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Job Hopper 
The Job-Hopping Facts: Publication Date: March, 2005 Hop to It! You can pre-order Job Hopper from Powells.com just by clicking on the book cover over there to the right. Read an excerpt from Job Hopper in which we learn what it's like to be Bert for a day. Come hear me read from Job Hopper! See the Public Appearance Calendar for dates and locations of upcoming appearances. Read reviews of Job Hopper on the What They Say page. Visit the Fringe Benefits page for Job Hopper-related links, reading tips, and other perks. Here's what my publisher has to say about the book: If it's true that the average worker will hold an average of seven jobs over the course of a lifetime, Ayun Halliday is anything but average. In her brief stay on this planet, Halliday has managed to rack up a terrifying array of short-lived stints in the paid job market, including ersatz costume designer, belligerent artist's model, bain of professional secretaries everywhere — aka "temp", and portraying Bert of Sesame Street to enthusiastic department-store crowds. Clinging to her "true" vocation — acting — by a hair, Halliday's diligent avoidance of hard work, regular paychecks, and anything remotely resembling a dress code will warm the hearts of anyone who has suffered canned lunches in sterile break rooms or gotten busted photocopying a resume on the job. Honest and uproarious, Halliday is an unapologetic, loose-lipped icon for the slacker in us all. The Glorious Back Cover: 
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