No Shorts, Flip Flops, or Sunglasses: How to Get and Make the Most of Your First Real Job

by John Wasserman

This is way more than your average, cookie-cutter book on how to write a résumé and find a job. It’s a personal journey of discovery that I hope will inform, inspire, and empower. I’ve been sharing my journey for more than twenty years with small groups of college-aged men and women, showing them how to get a head start on their professional and business lives and have fun doing it. From how to look your best to how to deal with rejection, it's all here in this breezy, fun tutorial on the essentials that will give you an edge when you head out to start your full-time career. If you’re 16 to 25 years old, you’re sick of hearing how your generation is self-involved, lazy, entitled, and, like, you know, failing to launch. If you’re the parent of a Millennial, you’re probably wondering what you can do to help, and what you might be doing that’s a hindrance. Both will find answers in No Shorts, Flip Flops, or How to Get and Make the Most Of Your First Real Job, distilled from author John Wasserman’s experiences and observations during two decades as a recruiter and trainer of thousands of college men and women in the art and science of marketing upscale consumer products. He has probably handed out, in person, more first "real job” paychecks to young adults than anyone else in America. The wisdom John Wasserman shares in this book is based on common sense mixed with humor and empathy. Wasserman's uncommon insights reveal what makes young people tick, and what stops their clocks.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Author John Wasserman, an executive with a $200-million-a-year international consumer-products marketing company, has worked with thousands of 18- to 25-year-olds teaching them the basics of business: how to prepare, look for, find, and make the most of their first "real" jobs
-the ones that don't require hair nets or rubber gloves.

John began his career in 1991 as a sales representative for Vector Marketing, selling CUTCO Cutlery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is CEO of Fast Start, LLC, a frequent public speaker and, as a Division Manager for Vector Marketing, responsible for more than twenty field office locations throughout the Philadelphia–New York metro region.

He lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with his wife, two children, their dog Lexi, and six...er, make that five chickens.

Reviews

[Jakub · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this book at the Conference of Champions in Vegas this September. It was written by a Vector manager so I decided to read it. I liked it, it was a quick entertaining read and I got a lot out of it. The back of the book also has many recommendations I intend to read. Many I have heard of countless times and others just seem good. There are also some good online resources I intend to také advantage of. I think Dominic could particularly benefit from reading pg. 104...