Swimming in the steno pool
Subtitle: a retro guide to making it in the office
By: Lynn Peril
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780393338546
Subjects: Secretaries; Vocational qualifications
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: out of the kitchen and into the office : the birth of the secretary; title: So you want to be a secretary : preparing for and getting a job; title: You're in the office now, miss sec : the fine arts of charm, etiquette, and getting along with others; title: Your boss : his care and (ego) feeding; title: Single secs, married secs, and the looming shadow of the office wife; title: Around the desk we go : the murky world of love and sex in the office; title: Stepping stone or millstone? : up the ladder and out of the steno pool; title: Get your own damn coffee : the liberated secretary; title: The space-age typing pool : the secretary and technology; title: Epilogue; title: The virtual secretary in a paperless office, or, we've come a long way- maybe?.