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Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them

Cynthia Shapiro is a former Human Resources executive who's pulling back the curtain on the way that companies really work. In Corporate Confidential,she unmasks startling truths and what you can do about them, including:

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* There's no right to free speech in the workplace.

*Age discrimination exists.

* Why being too smart is not too smart.

* Human Resources is not there to help you, but to protect the company fromyou.

* And forty-five more!

Cynthia Shapiro pulls no punches, giving readers an inside look at a secret world of hidden agendas they would never normally see. A world of insider information and insights that can save a career!

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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