Helping college grads get a job - FREE e-book

About 6 weeks ago, I asked my readers to take pity on all the college students who were about to start their first real job hunt.  I suggested that the greatest graduation gift we could collectively offer was tough lessons learned, insights and practical tips.  "Let's give them a fighting chance," I said.

Boy, did they bring it on!

50 pages of sage advice. All  for grads. All for free.  Get it while the getting's good!  You have two download options.  With and without photos.  (In neither case is this going to win any design awards.  Let's remember that I am a writer.)

3+ mg e-book with photos  Download collegegradsadvice.pdf

Tiny little 300K text only e-book Download collegegradsnophoto.pdf

Please take a minute to say thanks to the many professionals who took the time to offer a word of encouragement, a war story or an idea.  Without them, this would have been a very short book!

As always, I'm honored by their generosity. 

I apologize in advance if there are any errors. Also, if someone posted their answer on their own blog -- I tried to catch them all, but if I missed you, I'm very sorry.  And without further ado -- the wisdom collective:

Aaron Potts
Andy Brudtkuhl
Andy Nulman
Andy Wibbels
Ann Handley
Ann Michael
Anne Simons
Becky Carroll
Bob Glaza
C.B. Whittemore
Carolyn Manning
Chris Cree
Christine Brown
CK
Darren Barefoot
David Reich
Delaney Kirk
Derek Tutschulte
Designer Mike
Doug Karr
Doug Mitchell
Drew McLellan
Joan Schramm
Kevin Hillstrom
Lewis Green
Liz Strauss
Mario Sundar
Mark Goren
Mark True
Mary Schmidt
Nick Rice
Patrick Schaber
Paul McEnany
Phil Gerbyshak
Roberta Rosenberg
Roger von Oech
Rosa Say
Seth Godin
Sharon Sarmiento
Stephanie Weaver
Steve Miller
Steve Sisler
Terry Starbucker
Toby Bloomberg
Tony D. Clark
Valeria Maltoni

Comments

[Bob Glaza]

What a great example of service and "passing it on", Drew. You are terrific! If but one grad finds one gem from these contributors your e-book is a success! Heck, who am I kidding? - we all learn something from this e-book. Happy Friday!

[David Reich]

Wow, there's some good reading here. I see many names I know and lots that I don't, but good advice throughout.

This should be in every high school and college career guidance office.

Thanks for putting this together, Drew. I'm honored to be a part of it.

[C. B. Whittemore]

Drew, thanks for putting your heart and soul into this amazing e-book. I'm looking forward to reading it myself, discovering new sources of inspiration, and sharing it with many [starting with my niece and nephew]! I'm so proud to be a part of this.

[Patrick Schaber]

Drew,
That's a very high-quality output! Very nice work and thank you for including me. That should provide very useful info to college grads. I'll get a post up this weekend about it.

-Pat

[Mark Goren]

Drew: What a great initiative – thanks so much for putting out the idea and getting it done. I've posted this link at my Facebook page and will write about your efforts this weekend.

[Carolyn Manning]

The generosity, Drew, lies squarely with you; it was your idea and you did all the work. And I was thinking that, between this project and Age of Conversation, you must have gotten some marvelous and well-deserved karma.
Making it available with and without pics was a good move, too.

Thanks.

[Lewis Green]

Drew,

Thank you for all your hard work and commitment. I am honored to be included.

[Tony D. Clark]

What a terrific collection of insights. I appreciate being a part of it.

[Toby]

Drew - Thanks for inviting me to be a part of this great project. The advice is not only applicable to graduating marketing students but for people who are still traveling their career "paths." Have passed it along to my college prof friends.

[Cam Beck]

Great job, Drew. And here I thought you were joking when you said Seth was stealing your idea. ;)

[C. B. Whittemore]

Drew - I just noticed a typo in my name.... Whittemore [vs. Whitmore]. Any way to fix that? Thanks.

[Designer Mike / Mike Pearce]

Thanks for including me, just a little embarrassed I didn't use proper English. I had no clue it would be published for all of the free world to see.

[Ryan Karpeles]

Many, many, many thanks to everyone involved. You guys/gals rock :)

[Delaney Kirk]

Thanks for including me with such a great list of successful people!

[Valeria Maltoni]

Drew:

This is perfect. I will share it with the students I coach on job finding. Thank you so much for putting it together in a format we can use and share.

[Terry Starbucker]

Thanks Drew for including me in such great company - I wish I had sich a book when I got out of college! Well done, and all the best.

[Becky Carroll]

Thank you so much, Drew, for compiling all of these wonderful entries! This will be a very valuable resource for marketing grads but also for grads in any field. I will be sending it off to my niece who just graduated from UNC.

I am honored to be included in this e-book.

How did you find a picture of a woman that looked so much like me for my page?? :-)

Congratulations, Drew!

[CK]

Wonderfully inspired and exceptionally executed. Thanks for all you've done and continue to do. I've still no idea how you run an agency(I guess you don't sleep?) but I guess sleep is the cost of passion. I'm so proud to know you.

Go Grads!

[Drew McLellan]

Bob -- you know, you are very right. I learned and was reminded of so many important lessons. The authors of this really offerd up some very sage advice.

David -- hey, there's an idea. I wonder if there is a network of guidance counselor blogs? Anyone know?

Drew

[Drew McLellan]

CB -- thanks for your kind words. And I apologize for the spelling error. I have fixed it and uploaded a revised book. So you might want to download the one that has spelled your name right.

I'm sorry about the underscoring (you'll see what I mean) but I couldn't figure out how to fix that part. I decided spelling your name right mattered more.

Drew

[Drew McLellan]

Lewis & Tony,

What I love about both of your entries is that they look at the question from a very different POV. That's the power of this collaboration thing. If I had written it by myself, it would have been a much less valuable tool.

Thanks for helping make it happen!

Drew

[Drew McLellan]

Pat & Mark --

I appreciate you both contributing and pointing to the book. The more we can spread the word, the better!

Drew

[Drew McLellan]

Carolyn,

Thanks for your kind words. I think, between this project and the Age of Conversation I have made some really wonderful new friends AND learned that sleep is optional! ;}

Drew

[Drew McLellan]

Toby -- thanks for helping spread the word!

Cam -- yeah, that damn Seth. I wish he'd stop stealing from me and come up with something original. I don't know, like a brightly colored bovine or something. Now watch him steal that too! ;}

Drew

[Drew McLellan]

Mike -- what comes through is your vision and lesson. Don't worry about proper English. English Sminglish.

Delaney -- I keep hearing these remarkable things about you. One of these days, we need to actually meet in person! Thanks for contributing.

Drew