Launch Your Career in College Strategies for Students, Educators, and Parents

Subjects:

• Education » Higher Education
• Education » Guidance & Counseling
• Education » Higher Education
• Education » Adult/Continuing Education

Reviews:

• [O]ffers students practical advice and strategies to develop while in college, such as mentor-protégé relationships, which can yield opportunities for college and later career success. Scheele discusses the value of projects, campus clubs, internships, and volunteer activities to future job success....Recommended. Undergraduate students at all levels.
  —Choice July 2006
• Before you think of packing a toothbrush, talk to students who have preceded you and ask what they wish they had done differently.
  —Newsday June 3, 2007
• Launch Your Career in College would be great required reading for first-year students. Each chapter, serving as an umbrella for targeted subsections, teaches students how to approach their college years proactively and strategically. Laying the groundwork to ensure that students commence on a successful career journey. Scheele places the responsibility for success clearly where it belongs -- with the student....While students will benefit greatly from reading Launch Your Career in College, counselors, professors, and advisors also stand to gain. Because the scope of the book's material is broad, Scheele's topics and anecdotes can be observed and applied from a variety of perspectives....[a] worthwhile book because it encourages readers -- students and academics alike -- to capitalize on the cumulative return on investment that emerges from the college experience.
  —Campus Career Counselor June 2006
• Career development can and should take place during college years, and this well-written book describes how to best use college to prepare for career life....The high point may be the very helpful rundown of career planning activities to do in each of the four college years.
  —Career Opportunities News September 2006

• Endorsement From Dick Bolles,
  author, What Color is Your Parachute?: This is a true story. I found a manuscript on my desk, with no one's name on it, so I started to read it--in the middle. I found so many really neat ideas in it, that I started to jot some down, for my personal files. This book has got some of the wisest counsel for college liberal arts students, about what to do with their training and degree, that I have ever read. Only belatedly did I discover the manuscript was a new book by an old friend of mine, Adele Scheele--one of the smartest, most caring career counselors I have ever met.
• Endorsement From Jolene Koester,
  President
  California State University, Northridge: Adele Scheele's book is an excellent and easy-to-read resource for college students (and their parents) on how to get the most out of their college experience. As a veteran university career center director, Scheele provides straightforward and practical advice on how students can take charge of their education, make the right connections on campus with professors and peers, and then turn that learning into the right career path. Her book is a useful guide to the college experience.
• Endorsement From James E. Stofan,
  Executive Director
  Alumni Affairs & Protocol
  University of California: Dr. Scheele's book not only demonstrates how students can maximize their educational experience but it also shows how these same strategies will lead them to success in their careers....A must read for college students.
• Endorsement From Randy M. Miller,
  Founder & CEO
  ReadyMinds
  co-author Distance Counseling: Expanding the Reach and Impact of Career Counseling: Scheele's refreshing approach in this book is inspiring and relevant for today's student....A must read for the competitive student.
• Endorsement From Alan Glazer, Ph.D.,
  Stager Professor of Business
  Chair, Department of Business, Organizations, and Society
  Franklin & Marshall College: [This book] belongs on every college student's bookshelf. It's full of practical advice about transitioning from high school to college, getting the most out of one's college experience, and launching a first career.
• Endorsement From Millie Loeb,
  Director of Foundation Relations
  Stanford Medical Center: I'd recommend this book for everyone, my own daughter included, who wants to get the most from their college experience.

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword by Alexander Astin, Ph.D.
• Preface
• Transforming the College Experience
• Building Relationships from Friends to Mentors
• Making Your Papers and Projects Work for You
• Developing Your Best Self: Using Campus Clubs
• Finding a Career--No Matter Your Major
• Gaining Internships, Working, Service Learning, and Volunteering
• Discovering Your Purpose
• Finding Your First Job
• Your Year-By-Year Success Plan In College
• Making the Transition