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Workplace book suggestions?

I'm interested to buy a book that helps with a recent university graduate transitioning to the workforce.

Do you have any recommendations for a book that discusses starting to participate in the workforce?I appreciate the time you took to answer my question 

Update:

@Anonymous I'm unsure about what you mean by "spoiled brat." Would you please elaborate? I would appreciate it 😀

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  • Anonymous
    1 week ago

    Something about a spoiled brat.

  • Anonymous
    1 week ago

    I'm going to assume that your name matches your gender and recommend: 

    "Nice Girls Just Don't Get It: 99 Ways To Win The Respect You Deserve, The Success You've Earned, And The Life You Want"  by Lois P. Frankel Ph.D. and Carol M. Frohlinger J.D.  There's also a follow on book you can easily find.

    The style is a little cheesy like all self-help books are, and some of the examples are slightly out of date for things you're likely to use a slack channel or teams over email these days, but the advice, especially to young women, on how to train people to treat you well and how to find the balance between the socialisation to be too nice and helpful vs being taken for granted or burnout is still highly relevant.  

    Get help applying for jobs if you haven't already.  It's a kind of game and you really do have to understand the code and mirror it back.  It's a shame it's this way, but here we are.  The last time I worked for an organisation and had anything to do with interviewing we on the panel literally had to tick off the keywords in the job description when a candidate used them.  It was important that they used them all, so if we had a good candidate who was using synonyms to try to be dynamic we had to try to prompt them to say the damn word.  It was so frustrating!

    Learn the difference between a CV and a career development plan.  The latter is for life.  Make a spreadsheet and record every skill you learn. every training course, every accreditation, every responsibility given.  It's the source material for any future CVs, but you only pick out what you need to highlight for that CV.

    You might find these websites helpful with the huge caveat that they cater to American audiences and they do have a different work culture.  However, the discussions under entries frequently become international with many interesting views being compared.  

    https://www.askamanager.org/    

    https://corporette.com/   

    Corporette started out as a women's workwear blog but has grown to encompass corporate cultural issues that disproportionally affect women.  I've learned a lot there whilst looking for tips on good suits and dress coats for petite women.   

    Mostly, be sure to watch people.  Everyone can teach you something, even people you don't like.

  • 1 week ago

    Yes-yes-yes! Let me go get the exact title.

    That didn't take long. Look for "Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work," by Alison Green.

    Until it arrives, read and learn at Green's AskAManager.com website.

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