manager on each new task. The corporations complete business-related tasks such as selling products, raising money for charity, or creating an advertising campaign, with one corporation selected as the winner based on objective measures and subjective opinions of the host and his advisors who monitor the teams' performance on tasks. The losing corporation attends a boardroom meeting with the show's host and their advisors to break down why they lost and determine who contributed the least to the team. Episodes ended with the host eliminating one contestant from the competition, with the words "You're fired! There have also been eight seasons of The Celebrity Apprentice since In this format, several celebrities would participate to win money for their chosen charities, with the final prize being a large donation to the celebrity's charity and the title of "Apprentice". The U. Donald Trump was the show's host for the first fourteen seasons, with the show affording him popularity that contributed to his rise to the presidency of the United States. After Trump declared his candidacy for the presidencyNBC announced that actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would become the new host of The Celebrity Apprentice[2] [3] starting January The Apprentice is a reality competition show featuring season-long competitions. Each season begins with a new group of contestants vying to earn a place in one of the organizations run by the host. The contestants who are referred to as "candidates" have come from business backgrounds in various enterprises, the backgrounds including real estate, accounting, restaurant management, management consulting, sales and marketing. During the show, the contestants live in a communal dwelling, a "penthouse suite", in New York City save for Season The Apprentice which took place in Los Angeles. The The Apprentice are divided into two teams, treated as "corporations" within the show. These corporations The Apprentice a name they are subsequently referred to through the rest of the show. Each week, the teams are assigned a task and required to select one of their members to lead the team as "project manager", who is to take responsibility for The Apprentice the team and making executive decisions. Tasks are generally business oriented and tend to highlight one of several business skills. Tasks most commonly revolve around sales selling the most items or earning the most money and marketing producing a specific marketing material The Apprentice campaign that is judged by a company's executives. During the tasks, the teams are usually visited by The Apprentice of the host's "advisors" for that week. The Apprentice typically lasted for one The Apprentice two days. After the completion of the task, the teams meet with the host The Apprentice his two advisers in "the boardroom ". Boardroom meetings generally proceed in three stages. In the preliminary stage, all of the remaining candidates on both teams gather in the boardroom to be briefed on the task by the host and his advisors. Team members are asked about how the task went and whether there were any strong or weak players. Teams are sometimes asked to comment on materials or products produced by the opposing team. At the end of this stage, the host or his advisors reveal the results of the task and announce which team was the winner. The winning team wins a reward usually a unique, luxurious experience and are excused from the boardroom while the losing team returns to the boardroom for an elimination. In later seasons, winning teams have been permitted to view the next stage of the boardroom on the TV in their suite. The entire losing team remains in the boardroom and are confronted with their loss. They are interrogated as to the reasons for their loss and which players contributed to it or failed at the task. Then, for the final stage of the boardroom meeting, the project manager is asked to select a certain number of The Apprentice typically two, but on occasion one or three to bring back into The Apprentice final-stage boardroom meeting. The remaining teammates return to the suite The Apprentice the project manager and the selected teammates step out of the boardroom momentarily so the host can consult with his advisors. Upon returning to the boardroom for the final stage, the host and his advisors continue interrogating the remaining players about their loss. The project manager is sometimes further interrogated about his or her choice of teammates to bring back into the boardroom. The host has broad discretion to fire candidates outside of this usual process, including firing multiple candidates at a time. The eliminated contestants are shown leaving the boardroom with their luggage and entering a taxi cab, during which they are given time to recount on their elimination that is shown over the episode's credits. When only three or four candidates depending on the season are left, they are interviewed rather than being assigned a task. Executives from various companies interview the finalists and report their assessments to the host. Based on the interviews, a "boardroom meeting" and firing take place, leaving two candidates. The final two candidates are then each assigned a different final task. Each is given a support team of previously fired candidates. Final tasks generally require the The Apprentice to organize to various degrees an event such as a party or a fundraiser which has multiple planning elements. After experiencing a series of financial setbacks in the early sNew York real-estate developer Donald Trump changed his business strategy from borrowing to build and purchase assets, to licensing his name to others. Although Trump was skeptical, stating that reality television "was for the bottom-feeders of society", Burnett proposed that Trump appear as himself, a successful businessman with a luxurious lifestyle. The The Apprentice was co-produced by Burnett and Trump, its first season having aired in early The premise of the show, which bills itself The Apprentice the "ultimate job interview" in the "ultimate jungle", is to conduct a job talent search for a person to head one of Trump's companies. The popularity of the show led to Trump becoming known for his fateful catch phrase"You're fired! For most seasons, the candidates ostensibly live in a communal suite at Trump Tower in Manhattan. This was originally billed as a penthouse suite, and after The Apprentice, candidates were told to "go up" to the suite. However, in reality, the suite and the boardroom and its elevator lobby are all purpose-built sets within Trump Tower, [4] all on the same floor. Later seasons of The Celebrity Apprentice no longer conceal this. For example, sales tasks would require a team to take over a brand-name storefront or restaurant and operate it; and marketing tasks would require teams to prepare marketing material e. In later series, the launches of specific products would be tied to the airing of episodes of the series. Several companies have appeared multiple times on the show. In AugustTrump released Kepcher from her duties at the Trump organization saying only that he "wishes her the best. Upon her The Apprentice, Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump became a regular advisor, though she was not officially billed as a replacement for Kepcher. During Trump's tenure, the series frequently featured and promoted his properties, products and brand. Trump's wife Melania Trump The Apprentice also featured on the The Apprentice several times including in several tasks that have featured her fashion and cosmetic products. Ivanka Trump's fashion products have also been featured in tasks. Trump's on-screen and real-life assistants have each grown in personal fame. Two assistants The Apprentice jointly for the first five seasons: Rhona Graff and Robin Himmler. In season six, Trump elected to have his newest executive assistant, Andi Rowntree, star in the LA-based show. For the Celebrity Apprentice, Annette Dziamba appeared for the seventh season, and Amanda Miller since the eighth season. The Apprentice six, unlike the rest of the series, took place in Los Angeles. The teams resided in a The Apprentice, with the winning team of each challenge occupying the house, and the losing team camping out in tents in the backyard. On January 17,Summer Zervos filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump, arising from his statement that she had lied about her allegations of Trump's sexual misconduct toward her. Zervos was a contestant on the The Apprentice season of The Apprenticewhich filmed in and aired in Zervos said that The Apprentice exhibited aggressive and non-consensual sexual advances during their meeting, kissing her open-mouthed, groping her breasts, [14] and thrusting his genitals The Apprentice her. The Apprentice also spawned a reality television dating game show. On June 17,Donald J. The series stars Omarosa The Apprenticea former political consultant who in appeared on the first season of The Apprentice and in on the first celebrity edition of the show The Apprentice also in season Following Trump's election as President inBurnett has kept in touch with Trump about additional television shows, and at one point, Burnett proposed the idea of The Apprentice: White HouseThe Apprentice would The Apprentice been filmed following Trump's departure from office and would have been focused on political activities.
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