The Perpetual Paycheck: 5 Secrets to Getting a Job, Keeping a Job, and Earning Income for Life in the Loyalty-Free Workplace

With a culture of at-will employment having replaced one of 40 years of faithful service and a gold watch at the end, employment attorney, career coach, and negotiator Rassas selects five “secrets” to help readers find and keep jobs. “There has never been a better time to be an employee or a job hunter,” she claims, which is a cheerful sentiment, if not substantiated by any facts. Rassas urges readers to get used to the idea of their jobs as temporary relationships, and not to expect to like them very much. She goes on to cover boss/employee relationships, mistakes in job-seeking, avoiding the axe, what to do when one is passed over for an internal candidate, and effective networking. It’s an interesting take, given the glut of books urging readers to go the entrepreneurial route and remove the threat of job loss altogether. The problem, however, is that the professed “secrets” can be found in any “Top Five Rules for Job-Seekers” listsicle, and the slim, filler-packed presentation is less than convincing. (BookLife)