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The Collegian’s Bookshelf
AuthorHouse, October 2007
Students understand that their cumulative average is built semester by
semester. And yet, most students and parents don’t recognize that the
same thing is true of the job search plan. The accomplishments,
successes, achievements and positive results that you will include on
your resume will be accumulated as you move through your four-year
college experience. Students who wait until their senior year to think
about their resume and job search strategy are unlikely to land a great
job. Smart students plan for success. They actively strive to put
themselves in the best possible position to land a great job. Those who
don’t will fall by the wayside. This book can help you achieve
significantly and increase your chances for landing a great job with a
well known and respected employer. The College Student’s Guide to
Landing a Great Job gives guidance on how to create a detailed,
step-by-step plan of action; build a list of significant
accomplishments; demonstrate the most desirable, work related skills;
and prepare for and conduct a comprehensive job search.
 Life
101: Real-World Advice for Graduating College Seniors (Paperback)
Peter C Wallace
iUniverse Star, November 6, 2007
All too many students graduate from college without the practical tools
and know-how they need to succeed as adults. To ease new grads’
transition from learning to doing, from college life to professional
life, this essential guide delivers all the motivation and real-world
advice required. With his signature enthusiasm, wit, and
level-headedness, Wallace shares proven keys to professional and
personal success. Under Wallace’s trusted guidance, you’ll be equipped
to handle the inevitable uncertainties of life with confidence and
grace. Readers will also learn to make solid, well-thought-out decisions
and choices that will bring many achievements and great happiness.
 Grad
to Great
Anne Brown, Beth Zefo
Dalidaze Press, November 2, 2007
Written by sisters and first-time authors Anne Brown, and Beth Zefo,
Grad to Great is a post college handbook written specifically for
today’s graduates who demand more personalized attention in the
workplace, and who may have a more difficult time adjusting to an
environment in which their parents have no influence. It is no secret
that Generation Y – also referred to as the Millennials – is considered
the most coddled of the four generations working side-by-side in the
workplace today. The authors take a “tell-it-like-it-is” approach to
this and other issues that make surviving and thriving in the real world
a challenge for most recent graduates. Readers benefit from real
on-the-job scenarios, interviews with executives, and insightful tactics
that can be put into practice immediately.
 Driving
the Career Highway: 20 Road Signs You Can't Afford to Miss (Hardcover)
Janice Reals Ellig, William J. Morin
Nelson Business, May 1, 2007
As
leaders of prestigious executive search firms and organizational
consulting firms, Janice Reals Ellig and William J. Morin have decades
of experience working with people who failed to see the signs of trouble
in their careers-or to read them right. These two experts have distilled
the 20 most compelling problems and situations that can cause a person
to detour, stall, get lost, or crash and burn on their career highway.
 CLICK:
Ten Truths for Building Extraordinary Relationships
George C. Fraser
McGraw-Hill; January 2008
In
CLICK: Ten Truths for Building Extraordinary Relationships,
George C. Fraser, one of the foremost authorities on relationship
building, details 10 simple and proven principles that will allow people
to tap into the richest resource on the planet – other people – no
matter how hard it’s been in the past to do so. Readers will be able to
apply these skills to all areas of their lives – to create an
extraordinary marriage, lifelong friendships, or powerful and enriching
business relationships. So what is “click”? Fraser insists that
networking is just the beginning, connecting takes
relationships to the next level, and clicking is when at least
two people add a special value to each other and create synergy. It is
the ultimate goal of the networking process – to create a win-win.
 Black
Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting
Terrie M. Williams
Simon & Schuster, January 8, 2008
Black Pain
identifies emotional pain – which uniquely and profoundly affects the
Black experience – as the root of lashing out through desperate acts of
crime, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, workaholism,
and addiction to shopping, gambling, and sex. Few realize these
destructive acts are symptoms of our inner sorrow. In Black Pain,
Williams has inspired the famous and the ordinary to speak out and
mental health professionals to offer solutions. The book is a mirror
turned on you. Do you see yourself and your loved ones here? Do the
descriptions of how the pain looks, feels, and sounds seem far too
familiar? Now you can do something about it. Stop suffering. Black
Pain offers a clear explanation of our troubles and a guide to
finding relief through faith, therapy, diet, and exercise, as well as
through building a supportive network (and eliminating toxic people).
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The
College Student's Guide to Landing a Great Job