Graduate to a great job : make your college degree pay off in today's market /
David DeLong.
- First Edition.
- 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index.
Why Is Finding a Good Job After College So Tough? -- The "Follow Your Passion" Hoax -- Three Ways to Focus Your Job Search -- How Two Grads Found Their First Jobs -- How Will You Stack Up Against the Competition? -- Why Internships Have Changed the Game -- Get a Good Internship Faster--Before or After Graduation -- Four Ways to Make Your Internships Pay Off -- Beyond Internships: Great Alternatives for Building Your Resume -- Networking: How It Really Helps You Land a Job -- Where to Make Career-building Connections -- Beyond Facebook: How to Build Relationships That Get Your Employed -- Make Applicant Tracking & LinkedIn Work For--Not Against--You -- Using Social Media Tactics to Get a Job -- How to Write a Resume That Rocks -- How to Nail Your Job Interview -- What Your Career Counselor Won't Tell You -- Why It Pays to Let Parents Help -- Lessons Learned: "What I Wish I Had Known" -- "How I Got My Job!".
"Only about 50% of today's college graduates are working in jobs that require a college degree. Yet students continue to pile up huge debts to get their education. How do you make sure your college investment pays off? Will you end up in that group of graduates who feel good about how their career is starting out? Succeeding in today's job market means knowing what works and what doesn't. Graduate to a Great Job is based on more than 30 real-life case studies of recent college graduates who have successfully overcome obstacles to land excellent jobs."--Back cover.
0988868601 9780988868601 (pbk.) :
2013905993
Job hunting. Vocational guidance. College students--Employment.