My good friend and fellow career expert and spokeswoman, Alexandra Levit, has released a revised edition to her book, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College, which is a mandatory book for any college student who has fears of graduating and stepping into a real “business” world environment. Most students that enter the workforce are unprepared and always complain, saying “I wish I knew this back in college.” This book, along with my new book, Me 2.0, both have the tools and advice college students need in order to obtain their dream job upon graduation and survive in the workplace. Today we’re giving away free copies of Alexandra’s new book!
Book description
They Don’t Teach Corporate in College has resonated with tens of thousands of readers and is currently used as a text in corporations and universities across the country. The new and updated edition reflects the unique needs and challenges of current twenty-somethings, who are ambitious and empowered and want to get ahead yesterday, but lack the know-how and finesse to make it happen. It incorporates fresh tips for effectively managing your online presence, practicing the art of “intrapreneurship,” and planning your next move inside or outside Corporate America.
Book givaway rules
Alexandra and her publisher are giving away 3 copies of the book to the Personal Branding Blog readers who come up with the best comments for what they wish they’d known when they graduated from college.
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I Wish College taught me how to behave during a web media negociaciation. I wish College taught me how to deal with unloyal co-workers. I wish College had prepared me for a world where relationship is most of times more importante than good work. Well, it seem’s we can’t have it all, can we ?
I didn’t got to college, but what I didn’t learn until I started reading quality books like this, and what I understand you don’t get taught at college is…
… the reality of business and people compared to the fantasy expectations
I have made so many mistakes through over-expecting from people, imagining business “just works”, thinking every idea I have is a winner, not being able to manage myself when the pressure comes.
I have continually had to readjust my expectations of others and of myself to reality, and I have met many, many people who feel the same. If I couldn’t learnt this earlier, I wonder how many unnecessary disappointments I could have avoided.
Scott
What you should know when you graduate from college (that you probably don’t):
You need project management skills so you can effectively lead groups/cross-functional teams – and the planning process is the most important!
Sales skills are critical – you are ALWAYS selling yourself and your ideas, no matter what industry or profession you are involved in.
You will make mistakes. What will set you apart is how you deal with them.
I hope (I’m still in college!) that I won’t learn more by reading this book – which I’ll probably borrow for free from the public library – than by attending my $50k+/year university.
I wish I know the importance of diversifying my skills and abilities instead of focusing on one specific career. I wish I knew the importance of being able to sell your skills as much as I knew about building your skills. I wish I knew that Facebook and MySpace would come back to bite me in the behind unless I used them with professional ideas in mind. I wish I knew how to bounce back when the industry I planned on entering after college fell apart. I wish I knew how to sell myself regardless of the position. I wish they taught me how to be prepared to find a job and make the transition into the “real world” instead of just teaching me skills and sending me on my way.
Leadership skills are hard to learn in a classroom setting where the professor is the talkative boss and the students are there to listen and follow orders. Conversely, leadership skills is important for those who want to move up from entry-level positions.
I wish I knew that meetings would remain mostly unproductive when I entered the workforce.
I wish I’d known that teaching your boss new things about business and having him fawn over you for a year still doesn’t guarantee you’ll keep your job when 33% of the company gets laid off.
I’m glad I *did* know that the only thing that mattered in my job was what I’d learned in my [extensive] previous work experience, not anything I learned in a classroom!
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I wish I would’ve learned how to create exciting and engaging visual presentations and also how to present better. I’m am however, not killing anyone with PowerPoint presentations anymore.