How to Be Useful: A Beginner's Guide to Not Hating Work - Rilegato

Hustad, Megan

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ISBN 10: 0618713506 ISBN 13: 9780618713509

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008

Riassunto

Based on the experiences of twenty- and thirty-somethings, as well as the advice of experts ranging from Andrew Carnegie and Emily Post to Napoleon Hill, Helen Gurley Brown, and Stephen Covey, a hip and practical guide explains how to negotiate the often difficult ins and outs of office life with wise and whimsical advice on how to move up in the world.

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Recensione:

"Just in time for college graduation comes a career guide for the smart liberal-arts grad who believes such guides are nothing more than a pile of self-help mush." Newsweek

"Very soon, despite the difficulty of job hunting in tough economic times, newly minted graduates will march into Day One of their first real jobs . . . With some luck, these neophytes might meet with someone like Megan Hustad . . . Part study of best-selling advice literature, part collection of cautionary tales from herself and her peers, the book is an engaging blend of prescription and cultural history . . . Hustad manages to make the process of identifying your professional goals and then setting out to achieve them palatable -- even hip." The Washington Post

"This smart little book is a wry new entry in the burgeoning literature of the new economy's workplace." The Chicago Tribune

"Author Megan Hustad combed through the dustiest self-help tomes for nuggets of wisdom that might actually apply to today's postcollegiates. The end result . . . has helpful career hints for associates and architect grunts alike." New York Magazine

"Most people wouldn't think that Dale Carnegie, Benjamin Disraeli and Paris Hilton belong in the same book; but they aren't Megan Hustad." The Globe and Mail

"A book that presents itself as a guide to workplace success but that is really a (frequently hilarious) meditation on the notion of ambition. " Guardian

"Hustad has done her homework, reading dozens of 'how to succeed' books, including some by such old-timers as Andrew Carnegie and Napoleon Hill sandwiched in with such relative newcomers as Stephen R. Covey and Donald Trump . . . the writing is bright [and] brassy." Booklist, ALA

"Every woman's guide to not hating work . . . full of timeless bits of mood-boosting wisdom." -Glamour

"Long story short: This is the book you'll want to travel back in time and press into the hands of your 22 year old self." - Galleycat

"A how-to guide for artsy young people with liberal arts degrees who [are] as bewildered by the realities of corporate life as [Hustad] had once been." - New York Observer

L'autore:

MEGAN HUSTAD is a former book editor, former bookstore manager, and current freelance writer. Originally from the wilds of Minneapolis, she now lives in New York City. She is addicted to buying 50? midcentury paperbacks with interesting cover graphics, and should soon be able to boast the country’s largest private collection of bad vintage business books.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0618713506
• ISBN 13: 9780618713509
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 232