Launch Your Career in College

Adele Scheele, a widely published career strategist, has created a roadmap designed to inspire students to use their time wisely, to help their parents become better coaches to their children, and to empower college faculty and administrators to become more active mentors.

Foreword

xi

Alexander W. Astin

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Transforming the College Experience

1

(16)

Making the Most of Your Great Expectations

1

(5)

Becoming an Adult: Transitioning from High School to College

6

(1)

Skills, Goals, Love (!), and This Book

6

(1)

Can Getting A's Be Bad for You?

7

(3)

Practice Experimenting: Exercise Your Imagination

10

(1)

Try, Try Again? Are You Serious?

11

(1)

Becoming an Achiever by Building a Network

12

(5)

Building Relationships from Friends to Mentors

17

(20)

Being a Protege

18

(2)

Significant Others

20

(5)

What You Can Do

25

(2)

Returning Students

27

(1)

The Original Network: When You and Your Family Disagree

28

(2)

Distance Learning: The Virtual Mentorship

30

(2)

Frequently Asked Questions

32

(1)

Keys to a Successful Transition

33

(4)

Making Your Papers and Projects Work for You

37

(18)

Rites of Passage

37

(1)

Developing a Double Agenda

38

(3)

Go Forward with Projects

41

(4)

The ABD Dilemma

45

(2)

Papers That Launched People

47

(1)

The Advantage of Being a Student: People Are Open to You

48

(1)

Choosing Electives for Success

49

(1)

Exams, Anxiety, and Self-Presentation

49

(4)

Conclusion: Strategies for Creating a Double Agenda

53

(2)

Developing Your Best Self: Using Campus Clubs

55

(18)

Start with Yourself

55

(8)

Direction Finders: What Am I Going to Do with My Life?

63

(4)

The Making of Women Leaders

67

(3)

Learning Essential Leadership Skills Not Taught in Class

70

(1)

Px for Developing Your Best Self

71

(2)

Finding a Career --- No Matter Your Major

73

(16)

Major Choices

73

(3)

The Liberal Arts Major as a Jumping-Off Place

76

(6)

Graduate School

82

(1)

Do's and Don'ts for Using College to Find Your Life's Direction

83

(1)

Frequently Asked Questions

84

(5)

Gaining Internships, Working, Service Learning, and Volunteering

89

(18)

The Value of Getting Involved

89

(1)

Internships: Test-Drive Your Career

90

(10)

Working Your Way Through

100

(3)

Service Learning

103

(1)

Volunteering

104

(1)

Strategies for Connecting with the Real World

105

(2)

Discovering Your Purpose

107

(18)

How to Know What You Want to Do

107

(3)

Myths That Lead to Unrealistic Expectations

110

(5)

Using the Career Center

115

(3)

Get to Know Thyself

118

(7)

Finding Your First Job

125

(34)

The Search Process

125

(2)

Resume Smarts

127

(6)

First Contact

133

(4)

Job Fairs

137

(2)

Interviewing

139

(12)

Negotiating

151

(2)

How to Find the Right Job

153

(6)

Success Plan for Your College Years

159

(12)

As You Enter: Px for Attitude

160

(1)

Year-by-Year Plan

160

(4)

Getting the Most from Your College Environment

164

(7)

Making the Transition

171

(14)

Career Trends

171

(6)

How to Make a Successful Transition

177

(3)

The New Meaning of Success

180

(2)

Final Note: The Next Mystery in Your Life Is How to Be Fulfilled in Your Work

182

(3)

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