You're Too Smart for This: Beating the 100 Big Lies About Your First Job - Michael Ball

*YOU'RE TOO SMART FOR THIS* -What they don't teach in your grad schools!! Albeit I have left college and got into corporate life long back but still I wanted to peep inside this book with an urge of delving more into entry level days. This is written in a witty and straight manner to convey real life at an entry level and guides you with survival and acceleration strategies to adopt. I find this book extremely useful as it is divided into short chapters and also offers intelligent quotes from management experts, and famous persona. I find most of the chapters have genesis from pure common sense that you come across day in and day out. I ...  Read the complete review

This is a great book for anyone just starting out on their journey into employment after leaving university. The book is written from the perspective of people going to work for a business, but it can be tweaked as you read it to make it useful in almost any career. I work in the public sector and almost everything is relevant. Michael Ball has written a book which works it's way through the 100 big lies relating to starting off in employment after leaving university, and each chapter is roughly 2-3 pages relating to a specific lie such as 'you're too smart for this', 'you're degree prepared you for work' and 'your boss loves surprises'. The 100 ...  Read the complete review