Start Smart - (Jeff's Illustrated Guide to Success) by Jeffrey Sharlach (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A stylish illustrated gift book pairing 60 practical tips with witty cartoons from a New Yorker magazine contributor, designed to help recent graduates, young professionals, and career changers navigate the workplace with confidence.

Starting your first real job, or changing jobs to find the right fit, can feel exciting, intimidating, confusing, and overwhelming all at once. Start Smart delivers practical, funny, and timeless advice for navigating the workplace from Jeffrey Sharlach, longtime NYU Stern School of Business professor and founder of the global communications firm JeffreyGroup.

Through 60 concise lessons paired with sharp black-and-white illustrations from New Yorker contributor Juan Astasio, this highly giftable guide offers approachable wisdom for building confidence, managing relationships, communicating effectively, and standing out in the workplace.

Beautifully packaged as a faux leather hardcover, Start Smart is the perfect graduation gift, new job companion, or desk accessory for anyone on their professional life.

About the Author

Jeffrey Sharlach is the founder of JeffreyGroup, the international corporate communications consulting firm today with hundreds of employees providing counsel to global brands and multinational corporations. He's trained as a journalist (BSJ, Northwestern) and a lawyer (JD, New York University) and is a recognized authority on communication in business quoted by The New York Times, CNN, ABC News and Huffington Post among others and a frequent conference speaker. Since 2007, he has been an Adjunct Professor of Management Communication at the NYU Stern School of Business teaching undergraduates and MBA students. He lives in New York City.

Juan Astasio is proud to call himself "a formerly rejected cartoonist at The New Yorker magazine," where his distinctive illustrations now appear regularly. Juan's illustrations and cartoons have also been featured in numerous other publications and books, and his artwork has been exhibited at the Society of Illustrators in New York City and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid. After many years living in Brooklyn, Juan now resides in Barcelona.