Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World by Lindsey Pollak
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- Pub. Date: April 2007
- 320pp
- Sales Rank: 63,476
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2007
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Format: Paperback, 320pp
- Sales Rank: 63,476
- ISBN-13: 9780061142598
- ISBN: 006114259X
Synopsis
How do you get a job without experience and get experience without a job? It's the question virtually every college student or recent graduate faces. In Getting from College to Career, Lindsey Pollak offers the first definitive guide to building the experience, skills, and confidence you need before starting your first major job search. Her 90 action-oriented tips include strategies ranging from the simple to the expert, including:
- Avoid the biggest mistake in career prep and job hunting
- Subscribe to a daily newspaper
- E-mail like a professional
- Make every event a networking success
- Practice the eight essentials of internship achievement
- Perform five minutes of stand-up
- Overprepare for interviews
- Persist
Getting from College to Career gives you the essential information and guidance you need to get your foot in the door of the real world. Don't start your first job search without it!
Biography
Lindsey Pollak is a writer, editor, and speaker specializing in career advice for young professionals. She is the coauthor of two career advice books and has written for Marie Claire magazine and Metro New York newspaper. Lindsey frequently speaks at universities and corporations across the country. She is a graduate of Yale University.
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Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real Worldby Anonymous
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May 30, 2008: As a graduate of Yale University, a writer, editor and speaker, Lindsey Pollak summarized her many years of experience and expertise in career advice in 'Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World.' This book is divided into 10 chapters: Get Started, Stop Being a Student and Start Being a Professional, Figure Out What You Want...and What You Don't, Talk, Listen, Repeat (Network), Gain Real World Experience, Give Yourself an Edge, Market Yourself on Paper, Find Opportunities, Over-prepare for Interviews, and Before You Head Off into the Real World. Each chapter has a few tips. Some of the tips have a useful 'Make This Work for You' or a 'Extra Credit' or a 'Reality Check' or 'Proof It's Possible' section. You do not have to read the tips in a particular order. You can look through the Table of Content and jump right into the tips that you find most useful. 'Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World' has 320 pages (including the front sections). It is a useful career guide for college graduates.
Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real Worldby Anonymous
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November 26, 2007: Whether you're still in college just starting your search,or have recently graduated this book will help kickstart you into the real world. The only thing is, you have to keep working at it. Reading the book can only take you so far. The tips, the checklists and the real world examples throughout the book are so helpful and have kept me motivated. Best of all, unlike some self help guides that are dry and boring, this book keeps the language light and up to date, which makes it very enjoyable to read. With activites to do, some that your parents know of and others that are new to the market, you can't go wrong.
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