
Getting from College to Career Revised Edition
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The third edition of the essential guide for college students and recent graduates to help you prepare for starting your career?now revised and updated for Gen Z to reflect the realities of the current job market
How do you get a job without experience and get experience without a job? It's the question virtually every college student and recent graduate faces. With the rise of hybrid work, advances in artificial intelligence, and ever-shifting economic circumstances, the situation for aspiring Gen Z professionals has never been more challenging. But there is help.
Getting from College to Career is the definitive guide to building the experience, skills, and confidence you need to tackle today's fast-moving job search, offering action-oriented tips and strategies ranging from the simple to the expert. Revised with new material, this third edition includes up-to-date advice on how to:
- Use the best digital and mobile tools? including AI?for career prep and job hunting
- E-mail, text, and Zoom like a professional
- Interview in person and virtually
- Reskill and upskill for ?jobs of the future?
- Manage your mental health through career ups and downs
- And more
Getting from College to Career gives you the cutting-edge 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!
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Lindsey Pollak is the leading expert on succeeding in today's multigenerational workplace. She is an international keynote speaker and the New York Times bestselling author of four career and workplace advice books. She served for six years as an official ambassador for LinkedIn, and her speaking audiences and consulting clients have included more than three hundred universities, corporations, law firms, conferences, and nonprofit organizations. Her insights have appeared in media outlets such as the Today show, CNBC, the Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Street Journal. Lindsey is a graduate of Yale University.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- How to Get the Most Out of this Book
- 1 Get Started
- 1. Start Wherever You Are
- 2. Know the Numbers
- 3. Avoid the Biggest Mistake in Career Prep and Job Hunting
- 4. Embrace Your Stereotype
- 5. Overcome Your Stereotype
- 6. Get Organized
- 7. Don't Ignore the Obvious
- 8. Subscribe to a Daily News Source
- 9. Set Yourself Up for Success
- 10. Use Your Helicopter
- 2 Stop Being a Student and Start Being a Professional
- 11. Upgrade to Grown-up Contact Methods
- 12. E-mail Like a Professional
- 13. Get Carded
- 14. Clean Up Your Internet Image
- 15. Shine Online
- 16. Become an Industry Expert
- 3 Figure Out What You Want.and What You Don't
- 17. Start a Really Big List
- 18. Get Rid of the "Shoulds"
- 19. Don't Be Caught "Hitchhiking": Assess Yourself
- 20. Explore a Passion
- 21. Put Money into Perspective
- 22. Declare a Take Yourself to Work Day: Job Shadow
- 23. Tweet
- 24. Consider a Coach
- 25. Hero Worship
- 26. Seek a Mentor
- 27. Relax-A Job Is Not a Soul Mate
- 4 Talk. Listen. Repeat. (i.e., Network)
- 28. Talk. Listen. Repeat.
- 29. Be Able to Introduce Yourself
- 30. Network with Your Neighbors
- 31. Set Up Informational Interviews
- 32. Make the Most of Informational Interviews
- 33. Become an Active Alum.Even Before You Graduate
- 34. Associate
- 35. Connect with Diversity
- 36. Work Some New Rooms
- 37. Make Every Networking Event a Success
- 38. Nix These Networking Event No-Nos
- 39. Be the First to Follow Up
- 40. Keep in Touch
- 5 Gain Real World Experience
- 41. Be a Leader
- 42. Be a Joiner
- 43. Intern.Early and Often
- 44. Practice the Eight Essentials of Internship Achievement
- 45. Temp
- 46. Volunteer
- 47. Skip South Beach
- 48. Be Superstrategic About Part-Time Work
- 49. Put Out Your Own Shingle
- 50. GOTV
- 51. Go Global
- 52. Fail
- 6 Give Yourself an Edge
- 53. Minor in Something Majorly Helpful
- 54. Keep Learning
- 55. Become BRIC Savvy
- 56. Be a Winner
- 57. Take a Physical Challenge
- 58. Present
- 59. Perform Five Minutes of Stand-Up
- 60. Have a Hobby
- 61. Blog
- 62. Open Your Mouth and Say, "Om"
- 7 Market Yourself on Paper and Online
- 63. Make Over Your Résumé
- 64. Put Your Résumé Through the Wringer
- 65. Craft Impressive Cover Letters
- 66. Create a Brag Book
- 67. Become Professional Friends with Facebook
- 8 Find Opportunities
- 68. Follow Every Rainbow
- 69. Take Candy from Strangers
- 70. Start Small
- 71. Look Up the Best
- 72. Consider You.gov
- 73. Work to Change the World
- 74. Tackle a Project
- 75. Look Online
- 76. Think "And," Not "Or"
- 9 Overprepare for Interviews
- 77. Conduct Company Research
- 78. Know Your Value
- 79. Figure In Work-Life Fit
- 80. Buy a Dark Suit
- 81. Take Your Elbows Off the Table
- 82. Mock Interview
- 83. Never, Ever, Ever Arrive Late to a Job Interview
- 84. Be Nice to Receptionists
- 85. Go with the Flow
- 86. Be Available
- 87. Persist (Without Being a Pest)
- 10 Before You Head Off into the Real World.
- 88. Ask for Help When You Need It
- 89. Become a Lifelong Expert on Finding Your Own Bliss
- 90. Don't Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Resources
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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