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There Is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow Audiobook
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From the bestselling author of College Unbound comes a hopeful, inspiring blueprint to help alleviate parents’ anxiety and prepare their college-educated child to successfully land a good job after graduation.
Saddled with thousands of dollars of debt, today’s college students are graduating into an uncertain job market that is leaving them financially dependent on their parents for years to come—a reality that has left moms and dads wondering: What did I pay all that money for?
There Is Life After College offers students, parents, and even recent graduates the practical advice and insight they need to jumpstart their careers. Education expert Jeffrey Selingo answers key questions—Why is the transition to post-college life so difficult for many recent graduates? How can graduates market themselves to employers that are reluctant to provide on-the-job training? What can institutions and individuals do to end the current educational and economic stalemate?—and offers a practical step-by-step plan every young professional can follow. From the end of high school through college graduation, he lays out exactly what students need to do to acquire the skills companies want.
Full of tips, advice, and insight, this wise, practical guide will help every student, no matter their major or degree, find real employment—and give their parents some peace of mind.
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“Selingo provides valuable information about what kids really need to know to not just be employable, but to be in a position to know what they want, know how to get there, and succeed once they’ve arrived. I will be planting this book in my teenager’s bookshelf.”
— Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure
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“Selingo’s book belongs on the desk of every career counselor, on the shelf of every parent, and in the hands of every young person planning his or her future.”
— Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author -
“An eye-opening exploration of what the future holds for college grads.”
— Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author -
“Terrific…Covers a wide range of pressing issues in higher education from the perspective and for the benefit of students.”
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“Features many valuable stories from his interviews with students who figure out how to thrive in various career trajectories.”
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“Levelheaded advice for students and parents on the best path to take from high school to employment.”
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“Narrator Patrick Lawlor’s deep but soft voice delivers the prose effectively, sounding like a benevolent guidance counselor dispensing wisdom to the listener. The combination of Selingo and Lawlor works well.”
— AudioFile
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About Jeffrey J. Selingo
Jeffrey J. Selingo has written about higher education for two decades. He is a regular contributor to the Washington Post and is the author of three books. He is the former editor of the Chronicle of Higher Education. His writing has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Slate, and he has appeared on ABC, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He is a special adviser and professor of practice at Arizona State University and a visiting scholar at the Center for 21st Century Universities at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
About Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor, an award-winning narrator, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. He has worked extensively off Broadway and has been an actor and stuntman in both film and television. He has been an Audie Award finalist multiple times and has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and many starred audio reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews.