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

Hustad, Megan

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ISBN 10 : 0618713506 ISBN 13 : 9780618713509

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008

Synopsis

There's a lot of career advice out there. Much of it dumb. But what if someone read all the advice books -- over a hundred years' worth -- and put all the good ideas in one place? Could you finally escape the cube? Stop mailing things? Be happier?

In How to Be Useful, Megan Hustad dismantles the myths of getting ahead and helps you navigate the murky waters of office life. Humorous yet wise, irreverent yet marvelously practical, this book will help you learn

Why "just being yourself" is a terrible idea.

How to be smart, but not too smart.

Why you shouldn't be "nice."

When not to be good at your job.

How to screw up with grace and dignity.

Why shoes matter.

The right and wrong ways to talk trash about yourself.

That ambition, practiced wisely, is a noble thing.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"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

Quatrième de couverture

A delightfully original, unerringly hip, yet marvellously practical handbook for a new - and slightly cynical - generation.
These days, you can't just show up at work and quietly do your job. Your competence and dedication has to be performed in some way. Yet many young people entering the workplace for the first time are in a state of 'work-life unreadiness', unaware of how their behaviour and attitude is being received by those who matter. Megan Hustad cleverly draws on the real-life experiences of 20- and 30-somethings, as well as extracting the very best advice from a century's worth of 'success literature' (the self-development books we're too embarrassed to read) to help you navigate the choppy waters of office life.
Hustad shows us where we often go wrong in our pursuit of career success - then tells us how we can do better. Her advice is invaluable, such as why 'just being yourself' on the job is a terrible idea, and how to thrive in the midst of corporate dysfunction. Each chapter is full of smart tips and observations that will give you a head start over others, including: knowing foolproof ice-breakers at work social events; avoiding the 'dead fish' handshake; how to flatter someone behind their back, and how not to interpret shyness as lack of interest. Humorous yet wise, ironic yet marvellously practical, Megan Hustad's guide to not hating work is essential reading for anyone who is confused about how best to climb the career ladder.
Megan Hustad is a former book editor who has mailed cheques and fetched coffee for an eclectic group of writers and scholars including Christopher Hitchens and Martin Amis. She's now a freelance writer living in Brooklyn, New York.
[author photo - new photo to be supplied] www.meganhustad.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0618713506
• ISBN 13: 9780618713509
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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