How do you get a job without experience and get experience without a job? It’s the question virtually every college student or recent graduate faces. In Getting from College to Career, Lindsey Pollak offers the first definitive guide to building the experience, skills, and confidence you need before starting your first major job search. This book is packed with career advice for students and focuses on how to get a job after college. Her 90 action-oriented tips include strategies ranging from the simple to the expert, including:

• Avoid the biggest mistake in career prep and job hunting
• Subscribe to a daily newspaper
• E-mail like a professional
• Make every event a networking success
• Practice the eight essentials of internship achievement
• Perform five minutes of stand-up
• Overprepare for interviews
• Persist (politely)

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in search of a fabulous career must be in want of networking opportunities. Or so Jane Austen would say if she were writing–or, more likely, blogging–today. So begins The Savvy Gal’s Guide to Online Networking (Or What Would Jane Austen Do?), the must-read guide to networking in the 21st Century. Authors and networking experts Diane K. Danielson and Lindsey Pollak share the nuts, bolts and savvy secrets that businesswomen need in order to use technology to build professional relationships. Gen Y students currently making the transition from college to career will find this up-to-the-minute advice particularly indispensable. With career tips gathered from CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs, techies, and, of course, Ms. Jane Austen, The Savvy Gal’s Guide to Online Networking will teach you, guide you, inspire you and hopefully make you laugh on occasion. After all, if networking isn’t fun, then your “net” isn’t working.