Work It Girl! - Table of Contents
101 Tips for the Hip Working Chick

From waitresses to Wall Street brokers, career women often find there's one truth about work they didn't expect and can't escape--it can be boring, overwhelming, and sometimes both at once! Career women need advice on how to make their jobs more fun, meaningful, and satisfying. The helpful, humorous hints packed into "Work It, Girl!" show them how to do just that.

Divided into mini-chapters (each covering a single tip), this quick and clever read follows the course of a career chick's workday, from safe on-the-road makeup application to postwork massage and manicure. Inventive and irreverent workday survival strategies cover a range of issues, including navigating office stereotypes, lobbying for better vending machine treats, and working off mid-afternoon blahs with the ultimate desk butt crunch. An essential cubicle companion for every working woman who needs the occasional laugh to keep it all in perspective.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

#1 The Breakfast of Champions - Getting your US RDA to start your day right

#2 Shower Serenade - No time for a three-minute conditioner

#3 Makeup or Breakup - The 60-second makeup job

#4 Suit Yourself - What to do when every blouse you own is wrinkled

#5 Ladies, Start your Engines- Start your commute with a toasty warm car

#6 Backroad Warrior- Take a new route each day to combat commute boredom

#7 Bookworm in the Fast Lane- Great audio tapes for your commute

#8 Beauty School Drop-out- Safe on-the-road beauty tips

#9 The Best Laid Plans - Organizing your daytimer

#10 Relocating for a new job

#11 Subway Stories - Catch up on your reading and enjoy the ride

#12 Clear the deck…or is that desk? Desk organizing strategies

#13 Speaking in Tongues - Learn how to say "I love my job!" in 10 languages

#14 Hands-free Gossip - Catch up on calls with headset while stuck in traffic

#15 No Place Like Home - Working from home effectively

#16 Flextime in the Fast Lane - Take a handheld tape recorder with you in the car to make audio to do lists and jumpstart your day

#17 At First Glance- Making a good first impression

#18 Feliz Navidad! - Planning the ultimate holiday office party

#19 Baker, Butcher, Candlestick Maker - Making gifts for co-workers

#20 Community Fun(d) - Getting the office to volunteer together – building houses, painting homes or serving food to the homeless

#21 Secrets of a Discount Queen - Negotiating vendor discounts for your company

#22 Charity of the Month - Pick one pet charity per month for you and your co-workers to contribute to

#23 Heating Up Cold Calls - Getting leads for your company

#24 Brown Bag Braniacs – Start an in-office monthly financial club or reading group that meets one lunch hour a month

#25 At Your Service - Dealing with rude customers

#26 Softball Shenanigans - Organize a softball league with co-workers and competing companies

#27 Wisdom in the Workplace - Start a wisdom circle with open-minded officemates who seek input for career challenges

#28 Read your way to the top - Subscribe to industry trade magazines

#29 Corporate Kiddies - Rally for an on-site daycare for working mommies

#30 Memo-bilia - Spicing up the company memos/newsletters with humor

#31 Snappier Snacks - Call the vending machine company that stocks your office and request healthier snacks

#32 Getting Suggestive - Start a suggestion box for anonymous worker gripes

#33 Moonlight Serenade - Working a night job without jeopardizing the day job

#34 Little Miss Mentor - Find someone who’s got your dream job and ask them to mentor you to the top

#35 An Endless Supply of Smarties - Build your own database of smart co-workers and their areas of expertise.

#36 The future is now - Learn to spot trends in your industry

#37 And the Winner Is …  - Attend your company’s awards banquet

#38 Kids: how to shuffle out without a scene or feeling guilty

#39 Buns of Steel - The ultimate desk butt crunch!

#40 Walk it Off - Change your scenery for 15 minutes and get a new perspective

#41 StairMaster - Deliver everything yourself and slim those calves!

#42 Community Clothing - Start a career clothing library and double your wardrobe

#43 Isometrics - Building muscles without the weight (or wait!)

#44 Management Mutiny: - Jump ship to another department without inciting your current captain         

#45 Where Do I Sign? - Understanding your signing bonus

#46 Cans Only - Get your office to recycle

#47 Cracking the Whip - Disciplining subordinates

#48 Parting Ways - How to Know when it’s Time to Go

#49 Working out the Kinks - Go to the gym and blast some stress away

#50 Ants in your Pants - Bring blanket and cooler full of goodies with your and have a picnic in the park during lunch

#51 The Daycare Dilemma- Making decisions about childcare

#52 Leaving on a Jet Plane - Bring travel brochures and start planning your next big vacation

#53 Your Cheatin’ Heart - Job interviews on your lunch hour

#54 Green with Envy - When a co-worker gets promoted

#55 Sheepless in Seattle - Looking perky after a night of insomnia

#56 Simply Brilliant! Pitch a new business idea to show off your initiative

#57 The Little Car that Couldn’t - Dealing with Car Problems

#58 55 and Counting: -Bone up on retirement options like IRA and 401K

#59 Spilling the Beans - Removing that stain from your shirt

#60 Time Out! - Acting as a referee between co-worker arguments

#61 Ruling the Nest - Taking charge when the boss is away

#62 My Aching Head - Getting through a day at work with the flu

#63 Been There, Done That - Creating a Killer Resume

#64 Desktop Doldrums - Redecorate your office or cubicle often for a fresh outlook

#65 Six Degrees of Separation - Attending a networking meeting

#66 The Big Picture - Put career goals on a 12 month calendar

#67 Mags and Rags - Shut your office door, put your feet up and read a fun magazine or do a crossword puzzle book to stimulate your brain power

#68 Effective emailing: How to squelch email time squandering

#69 Burning the Candle at Both Ends - Pick yourself up with a few scented votives

#70 “Stalling” for Time - Stake out the handicapped stall and do five minutes of yoga/breathing to clear the day from your head

#71 Miss Personality - Take a break and complete an online personality test to match your personality with your potential dream job

#72 Working the Graveyard shift - Gracefully handling an off-kilter schedule

#73 Loose Lips Sink Ships - Avoiding office gossip

#74 Kiss Me Kate - Steering clear of the office dating pool

#75 Gag Me With a Spoon - The "I love my job" worker/motivational poster child

#76 Student Driver - The totally incompetent intern

#77 The Screener - The snotty receptionist who won't put your calls through

#78 The Trekkie Techie - The geeky computer guy

#79 I’m Rubber and You’re Glue - Deflecting a co-worker’s verbal attack

#80 Pleading the Fifth: what to do about co-worker dishonesty

#81 Power to the People; Key phrases to make a strong point

#82 When the COBRA strikes - Take your health insurance with you when you strike out on your own

#83 Please Pass the Project - Enlightening the company slacker

#84 Ousting Overtime - Work 40 action-packed hours to avoid overtime

#85 Beggars can’t be Choosers - The co-dependent co-worker that's constantly trying to bum a ride home, money for lunch or smokes

#86 Pulling a Clark Kent - Changing before you leave work

#87 Backing out Gracefully - When you absolutely have to leave work early

#88 Timing is everything - Order pizza before you leave, so it arrives at your house the same time you do

#89 Penny Pinching for Survival - Scope out the best places to eat for next to nothing

#90 Pre-scheduled Pamper Time - Schedule an after-work massage or manicure for an end-of-the-day pick-me-up

#91 You’re Breaking Up - Squelching cell phone interruptions

#92 I’m Rubber and You’re Glue - Snappy comebacks to crappy quarterly reviews

#93 Let Her Rip! - Complaining about a co-worker

#94 Faaaghet About It! - Blowing off a bad day without going postal

#95 Tooting Your Own Horn - Angling for a promotion

#96  Throwing out the Alarm Clock - Getting let go and liking it

#97 Time’s Up! - Nipping time wasters in the bud

#98 Drowning in a Sea of Paper - Putting a lid on excess paperwork

#99 Have a Nice Trip - Surviving a work-related trip

#100  You Talkin’ to Me? Deciphering Office Body Language