How to Go to Work

Jan 12, 2025 7:36 AM

Author:Lucy Clayton,Steven Haines,Barrie Kreinik

How to Go to Work

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.

Reviews

The way work... works is rapidly changing. This book is the resilience you need to adapt and thrive as you enter the workplace

—— Paul Jarvis, author of Company of One

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

—— Bruce Daisley, bestselling author of The Joy of Work

Full of invaluable advice for those at the start of their career

—— Cate Sevilla, author of How to Work Without Losing Your Mind

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!

—— Sally Helgesen, author of How Women Rise

Crucial insider information to help you quick-start a successful career

—— Julia Laflin, author of Life Skills: Stuff You Should Really Know by Now

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

—— Suki Sandhu, OBE, Founder & CEO of Audeliss and INvolve

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

—— Patrick Grant, Norton & Sons (Savile Row), Community Clothing and The Great British Sewing Bee

Everything a young job seeker needs in one place - an essential resource

—— Elizabeth Taylor, CEO of Employment Related Services Association

A refreshing take on career guidance

—— Gugu Ndebele Executive Director, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

I wish I'd had this resource when I was growing up and starting work

—— Dr Radha, BBC Radio 1

This is truly life changing. It should be standard issue to every teenager

—— Tamsin Blanchard, The Guardian

A handy guide

—— Financial Times Business Book of the Month

How to successfully apply for a job

—— The Times

Valuable advice in this challenging time to be starting out in the world of work

—— Sarah Brown, host, Better Angels

Succinct and topical advice

—— The Mancunion

Enriching on a personal level as much as a professional one. Honest, humorous, and humbling

—— Pi

Witty moments of funny personal stories and serious helpful tips

—— Epigram

Exhaustively reviews the research not on how to influence others but on how to make people ready to be influenced . . . Compelling.

—— Wall Street Journal

Robert Cialdini is perhaps the foremost expert on effective persuasion . . . The book provides a vast catalogue of research and techniques, many of them marketing related.

—— Harvard Business Review

[Both a] work of cutting-edge scholarship and an insightful guide to the strange working of the human mind, Pre-Suasion packs a good punch for business leaders who want to understand their customers.

—— Belfast Book Review

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