This book provides practical strategies and techniques that everyone can use to increase their marketability and personal satisfaction in today's world of work. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the new workplace (the cult of busyness; the new obsession with work; living and working in a world of temporary employment; being a player; the importance of vacations; and why the grass isn't always greener elsewhere); (2) the new worker (the search for authenticity; determining what kind of worker you are; career-defining moments; career success for introverts and extroverts; the career angst of 20-somethings; careers and 20-somethings; careers and 40-somethings; questions 20-somethings ask about work and careers; career-proofing one's children); (3) the new manager (the new employment contract; 10 strategies for managing the new worker; older workers versus new workers; the coaching boom; managers as career coaches; mentors; ways to give people a belief in the future); and (4) a new set of skills (becoming a career activist; selling oneself; right and wrong ways of networking; communicating on fast forward; the politics of bad fit; and recession-proofing one's career). The conclusion focuses on positive aspects of the new work environment, including the end of paternalism, freedom to design one's work, and opportunities for authenticity. (MN)