Given the changes taking place in the economy and the workplace during the past decade, this text provides a much needed tool for students who will soon embark on their careers, emphasizing the practical concerns of how to get a job, keep it, and prosper within the organization. Unlike many texts which are focused on some abstract corporation, this book emphasizes the student/employee's needs and perspectives, shows how to navigate the real organization of today, and includes frank discussions of issues of downsizing, “rightsizing,” professionalism, promotion, and the like. Covering the entire career spectrum of organizational communication issues, from researching the company before the interview and assembling a résumé to dealing with leadership roles and changes in corporate culture, this text will give students up-to-date and practical advice on how to develop their communication skills within the “New Organizations” of the late '90s and beyond.