The burgeoning number of temporary employess, freelancers, and home-officer workers represents the biggest change in employment patterns since the advent of the assembly line. This survival kit if ideal for anyone who does not have, or doesn't want, full-time work.
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From Scientific American
On his way to becoming a successful writer, it seems, Hassett has become an outstandingly successful temp ... (having) worked at 1,000 jobs in the past 15 years.
From The New Yorker
Even though the prose flows like a playful phonic orgy, it's still a practical and explicit guide ... This has to be the funniest book ever about how to get a job."
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Have Fun -- Will Work!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Temp Survival Guide: How to Prosper As an Economic Nomad of the Nineties (Paperback)
This is hilarious!!Not only is temping the best way to make a living, as I've now found out, but this is the best way to learn about it! It's super funny, but it also goes through all the steps one-by-one. I brought it with me to the job interview with certain pages marked and it kept me in the right frame of mind before I interviewed -- and I aced it! I've been working ever since. I still carry it around with me in my bag like a dog-eared security blanket! Anyway, if you have any doubts at all about temping, this will alleviate them and get you working immediately. Or at least it did for me! Write on!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a must read for anyone in the temping industry.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Temp Survival Guide: How to Prosper As an Economic Nomad of the Nineties (Paperback)
This is the most entertaining book I've picked up with the objective of learning something. I temped for two years and I was laughing my way through the entire book which I read in two busrides on the way to my temp assignment. I saw a young man who had just finished a hard day on a temp assignment as well and I showed him a quote out of Brian Hassett's book that totally cheered him up. I read this book over and over whenever I need to energize for the next day I have to face as a temp. If you haven't read this book and you temp, it's well worth it to spend your lunch hour buying it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
So accurate that it's like Dilbert!,
By Craig L. "Writer" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Temp Survival Guide: How to Prosper As an Economic Nomad of the Nineties (Paperback)
What struck me the most about the book, is the underlying attitude of temping, and how perfectly it comes through in the writing. Brian has captured the essence of life as a temp, exactly! I've been temping for years, and agree completely with the benefits and advantages of life as a temp, and now I pass copies of this book on to anyone I know who comes to me complaining about their full-time job.
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