Welcome to the Real World: Finding Your Place, Perfecting Your Work, and Turning Your Job into Your Dream Career - Softcover

Berger, Lauren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062307304 ISBN 13: 9780062307309

Publisher: HarperBusiness, 2014

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2014-04-22 Pages: 240 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins The essential book every workplace novice needs-a smart. practical. and fun guide to help them navigate the minefield of personalities. learn to work with their boss. identify priorities. and ultimately kick butt at their first job.It's a challenging time to be young and new in the workplace. Your parents can not help-the rules have all changed. and faster than guide books can keep up. In Welcome to the Real World. career expert and entrepreneur Lauren Berger arms a new generation of workers like you with the tools you need to succeed. She feels your pain. She's been in your shoes. Just a few years ago. she was you.In a world defined by uncertainty. she argues you need to be bold. take risks. and understand your value. She shows you how to think of your job as a link that will eventually connect you t...

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From the Back Cover:

It's a challenging time to be young and new in the workplace. Your parents can't help—the rules have all changed. In Welcome to the Real World, career expert and entrepreneur Lauren Berger arms you with the tools you need to succeed. She's been in your shoes—just a few years ago she was you. This handbook tells you everything you need to know to make the most of your first on-the-job experience, including how to

• think about the big picture
• deal with rejection
• effectively manage your time
• navigate sticky situations in the office and communicate with different personality types
• embrace entrepreneurship regardless of position, rank, or title
• organize your financial situation and personal life
• get promoted and (one day) take your boss's job!

In a world defined by uncertainty, Lauren shows you how to be bold, take risks, and understand your value.

About the Author:

Lauren Berger is arguably the nation's most in-demand career and internship expert. She is the CEO and founder of the top-internship website www.internqueen.com as well as www.laurenbergerinc.com. Her first book, All Work, No Pay, is a national campus bestseller. Berger has been featured on Today, Fox & Friends, Marie, the Hallmark Channel, and other media outlets. She has also appeared in the New York Times and Seventeen.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperBusiness
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062307304
• ISBN 13: 9780062307309
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240