Having It All A Practical Guide to Managing a Home and a Career Gabriel and Baldwin 1980 I would have jumped on any book like this back in the day. Of course my older wiser self recognizes that no one
Category: Working 9-5
This category is all that career information, training, job hunting advice and all those posts that are about the working life.
A Forgotten Skill
A New Review of Pitman Shorthand
Coombs
1970 (reprint 1975)
I took shorthand a century ago and nearly failed. The scratches never looked like anything sensible and I never got near to the speed classmates seemed to manage. I dropped the course. I can’t think of the last time I remember anyone talking about or using shorthand. Even when I was doing office work in the 1980s, it was starting to fade as a required skill for administrative or secretarial jobs. This book seems to be more about refreshing skills for a dictation test rather than hard core instruction. I remember when every woman was given a typing test, regardless of the position. Shorthand was also always around as well. Anyone out there still able to take dictation with shorthand?
Christian Advice for the Overworked
Work With Less Energy Grant ~1955 Are you overworked? Can’t meet those deadlines? Forget your calendar and to-do list! God wants you to take a moment and look around. Rev. Grant came to an epiphany one day after watching people
Your Future as a Dental Hygienist
Your Future as a Dental Hygienist Paige 1969 Submitter: I found this golden oldie in the careers section of my local public library. I love the look of those old uniforms and Section 8 at the end of the book.
How (Not) to Interview
How to Interview and Hire Productive People McQuaig 1988 Submitter: I recently weeded this from the public library where I work. The majority of the book consists of suggested interview questions that managers can ask to assess job applicants’ “hidden qualities”. However,
Butcher, Baker, Cabinetmaker
Butcher Baker, Cabinetmaker: Photogrpahs of Women at Work Saul and Heyman 1978 Submitter: See all the jobs a woman can have. Not only is it way out of date, but it’s way too young and embarrassing. Holly: The text does seem to
Get a Job!
How to Get a Job If You’re a Teenager Pervola and Hobgood 1998 I really like the way this book is organized! It’s thorough with mostly good advice, and only 62 pages including the index. Great format for teens! As
Getting Fired in 1974
Getting Fired
An American Ordeal
Tarrant
1974
Note the publication date. Yes, it was still on the shelf of a medium public library as of this writing. As many of you know, old career and job information just chaps my MLIS.
The author has a book sprinkled with personal accounts, some career advice and even marriage advice (cuz the little woman at home woman at home won’t understand). The best story from this chapter comes from a guy that hid the firing from his wife and banked his severance until he had another job. God forbid, if his wife found out and he was regulated to chores and childcare. Notice “tell your family” is not the first item on the list.