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    Office Mate: Your Employee Handbook for Romance on the Job
    Office Mate: Your Employee Handbook for Romance on the Job
    Office Mate: Your Employee Handbook for Romance on the Job
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    Office Mate: Your Employee Handbook for Romance on the Job

    By Stephanie Kisee and Helaine Olen

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    The greatest pool of potential mates is not online, in a bar, or on a blind date, it is in the workplace. This book tells you how to navigate this territory gracefully with specific dos and don’ts for office romance.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateOct 1, 2007
    ISBN9781440516481
    Office Mate: Your Employee Handbook for Romance on the Job
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    Stephanie Kisee

    An Adams Media author.

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