The Hip Girl's Handbook for the Working World: Work What You Got to Get What You Want

by Jennifer Musselman and Patty Fletcher

Here's the ultimate can-do, unabashedly basic (and hip ) guide to living on your own. Check your oil? No problem. Unclog the drain? You bet File your taxes on the Web? No sweat It's all right here, spelled out simply with patience, humor, and "girlness."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885171846
• ISBN13: 9781885171849
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Council Oak Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A guide for women who are new to the workforce, just got laid off, or who are looking to jump-start

The Hip Girl's Handbook For The Working World is a guide for women who are new to the workforce, just got laid off, or who are looking to jump-start their career. Chapters offer practical tips for putting one's best foot forward when interviewing for a job, negotiating a fair deal, dealing with real-world situations of etiquette or relationships in the workplace, and how to make a graceful exit should one have to leave a job by choice or force. Though carefully researched, The Hip Girl's Handbook for the Working World focuses on practical advice rather than drowning the reader in statistics, and humorous anecdotes add an extra bit of mirth to the beginning of each chapter. Highly recommended.

MUST HAVE!

This Hip Girls guide is a must for any working person. Not only is it fun reading, informative and easy to understand, but as a resource it is a MUST. Ever find yourself stressed about a work related issue and tried to use the internet to search out a topic? I have, and if I did find the topic, the answer wasn't very clear. This book gives you the straight facts, and if the topic requires further details, it provides you with a quick and easy source to get more information. I am going to buy more copies because I think it is the perfect gift.

Useful, Funny and a Good Read

Truly a must have. I really enjoyed this book and have already bought 2 more copies as presents for freinds. The Hip Girl's Handbook offers useful advice and is actually fun to read. It has great insights into what it's like in the working world and how to handle yourself in every work situation. It tells you how to confidently deal with anything that comes up at work. And it's written in a wonderful converstaional style that makes it an enjoyable read. It's a good book for those just starting out as well as anyone making a career transition. It's an all around great resource for everyone who works.

Fab Handbook for the Working Woman

I must say that being a young professional, there are alot of books out there that tackle just one area or only a few. The Hip Girls Handbook for the Working World tackled EVERY issue. If I had any questions or concerns of how to deal with certain working world issues, this book gave me the answer. I would recommend this to any female professional as a guide.

Really useful and entertaining!

I was a big fan of the last one so when I found a new addition to the "Hip Girl Handbooks" I was excited. I found it to be equally helpful. As a recent college graduate, I was clueless about HMO's and basic "real world" issues. This book broke things down in an easy-to-understand manner. I would recommend it to all college students and post-grads.