Posts Tagged: Getting from College to Career
Win a Signed Copy of “Getting from College to Career”
Posted in Recommended Resources on May 24, 2010 at 9:00 am
This week, OnlineMBA.com is sponsoring a giveaway of some of their favorite recommended books, including mine!
Check out their full list of book giveaways which includes signed books by Seth Godin, Dan Pink and several other leading business and career authors (I’m honored to be included in their company).
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to enter the contest. To win one of the books, you’ll need to describe the most important thing you learned in school or work about business.
Good luck!
“Getting from College to Career” is now available on the iPad!
Posted in Recommended Resources on April 5, 2010 at 7:25 am
Looking for a gift for your favorite college graduate this spring? Please consider my book, Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World.
It’s available on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, the Kindle and — I’m excited to report — the iPad!!
Can you get a job by advertising yourself on Facebook?
Posted in Career Advice First Job Out of College Generation Y Job Hunting Social Media on September 4, 2008 at 8:16 pm
How 5 recent college grads used Facebook to entice employers…
Willy Franzen over at One Day, One Job blogged today about a unique experiment he coordinated with some entry-level job candidates:
Instead of helping employers target students with recruitment messages, why not help students/new grads target employers with Facebook ads? Basically, we want you to create an ad for yourself. The goal is to sell yourself in a few short sentences and convince any recruiters who may see your ads to click through to your resume/web page/contact information.
Read Willy’s post to see how five job candidates fared with their Facebook ads. He also provides a step-by-step guide to how you can apply this strategy if you’re interested in trying it.
All of this reminds me of the former investment banker who drew headlines this summer. Frustrated with his job search, he decided to stand on Park Avenue handing out resumes and wearing a sandwich board that said, “Experienced M.I.T. Grad for Hire.” The Facebook experiment seems to be the online version of the sandwich board job search strategy. (more…)
One Day, One Job
Posted in First Job Out of College Generation Y Internships Job Hunting Recommended Resources Reviews of "Getting from College to Career" on July 8, 2008 at 3:09 pm
A big thank you to Willy Franzen and the team at One Day, One Job for the awesome review of my book, Getting from College to Career.
What is One Day, One Job, you ask? It’s a must read for any entry-level job seeker in today’s uber-competitive, weakening economy, everything-is-slower-in-the-summer job market. Recent Cornell grad Willy Franzen started One Day, One Job (and its sister site, One Day, One Internship) to do exactly what its name suggests: feature one hiring company a day.
One Day, One Job’s mission is to revolutionize job hunting by doing much of the leg work for you, finding companies — usually ones that are off the beaten (Fortune 500) path — that are hiring entry-level candidates. Willy and his team also provide an article about each company, so you know as much as possible about what the company does and what they’re looking for. All you have to do is apply.
Beyond the great daily jobs, I love the site’s articles, where the One Day, One Job team shares its strategies for finding the jobs they list — from Google searches to magazine “best of” lists to cold calling and more. The job search process is in constant flux, and One Day, One Job is on top of all the trends.
Podcast: How to get your first job out of college
Posted in Career Advice First Job Out of College Generation Y Job Hunting on June 20, 2008 at 10:43 am
They say you can’t get a job without experience – but how do you get experience without having a job? Listen to my podcast interview with the American Management Association (AMA) to find out!
Listen to Lindsey on the AMA’s “Getting from College to Career” podcast
On MSN Careers: 12 things to ponder before taking your first job
Posted in Career Advice First Job Out of College Generation Y Job Hunting on June 16, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Thanks to Rachel Zupek for including my comments in her article on MSN Careers today, “12 Things to Ponder before Taking Your First Job.” The article also features tips from career experts who have been featured on this blog–Kristen Fischer and Shawn Graham.
Here is an excerpt from MSN Careers:
Finding your first job is easy. You send in your résumé for a position to which no one else is applying. You get a call back right away, have a successful interview (during which you are promptly offered the job) and of course you’re offered the salary to last a lifetime. Nothin’ to it.
Dream on…
Read the rest of “12 Things to Ponder Before Taking Your First Job.”
