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Learn how to use your time as a student to supercharge your career
To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear delivers a step-by-step guide to using your educational years to put you in the right position to accelerate your career, optimize your time, and build valuable and rewarding relationships. You’ll learn everything you need to know about taking advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the first ten years of your career.
Broken down into 21 accessible chapters, To University and Beyond features a wide array of practical and strategic advice on topics like:
Perfect for high school, college, and university students who want to make the most of their time and start their career off on the right foot, To University and Beyond provides a wealth of actionable advice you can put to work today.
Mandee Heller Adler is the Founder and Managing Partner of International College Counselors, LLC, and its subsidiarity Edit the Work. International College Counselors (ICC) is one of the world's largest college counseling business, working with clients from over 30 countries and across 20 U.S. states. Mandee is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated with Honors and two degrees - one from the Wharton School and one from the College of Arts and Sciences. She also received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
David Teten is CEO of Versatile VC, a New York venture capital firm. He was previously a Managing Partner with HOF Capital; a Partner with ff Venture Capital; and Founder of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York, the largest angel group on the East Coast. He was previously Founder and CEO of Circle of Experts, an investment research firm acquired by Evalueserve. He was an M&A investment banker at Bear Stearns and a strategy consultant with mars & co in Brazil, Chile and the US. David holds a Harvard MBA and a Yale BA, both with honors.
Preface xiii
1 Why We Wrote This Book 1
2 College Is Not for Everyone: Get Paid to Learn 5
3 Before Your First Class 9
4 Who Do You Know? Who Knows You? 15
5 How to Get the Most Out of Virtual Classes and Events 37
6 If You’re Not at the Table, You’re Missing Out: Plan Your Career 43
7 Top 10 Myths Students Believe 51
8 Write a Resume That Sells 57
9 Prepare a Personal Marketing Plan 65
10 Start Your New Job and Don’t Get Fired 67
11 Write a Memo People Actually Read 71
12 Present So People Will Hear 73
13 Easy Career Kickstarts That Most People Don’t Do 79
14 What You Will Know by Your 20th Reunion 83
15 Internships and Other Work Experience, Locally and Globally 85
16 Get Paid to Study: Ridiculously Generous Scholarships 89
17 Politics and International Relations 97
18 Women, Racial Minorities, and Other Historically Underrepresented Communities 111
19 Religious Groups 117
20 Mini-Universities: Conferences and Communities for Further Learning 121
21 What Happens Next? 127
Acknowledgments 129
Endnotes 131
Index 133
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