Is This Working?

The Businesslady's Guide to Getting What You Want from Your Career

Courtney C.W. Guerra

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Year: 2017
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9781440598500
• Subtopic: Careers
• Index: Business

From the creator of the Dear Businesslady column comes a fresh, proactive book with advice for women entering the work force as well as those looking to move up the ladder.Everyone deals with some nonsense early in their career—whether it's accepting a less-than-ideal position just to get a foot in the door, or having a manager who sleeps with his smart phone under his pillow and expects his staff to do the same. But how do young professionals know if the choices they're making are moving them closer to their ultimate career goals? How do they know the answer when they ask themselves, "is it working?"Courtney Guerra, a.k.a. The Business Lady, knows how to set you on the path you belong. In a fun-to-read Q&A format, this book focuses on situations young people are likely to encounter in the workplace, along with a set of strategies you can use to get through them.In her signature tone that has gained her hundreds of thousands of readers, Guerra discusses topics relevant to young professionals, like how to make the jump from "just a job" to a career in line with what you went to school for, and how to stay productive when working from home at an apartment filled with roommates.No matter what the scenario, The Business Lady has the answer to get you on the path to long-term career success.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The First Rung: Navigating a Job Search
• Chapter 2. Let’s Do This: Starting (and Having) a Job
• Chapter 3. Great, Expectations: Settling Into Your Role When You’re No Longer New
• Chapter 4. Your Time Won’t Manage Itself: Staying on Task—and Staying Sane
• Chapter 5. You’re all in this Together: Dealing with Bosses, Coworkers, and Other Workplace Inhabitants
• Chapter 6. How Do I Say This?: Tackling Tricky Topics with Grace and Aplomb
• Chapter 7. Like A Boss: Making Your Job Work for You
• I Guess This Is Working, Then
• The Book Ends but the Conversation Doesn’t
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Index
• Copyright