On the Job: How to Make It in the Real World of Work

by Stephen Viscusi

Book Overview

No amount of career counseling is going to help you figure out how to get a coworker to quit snooping through your e-mail, how to deal with an underground romance that has accidentally become public knowledge, or how to regroup and save face after a disastrous client meeting. Finally, here's a book that explains how the world of work really operates, and how to navigate it. On the Job combines the hard-hitting advice of Stephen Viscusi, one of today's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609806866
• ISBN13: 9780609806869
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Trenchant and true.

Viscusi knows the way of the workplace, and his advice is always insightful and to the point. There are great strategies here for how to think about your work life (and he convinces it is a work life, separate from your other life), so that you're sane both on and off the job, and so that you're positioned to make the most of job/career every day. A must-have for anyone starting a new job, whether entering work for the first time or re-entering after change of career or time off.

For every graduate -and then some

The best career coach $... can buy. A great read w/ captivating side bars. Never got boring. I'm buying them for everyone who is graduating from college, and graduate school. As important as "What Color Is My Parachute" was at its time.

Best Advice for Today

This book not only helped me to understand the employer's side of the job search, but was a major contributor to allowing me to implement a plan for landing the job that I wanted. It was written in a great format; plain and simple; to the point and informative. I not only learned so much about the job hunting experience, but was immensely entertained by the anecdotes and experiences imparted by the author. This book is truly a must-have for anyone and everyone in today's workforce.

Truly Amazing

This book is for everyone that wants to be excellent in the workplace.

On The Job: How to Make it in the Real World of Work

This book helped me immensely in my job search. This book is a MUST HAVE.