On the Job: How to Make It in the Real World of Work

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Summary: For every graduate -and then some
Review: The best career coach $... can buy. A great read w/ captivating side bars. Never got boring. I'm buying them for everyone who is graduating from college, and graduate school. As important as "What Color Is My Parachute" was at its time.

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Summary: Trenchant and true.
Review: This book is for everyone that wants to be excellent in the workplace.

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Summary: Horrifying
Review: This kind of "realisitc" advice for the workplace has not been assembled in one location before-- because few thoughtful people wanted to wallow in the psychic cesspool of the corporate workplace. This book is filled with information on what to avoid-- if you expect to keep your sanity and stay human.

On the other hand, if you want to trade your soul for a parking space and a corner cubicle, buy it.

Rating:
Summary: Horrifying
Review: This kind of "realisitc" advice for the workplace has not been assembled in one location before-- because few thoughtful people wanted to wallow in the psychic cesspool of the corporate workplace. This book is filled with information on what to avoid-- if you expect to keep your sanity and stay human.

On the other hand, if you want to trade your soul for a parking space and a corner cubicle, buy it.

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Summary: Trenchant and true.
Review: Viscusi knows the way of the workplace, and his advice is always insightful and to the point. There are great strategies here for how to think about your work life (and he convinces it is a work life, separate from your other life), so that you're sane both on and off the job, and so that you're positioned to make the most of job/career every day. A must-have for anyone starting a new job, whether entering work for the first time or re-entering after change of career or time off.