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So You’ve Graduated College...What’s
Next for You? Eight Critical Issues Facing New Grads.
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First-Job Survival Guide: How To Thrive And Advance in Your
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Leaving Campus and Going to Work, by T. Jason Smith (Aspen Mountain Publishing).
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The Go-Girl Guide: Surviving Your 20s with Savvy, Soul, and Style, by Julia Bourland (McGraw-Hill).
Graduate! Everything You Need to Succeed After College, by Kristen Gustafson (Capital Books).
How to Succeed in Your First Job: Tips for College Graduates, by Ed Horton and Sharon S. Naquin (Berrett-Koehler Publishers).
Life After College: What to Expect and How to Succeed in Your Career, by Andy Masters (Hawthorn Publishing).
My Reality Check Bounced! The Twentysomething's Guide to Cashing In on Your Real-World
Dreams, by Jason Ryan Dorsey (Broadway Books).
Seasons of Learning: Talks to Graduates on Life After College, by V. A. Howard (Praeger Publishing).
20 Something Manifesto: Quarter-Lifers Speak Out About Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Get It,
by Christine Hassler (New World).
