Check It Off!: Pave Your Way through College to Career

by Vera Teller

Overview

Check It Off! Pave Your Way through College to Career is an excellent resource for high-school students entering college and a great read for parents too! Vera Teller, a college lecturer of first-year seminars, shows readers what they need to do in college to prepare themselves to seek employment and obtain a career once graduated. Check It Off! provides a checklist of activities for each year of college to prepare the student for a career and to help him or her answer the three most important questions:

1. What do I like to do?
2. What do I want to do?
3. What does the world need?

This book is a quick, easy read that uniquely focuses on the activities students should pursue during college rather than after college. Check It Off! provides a proactive approach to career planning that steers the student to explore activities in preparation of a career and career direction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475829549
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/08/2016
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Vera Teller, PhD, is a lecturer of first-year seminars and business communication courses in the College of Business Administration and Public Policy California State University Dominguez Hills. Her professional career spans over 25 years’ experience in business, management, and information systems as director of Systems and Programming for Safeway (Vons) and Trader Joe's, consultant for EDS, and program manager for WellPoint.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Plan Before You Begin
II. First Year in College
III. Second Year in College
IV. Third Year in College
VI. Fourth Year in College
VI. Wrap It Up
Appendix A: General Websites
Appendix B: Associations to Join by Major
Appendix C: The Aspirational Resume
Appendix D: Résumé, Cover Letter, and Stellar References Example
Appendix E: Interview Preparation
Bibliography
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Check It Off! Pave Your Way through College to Career is a helpful tool for first year college students. It provides guidelines to help, support, and drive career exploration.

Brenda Mendez

Beginning college is an exciting and frightening time for students. Dr. Teller’s book provides you as a student with tools, resources and answers that help minimize the fright and maximize the excitement. Each chapter gives you answers to common questions, advice for resolving problems, and “smart ideas” for your success. College is not just about academic courses, term projects, and group work. College is a process in which you transform a personal dream into reality. Dr. Teller’s book is your guide for this transformation through her “check it off” tool. Using this tool, you’ll have a plan for each college year based on essential knowledge and skills, academic advising, career exploration, and networking strategies. This book will make college an adventure you will remember and prepare you for your professional career.

Kaye Bragg

Unlike many books on the market, which advise college students on how to get a job after college, this book actually discusses the career process while the students are still in college. Students now can have an early start by focusing on those activities they need to pursue during college to successfully secure a good job upon graduation. For college students, reading this book is time very well spent.

G. Keong Leong

Check It Off! Pave Your Way through College to Career not only provides a checklist of what to complete during each year of college but also explains the rationale of why these steps are important. This book will help guide your student with intentionality and a better understanding of college even before arriving on campus.

Elaine Tamargo

I wish I’d had a book like this when I was in college. High school students are coached on how to shape their resumes and get into college, but once there few people coach undergraduates in the next step, how to shape their experiences to find the career and get the job they want. Teller has written a guide and check list that is beautifully organized, clearly written, easily accessible, and real-world tested. She knows how to navigate the business world and shows others how to navigate effectively too. This book should be on every undergraduate’s reading list.

Maria Simpson