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“Finally! A smart, fun handbook to the new world of work. Michelle Goodman provides both the toolbox and the inspiration women need to seize the job of their dreams.”
– Anya Kamenetz, author of Generation Debt: Why Now Is a Terrible Time to Be Young
“This smart and savvy guide is for anyone who has commiserated over the water cooler about not having enough time for her art or writing, or wondered if she could be spending her days doing something more fulfilling.”
– Cynthia Shapiro, author of Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn’t Want You To Know — And What to Do About Them
About the book
Not every working girl dreams of clawing her way to the corner office. Instead, many of us fantasize about fleeing cubicle life for good. Despite our parents’ best intentions to steer us toward more traditional careers (podiatrist, anyone?), we long to start our own sweater-knitting empire, frolic in the land of freelancing, or help those in need halfway around the world. Nevertheless, we non-traditionalists do have our bills to pay. So we do what any sensible woman would do: We get a day job. Which is precisely when those lofty aspirations can begin to atrophy.
Happily, The Anti 9-to-5 Guide offers an alternate plan. Hip, whip-smart, and laugh-out-loud funny, this practical career guide shows women weary of the corporate hamster wheel a better way to make a buck. A former wage slave herself, author Michelle Goodman gives readers reassuring, proactive advice on transitioning out of that unfulfilling day job into the self-styled career of their dreams. Whether you want to work part time, at home, outside, or overseas, this fun, girlfriend-to-girlfriend guide provides the resources you need to get the job done — without going broke.
Read an excerpt
“Career quiz for women who can’t stand career quizzes”
“8 simple rules for negotiating flex work”
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About the publisher
The Anti 9-to-5 Guide is published by Seal Press, an imprint of Perseus Books.
