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10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College, Revised: The Skills You Need to Succeed
A handy, straightforward guide that teaches students how to acquire marketable job skills and real-world know-how before they graduate—revised and updated for today’s economic and academic landscapes.
Award-winning college professor and adviser Bill Coplin lays down the essential skills students need to survive and succeed in today’s job market, based on his extensive interviews with employers, recruiters, HR specialists, and employed college grads. Going beyond test scores and GPAs, Coplin teaches students how to maximize their college experience by focusing on ten crucial skill Work Ethic, Physical Performance, Speaking, Writing, Teamwork, Influencing People, Research, Number Crunching, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving. 10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College gives students the tools they need to prepare during their undergraduate years to impress potential employers, land a higher-paying job, and start on the road to career security and satisfaction.
Award-winning college professor and adviser Bill Coplin lays down the essential skills students need to survive and succeed in today’s job market, based on his extensive interviews with employers, recruiters, HR specialists, and employed college grads. Going beyond test scores and GPAs, Coplin teaches students how to maximize their college experience by focusing on ten crucial skill Work Ethic, Physical Performance, Speaking, Writing, Teamwork, Influencing People, Research, Number Crunching, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving. 10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College gives students the tools they need to prepare during their undergraduate years to impress potential employers, land a higher-paying job, and start on the road to career security and satisfaction.
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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May 8, 2015
good book for those who are entering college. unfortunately for me I only came across this AFTER I finished college. this would've been a great help to me if I had picked this up during my first year.
May 30, 2013
excellent, easy read. definitely wish I had read it towards the beginning not the end of my college career.
August 9, 2019
The author lays out a college plan that misses the value and purpose of a college education. Ten Things Employers Want You to Learn in College makes college a way to get a job.
Early in the book, we are told that the goal of college is to make parents proud and receive a certificate. But there are more goals: “… college should prepare you for finding a good job and a rewarding career?” (p. 4)
The assumption of the book is that learning only about getting employment.
Not all of the chapters focus on skills and knowledge that transcend the focus on getting a job. These are “Gathering Information, Using Quantitative Tools, Asking and Answers the Right Questions.” The “Asking” chapter is one of the few skills that align fully with a powerful approach to learning.
One chapter, labeled “Developing Physical Skill,” might lead us to a liberal arts model of learning but the sub-label reads “ Stay Well, Look Good, Type Well, And Write Legibly. (p. 27). Who needs to write “legibly” today?
A chapter entitled “Communicating Verbally” takes off where Dale Carnegie stopped giving advice about public speaking . Dale shows up on the bibliography for the list of “additional reading” material.
The book does have some useful (and maybe even thoughtful) chapters: Gathering Information, Using Quantitative Tools, and especially Asking and Answers the Right Questions.
Some of the advice in the book was useful and insightful in 2003 when it was published. Today much of what the book was good at a time. At the same time, much of the book ignores the challenges of preparing students (of all ages) to keep on learning to succeed in business (and any other profession—even the ones that will appear in the next decade.).
Early in the book, we are told that the goal of college is to make parents proud and receive a certificate. But there are more goals: “… college should prepare you for finding a good job and a rewarding career?” (p. 4)
The assumption of the book is that learning only about getting employment.
Not all of the chapters focus on skills and knowledge that transcend the focus on getting a job. These are “Gathering Information, Using Quantitative Tools, Asking and Answers the Right Questions.” The “Asking” chapter is one of the few skills that align fully with a powerful approach to learning.
One chapter, labeled “Developing Physical Skill,” might lead us to a liberal arts model of learning but the sub-label reads “ Stay Well, Look Good, Type Well, And Write Legibly. (p. 27). Who needs to write “legibly” today?
A chapter entitled “Communicating Verbally” takes off where Dale Carnegie stopped giving advice about public speaking . Dale shows up on the bibliography for the list of “additional reading” material.
The book does have some useful (and maybe even thoughtful) chapters: Gathering Information, Using Quantitative Tools, and especially Asking and Answers the Right Questions.
Some of the advice in the book was useful and insightful in 2003 when it was published. Today much of what the book was good at a time. At the same time, much of the book ignores the challenges of preparing students (of all ages) to keep on learning to succeed in business (and any other profession—even the ones that will appear in the next decade.).
July 5, 2020
A handy, straightforward guide that teaches students how to acquire marketable job skills and real-world know-how before they graduate— revised and updated for today’s economic and academic landscapes.
Award-winning college professor and adviser Bill Coplin lays down the essential skills students need to survive and succeed in today’s job market, based on his extensive interviews with employers, recruiters, HR specialists, and employed college grads. Going beyond test scores and GPAs, Coplin teaches students how to maximize their college experience by focusing on ten crucial skill groups: Work Ethic, Physical Performance, Speaking, Writing, Teamwork, Influencing People, Research, Number Crunching, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving. * 10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College gives students the tools they need to prepare during their undergraduate years to impress potential employers, land a higher-paying job, and start on the road to career security and satisfaction.
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December 2, 2018
This is an easy-to-read book geared toward those in, or just out of, high school. I was assigned this book while doing a college internship, so a lot of the tips were lost on me. I wonder if the instructor even read it first, as the information would have been much more beneficial during the first semester, rather than the last. However, I do think that this book has some useful information mixed in with a lot of what would seem to be common sense (but I'm also an older student, so maybe I'm not remembering what I was like then). I wonder how many young people are motivated to read this sort of thing, but like I said, it's very easy to read.
April 2, 2021
Học gì để không thất nghiệp? sẽ liệt kê những kỹ năng bạn cần trau dồi để thuyết phục nhà tuyển dụng chọn bạn, cũng như những công cụ bạn cần nắm trong tay để khiến những tổ chức nhận ra bạn là người phù hợp với vị trí họ đang tuyển dụng. Biết cách làm những việc cần làm chính là chìa khóa dẫn đến thành công trong công việc cũng như cuộc sống của bạn – và đó cũng là nội dung chính của quyển sách này.
August 14, 2019
A very good and enjoyable book, was easy to understand and I loved the 'useful references' behind each chapter as well as the additional material in the appendix. The book really taught me a lot, and surprised me by bringing up points I really did not expect.
October 14, 2021
Sách cũng ok, cung cấp thông tin khá đầy đủ, mặc dù 1 vài chỗ thấy chưa hợp lí lắm... Có thể là tùy theo hoàn cảnh, môi trường, tình huống.
Sách đọc k cuốn hút lắm, nhưng đưa ra nhiều thông tin, bố cục rõ ràng, cho sinh viên cái nhìn toàn cục từ đó thấy được các skill còn thiếu để rèn luyện.
Sách đọc k cuốn hút lắm, nhưng đưa ra nhiều thông tin, bố cục rõ ràng, cho sinh viên cái nhìn toàn cục từ đó thấy được các skill còn thiếu để rèn luyện.
May 15, 2013
This is a well written and very comprehensive book. Some of the sources are U.S specific but most are transferable across countries. Too bad I read this after graduating from university but I'm glad that I have developed most of the skills in this book and I agree with most of the recommendations from Coplin. I would recommend this to all graduating high school students entering university.
December 25, 2014
it was some what helpful.
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October 6, 2016
it didn't make me gag
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