
Bear in mind that the author's exercise in frustration is not itself frustrating to the reader. It's actually quite enlightening: she attends networking events and day-long seminars where she can meet similarly miserable executive types who are unhappy with the job they have or unemployed as well. Some of these functions have a hidden Christian bent, where God is said to have a role in the corporate hiring process. And all this time I thought big business had no soul.
One aspect of the book I enjoyed was her interaction with job coaches in developing her resume. They seemed particularly attuned to the art of stretching the truth, and it occurred to me that this universally accepted line of thinking is what got George O'Leary in trouble at Notre Dame a few years ago. (Not to mention Al Gore's many generalized statements of self-puffing that bordered on lying, but I'm not going there.)
It's a mixed blessing that the author never got a job that met her requirements. I'd hate to see a fellow applicant be denied the opportunity for employment in the name of another person's investigative research. Come to think of it, I need to get a job before she comes here and pretends to have a legal background.
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You mean Al Gore didn't really invent the internet?
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