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  Kelly James, Author of  The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired  was interviewed on Tips for the Transition Broadcast . Book description: You're 52. Divorced. Single mom to a teenaged son and a tween daughter. Happily self-employed but worried about the cost of health insurance, the inevitable impact of perimenopause on your body, and whether you should keep dating a sexy plumber who's sweet and funny but lives an hour away and doesn't seem that into you. So, after 22 years of fulltime freelancing, you take a day job as a tiny, creaky cog in the corporate American machine where you're decades older than most of your coworkers - and you write about it. The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: A Year in Corporate America is an entertaining, midlife memoir that shares what (and what not) to do when you make that corporate leap. Keywords: Midlife career change;  Corporate culture transition;  Workplace memoir;  Freelance to corporate;  Women in the workplace;...

  "With a touch of humor and admirable self-awareness, ...  James offers up a quirky, sardonic guide for navigating the workforce and life as an independent, outspoken, middle-aged woman. " The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired  by Kelly James received a great review from US Review of Books. Read the full review  HERE . Book description: You're 52. Divorced. Single mom to a teenaged son and a tween daughter. Happily self-employed but worried about the cost of health insurance, the inevitable impact of perimenopause on your body, and whether you should keep dating a sexy plumber who's sweet and funny but lives an hour away and doesn't seem that into you. So, after 22 years of fulltime freelancing, you take a day job as a tiny, creaky cog in the corporate American machine where you're decades older than most of your coworkers - and you write about it. The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: A Year in Corporate America is an entertaining, midlife memoir that shares wh...

   Kelly James, Author of  The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired  was interviewed on The Patricia Ra skin Show: Do's and Don'ts of Making the Corporate Leap. Book description: You're 52. Divorced. Single mom to a teenaged son and a tween daughter. Happily self-employed but worried about the cost of health insurance, the inevitable impact of perimenopause on your body, and whether you should keep dating a sexy plumber who's sweet and funny but lives an hour away and doesn't seem that into you. So, after 22 years of fulltime freelancing, you take a day job as a tiny, creaky cog in the corporate American machine where you're decades older than most of your coworkers - and you write about it. The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: A Year in Corporate America is an entertaining, midlife memoir that shares what (and what not) to do when you make that corporate leap. Keywords: Midlife career change;  Corporate culture transition;  Workplace memoir;  Freelance to...