MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010044289
003 DLC
005 20110707165124.0
008 101015s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn668194767
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050 00 $aHD8039.S58$bP47 2011
082 00 $a651$222
082 00 $a651.3741$222
100 1 $aPeril, Lynn.
245 10 $aSwimming in the steno pool :$ba retro guide to making it in the office /$cLynn Peril.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Co.,$cc2011.
300 $ax, 291 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aAuthor-secretary Peril profiles the various incarnations of the secretary, from pliable, sexy mate of the "office husband" to postfeminist executive-in-training, drawing inspiration from a wide range of "femorabilia" and secretarial guidebooks of yesteryear.
505 0 $aIntroduction: out of the kitchen and into the office : the birth of the secretary -- So you want to be a secretary : preparing for and getting a job -- You're in the office now, miss sec : the fine arts of charm, etiquette, and getting along with others -- Your boss : his care and (ego) feeding -- Single secs, married secs, and the looming shadow of the office wife -- Around the desk we go : the murky world of love and sex in the office -- Stepping stone or millstone? : up the ladder and out of the steno pool -- Get your own damn coffee : the liberated secretary -- The space-age typing pool : the secretary and technology -- Epilogue -- The virtual secretary in a paperless office, or, we've come a long way- maybe?.
650 0 $aSecretaries.
650 0 $aVocational qualifications.