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How to Go to Work

The Honest Advice No One Ever Tells You at the Start of Your Career

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How to Go to Work

By: Lucy Clayton, Steven Haines
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

How to Go to Work is a practical guide to equip you with everything you need to know to choose and achieve the career you want.

The world of work is changing faster than ever before and it can feel overwhelmingly competitive out there.

That's why Lucy Clayton, a founding CEO, and Steve Haines, an education policy advisor, have compiled and distilled the most valuable advice you can get on how to jumpstart your career and shortcut the competition.

They have interviewed successful people from across all industries to help you:

-Find the right work experience and internships to get you through the door
-Present your best self online and in person
-Ace applications and interviews
-Gain confidence, authority and resilience
-Navigate the ups and downs of starting your first job

How to go to Work will equip you with the skills you need to thrive in whatever job or career you choose.

© Lucy Clayton 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Career Success Employment Motivation & Self-Improvement Personal Development Personal Success Career

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Critic reviews

The way work... works is rapidly changing. This book is the resilience you need to adapt and thrive as you enter the workplace
A vital book to anyone trying to get their head round the challenges or work. Deadly serious advice delivered in a style that is never deadly serious. An important but entertaining read
Full of invaluable advice for those at the start of their career
Solid, practical advice on everything from resumes to testing to working for a bad boss, interning, making an impression and building a network of allies that can sustain you throughout your career. Fresh, lively and invaluable. Plus it's fun to read!
Crucial insider information to help you quick-start a successful career
This book is essential for a generation of talent who aren't equipped with what it means to start employment. It's delivered with sophistication and humour. A must read

This insightful and amusing tome will have you running to work, gleefully, in the correct trousers

Everything a young job seeker needs in one place - an essential resource
A refreshing take on career guidance
I wish I'd had this resource when I was growing up and starting work
All stars
Most relevant
I’m 29, a young professional who has been in and out of work and Univestiy for the past 10 years and have been finding the 9-5 a struggle - I wish I’d had this book at 16, I think it was wonderful and just what everyone who finds ‘something just not quite right’ with work. It has really help me regain focus and fall in love with working again. Highly recommended, listen until the end.

I wish I was 16 again

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Didn't listen to all chapters since I have already began work and been in it for a while, but the chapters I listened to helped me to reassure my behaviours and think about future ways to improve in the work place, would recommend for anyone needing to understand how to behaviour yourself in working environments

Informative Work Talk

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