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How to Be Useful: A Beginners Guide to Not Hating Work: Megan Hustad: Books. Just in time for college graduation comes a career guide for the smart liberal-arts grad who believes such guides are nothing more than a pile of self-help mush. NewsweekVery soon, despite the difficulty of job hunting in tough economic times, newly minted graduates will march into Day One of their first real jobs . . . With some luck, these neophytes might meet with someone like Megan Hustad . . . Part study of best-selling advice literature, part collection of cautionary tales from herself and her peers, the book is an engaging blend of prescription and cultural history . . . Hustad manages to make the process of identifying your professional goals and then setting out to achieve them palatable -- even hip. The Washington PostThis smart little book is a wry new entry in the burgeoning literature of the new economy's workplace. The Chicago TribuneAuthor Megan Hustad combed through the dustiest self-help tomes for nuggets of wisdom that might actually apply to today's postcollegiates. The end result . . . has helpful career hints for associates and architect grunts alike. New York MagazineMost people wouldn't think that Dale Carnegie, Benjamin Disraeli and Paris Hilton belong in the same book; but they aren't Megan Hustad. The Globe and MailA book that presents itself as a guide to workplace success but that is really a (frequently hilarious) meditation on the notion of ambition. GuardianHustad has done her homework, reading dozens of 'how to succeed' books, including some by such old-timers as Andrew Carnegie and Napoleon Hill sandwiched in with such relative newcomers as Stephen R. Covey and Donald Trump . . . the writing is bright [and] brassy. Booklist, ALAEvery woman's guide to not hating work . . . full of timeless bits of mood-boosting wisdom. -GlamourLong story short: This is the book you'll want to travel back in time and press into the hands of your 22 year old self. - GalleycatA how-to guide for artsy young people with liberal arts degrees who [are] as bewildered by the realities of corporate life as [Hustad] had once been. - New York Observer
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