MyJob Format: TradePaperback

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ISBN 10: 0996295100 / ISBN 13: 9780996295109

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• Title: MyJob Format: TradePaperback
• ISBN 10: 0996295100
• ISBN 13: 9780996295109
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

MY JOB: Real People at Work Around the World is a compilation of vivid first-person accounts of people in unique jobs from a diverse range of cultures and sectors. Never before has such a collection of stories been gathered. Building upon the legacy of Studs Terkel's 1970s bestseller Working, MY JOB goes global and updated, reflecting the daily struggles and successes of working storytellers in their own distinct voices.
 
MY JOB explores the dignity, identity, economic viability, and inherent challenges of each occupation, asking such provoking questions as: How has the definition and notion of a job shifted in recent years? How does one land in a particular job, and what causes one to flourish or flounder in it? How does our job shape our sense of identity? 
 
As communications and social media, technology and trade, transform our world into a global village, readers are exposed to life and work in other places. Our awareness of countries and cultures far beyond home leads to a natural interest in them. This is a pivotal moment in which geography still greatly impacts employment; yet the experiences of others, even in distant countries, are more accessible today than ever before. MY JOB makes clear the connections between us as global citizens united in the human experience of work. Stay tuned for MY JOB: More People at Work Around the World, Book 2, to come in February 2019. Get updates and fresh stories at myjobstories.org.

About the Author

Suzanne Skees studied English (Boston College) and world religions (Harvard Divinity School) before working as a book editor and theological journalist, then founder/director of Skees Family Foundation. 

Meanwhile, Suzanne has interviewed thousands of unsung heroes toiling daily to make the world a better place for the Seeds of Hope blog and other online platforms. Believing in the connective, healing power of story, she learned to step aside simply to elicit others' narratives in their own voices, that are as unique as fingerprints . . . 

Now, she edits books on people in diverse jobs around the world. The true stories in MY JOB 1 and MY JOB 2 entertain and inspire readers, with intimate, behind-the-scenes accounts of what it's really like to be a wealth manager in Hong Kong, a tomato farmer in Ghana, a slack-rock musician in Honolulu, an online lingerie entrepreneur in Palestine-plus twenty-six other jobs.

Based on the California Central Coast, Suzanne is currently working with 18-year-old coauthor Sanam Yusuf on Book 3: MY JOB GenZ, which will publish in 2020.