Swimming in the steno pool : a retro guide to making it in the office /
Author-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.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Co.,
[2011]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: 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?