FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 7, 2003 Contact: London King, publicity manager 212-698-7250 tel./london.king@simonandschuster.com Lisa Sciambra, publicist 212-698-4665 tel./lisa.sciambra@simonandschuster.com WORK IT! How to Get Ahead, Save Your Ass, and Land a Job in Any Economy by ALLISON HEMMING With layoffs piling up by the thousands and additional cut backs looming, today's young professionals are in shock. Just two years ago, they could write their own ticket: options, outrageous benefits, and fat salaries. Expectations were out of control (not to mention egos). Why are these young workers languishing now? Simple: they forgot how to compete for jobs. Or worse, they never learned. Never having had to fight for employment, this group finds themselves woefully unprepared. Allison Hemming, the creator and driving force behind the world-famous "Pink Slip Parties" and the founder of The Hired Guns, an interim workforce agency, has created a new type of career guide that provides essential job-hunting advice for the eighteen to thirty-five-year-old crowd. WORK IT!: How to Get Ahead, Save Your Ass, and Land a Job in Any Economy (A Fireside Original; Simon & Schuster / January 7, 2003; $13.00; ISBN: 0-7432-3549-5) combines irreverent advice with a utilitarian approach to help young professionals land a job in any economy. What Beth Kobliner's New York Times bestseller Get a Financial Life is to financial advice, Allison Hemming's WORK IT! is to job hunting. Tackling a full range of job hunt and workplace issues that are unique to young professionals, WORK IT! is designed to be read cover-to-cover, or picked up and referenced at any free moment, inspiring the reader to implement the recommendations instantaneously. This comprehensive guide, packed with punchy, frank advice (from CEO's, employment experts, career reporters, market analysts, etc.), gives readers the tools and techniques that will help them get the most out of their job hunt. WORK IT! gives job hunters the skinny on all they need to get hired in any economy, including: Get Out of Your Own Way: Stop whining, lose the sense of entitlement and learn how to compete for the job you really want. Why The Internet is Ruining Your Job Search: Why you might be wasting your time on the Web--and how to use online job boards and the hidden tools ools successfully. Networking: How to get hired with a little help from your friends. Everything you ever wanted to know about networking but were afraid to ask. Lose the McResume: Five star resumes for a fast-food world. The Vultures are Circling: What to do directly before and after you get downsized. Go from Pink Slip to Paycheck: How to avoid Pink Slip Paralysis and put your layoff behind you. Belt Tightening and Budgeting: How to save your money and stay alive when you're out of work or looking for a job. Devoid of charts, graphs, or those insufferable worksheets, WORK IT! debunks career myths and radically alters the way people approach job hunting. It is filled with in-your-face advice, anecdotes from the trenches, and a needed dose of realism. About the Author Allison Hemming is an established career authority and the creator and driving force behind the world-famous "Pink Slip Party," a networking event that benefits the recently downsized. The former marketing director of the career-oriented P.O.V. Magazine, and the founder of The Hired Guns, an interim workforce agency, Hemming has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York, Rolling Stone, USA Today, Fast Company, The Industry Standard, CNBC, and a wide range of other media venues. She lives in New York City. WORK IT!: How to Get Ahead, Save Your Ass, and Land a Job in Any Economy By Allison Hemming A Fireside Original Publication Date: January 7, 2003 / Price: $13.00 / ISBN: 0-7432-3549-5 For more information on WORK IT!, visit www.simonsays.com or www.workitbook.com. Press | Recent Press For more information, email info@workitbook.com