Brazen Careerist The New Rules for Success

by Trunk, Penelope

• ISBN13: 9780446578646
• ISBN10: 0446578649
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-25
• Publisher: Business Plus

Summary

Are you taking long lunches? Ignoring sexual harassment? Do you keep your desk neat to the point of looking like you don't have enough to do? The answer to all three should be yes, if you want to succeed in your career on your own terms. Penelope Trunk, expert business advice columnist for the Boston Globe, gives anything but standard advice to help members of the X and Y generations succeed on their own terms in any industry. Trunk asserts that a take-charge attitude and thinking outside the box are the only ways to make it in today's job market. With 45 tips that will get you thinking bigger, acting bolder, and blazing trails you never thought possible, BRAZEN CAREERIST will forever change your career outlook. Guy Kawasaki, author ofThe Art of the Start "Take everything you think you 'know' about career strategies, throw them away, and read this book because the rules have changed. 'Brazen,' 'counter-intuitive,' and 'radical' are the best three descriptions of Trunk's work. Life is too short to be stuck in a rat hole..." Robert I. Sutton, Ph.D, author of theNew York TimesBestsellerThe No Asshole Rule "A delightful book, with some edgy advice that made me squirm a bit at times. I agreed with 90% of it, found myself arguing with the other 10%, and was completely engaged from start to finish." Paul D. Tieger, author ofDo What You Areand CEO of SpeedReading People, LLC "Penelope Trunk brings considerable savvy and a fresh new perspective to the business of career success. Bold and sometimes unconventional, BRAZEN CAREERIST gives readers much to think about as well as concrete, practical suggestions that will help them know what they want, and know how to get it." Keith Ferrazzi, bestselling author ofNever Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time "BRAZEN CAREERIST has the street-smarts you need to make your career and life work for you from the start. Read it now, or you'll wish you had when you're 40!"

Author Biography

PENELOPE TRUNK lives in
Madison, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Relish the path from starter job to dream job
Detours are the route to happiness	p. 5
A resume is a sales tool, not a work summary	p. 21
Hunting for a job is not a task, it's a lifestyle	p. 33
An interview is a test you can study for	p. 45
Corporate life is too risky - start your own business	p. 59
First-time managers do not need to suck	p. 72
How to get what you want from the people you work with
Playing office politics and other acts of kindness	p. 87
Authenticity is the buzzword of the new millennium	p. 103
Sex discrimination is everywhere, so don't try to run	p. 116
Electronic communication cannot enhance relationships you don't have	p. 129
Get what you want from your boss	p. 141
Don't be the hardest worker	p. 151
Getting a promotion is so last century	p. 165
The new American dream is about time, not money	p. 181
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