Getting from College to Career Third Edition: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World

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Lindsey Pollak

Getting from College to Career Third Edition

Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World

Lindsey Pollak

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Harper Business
14 February 2025

Careers guidance; Office & workplace; Advice on careers & achieving success

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!

By: Lindsey Pollak
Imprint: Harper Business
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780063349384
ISBN 10: 0063349388
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 14 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lindsey Pollak is a keynote speaker, corporate consultant, and internationally recognized expert on Generation Y career and workplace issues. She is an official Ambassador for LinkedIn and the author of Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World. She also serves as the spokesperson for The Hartford’s “My Tomorrow” campaign, a national educational effort targeted to Millennials and chair of Cosmopolitan magazine’s Millennial Advisory Board. Forbes selected her career advice blog as one of the Top 75 Websites for Your Career. A graduate of Yale University, she lives in New York City.

Reviews for Getting from College to Career Third Edition: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World

“Perfect for today’s students, who inevitably want what they want (and only that!) when they want it.” — Campus Career Advisor “A well-written, lively and easy to follow guide.” — Time.com “Pollak’s thorough research reveals some startling facts that the modern job-searcher may be overlooking.” — Metro New York “I find Lindsey’s advice on how to stand apart from the competition to be extremely valuable - especially as it relates to entrepreneurs…Getting From College to Career is a great read and a book I thoroughly enjoyed!” — Cari Sommer, Forbes.com