You're fresh out of school, ready to start your career and begin the next chapter of your life. But after just a few months in the working world, you've realized you've been fed a lie. Everything you thought work would be--it's not real. The reality of the next 45 years of your life starts to sink in. How do people live like this?

In Own Your Career: Break the Corporate Blueprint and Build Your Own Ladder, popular financial analyst and entrepreneur Michela Allocca walks you through her corporate journey, explaining how she ultimately left her corporate career to dive headfirst into her side hustle-turned-full blown business. From feeling completely lost and unhappy in a job that she spent years of her life preparing for, to ultimately utilizing the skills she learned at work to build a seven figure business, Michela shares every lesson she learned along the way that helped pave her path to her own definition of success--giving you all of the insight you need to do the same on your unique path.

As you read, you'll learn how to communicate your skillset and sell yourself through resume and interview techniques, decipher job offers, negotiate your salary to ensure you are being paid fairly, succeed in the workplace through creating a task-management system, navigate career pivots with confidence, and increase your income through starting a side hustle or a business that you can take to the next level.

If you're ready for a fresh approach, you've come to the right place. Empowering readers to finally find happiness in their working lives, Own Your Career: Break the Corporate Blueprint and Build Your Own Ladder earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all individuals seeking a better approach to a successful career, especially young adults and those fresh out of college.