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Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World
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 acti
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Published
April 1st 2007
by Collins
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Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real Worlds by Lindsey Pollak promises to give fresh graduates an edge on entering the work force.
The book provides in-depth instructions on how to change your mindset from "student" to "professional", how to educate yourself on the job market and the world such as on office politics and characters, how to start your career search including employing social media, how to network with other professio...more
The book provides in-depth instructions on how to change your mindset from "student" to "professional", how to educate yourself on the job market and the world such as on office politics and characters, how to start your career search including employing social media, how to network with other professio...more
Admittedly I am not really part of the target demographic for this book. However, I was still interested.
The advice is not very original; most of it is elsewhere online.
The advice is almost exclusively for "corporate America" jobs, which is kind of limiting.
The advice is too absolute; yes, sometimes it's actually ok to use emoticons in emails, especially if the recruiter or your boss does.
It might just be that it's an older book (though I would a...more
The advice is not very original; most of it is elsewhere online.
The advice is almost exclusively for "corporate America" jobs, which is kind of limiting.
The advice is too absolute; yes, sometimes it's actually ok to use emoticons in emails, especially if the recruiter or your boss does.
It might just be that it's an older book (though I would a...more
Getting From College to Career, subtitled 90 Things To Do Before You Join the Real world, is a well ordered discussion of all the many aspects to be considered when entering the job market for that all important first job after college. After all the time and ever increasing college costs it is more important than ever to be sure that those long college years pay off.
This book should be read by all college students at the beginning of their college years (perhaps even at the end of the...more
This book should be read by all college students at the beginning of their college years (perhaps even at the end of the...more
Awesome book to read!!! I read this book at the beginning of my college career and plan on reading it again during my senior year ( next year). Helpful tips from resume writing to networking to the importance of finding an internship. This would be a great book to read for a career planning class...awesome read! Lindsey rocks.
Good tips for creative ways to look for a job. Definitely learned a lot about ways to network and get prepared for a career. Not something I will personally apply overall, most likely.
Amy
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Where the hell was this book five years ago? (Oh yeah... not written yet.)
Really useful for students and working adults.
Tori
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I wish I had read this book during my senior year of college (I read it about a year after I graduated, which I suppose isn't too late at all). The first year out of college was the strangest year of my and most of my friends' lives. Sometimes new graduates just need someone to help them move forward and get a foothold in the working world, and this book did that for me.
I learned a lot from this book. It's not your typical self-help book, it offers pertinent and fun advice and gives you tips to take action. Regardless of whether you think your prepped for your career, or if you're completely directionless, you can get a lot out of this book. I think it should be required reading for college seniors.
This was recommended by a coworker who specializes in career coaching, so I have high hopes for it.
Ok there was a reason I borrowed this. And I have yet to finish it
um...well I still don't have a job
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