When Reality Hits: What Employers Want Recent College Graduates to Know

by Nancy Barry

Book Overview

What do all college graduates have in common? A degree. So, what is going to separate you from the rest of the pack? Your success will be largely measured by your soft skills, such as: the right... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933285877
• ISBN13: 9781933285870
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Brown Books
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Not just for Gen Y

This book is an easy read, and very funny in places. I shared with my managers so they could see where supervisors might be missing the boat. Not just good advice for Gen Y but also for every employee and supervisor.

Totally Helpful

[[ASIN:1933285877 When Reality Hits: What Employers Want Recent College Graduates To Know] ]What a gift for that graduating senior: "When Reality Hits" by Nancy Barry. Yes, better even than a Piaget Polo watch. This book could help that grad be such a success he or she could acquire a dozen of those Piagets and drive them around in a Jaguar XK. Nancy Barry is right on target as to what the soon-to-be graduate and recent graduate should know and be sensitive to - and practice in the business world or professional world - or any world. It's a perfect text for internship programs. For senior seminar classes and similar courses. It is pragmatic with an underlying theme of being politically savvy in your career and above all ethically savvy and a practitioner of same. It is so beautifully written. Conversational. Crisp. No wasted words. Direct. Interesting. Easy reading. Loaded with that practical advice that every new graduate (and those long-time graduates) so desperately need to succeed in an increasingly highly competitive world. Simply stated: "Totally helpful." Jack Raskopf. professor emeritus, Texas Christian University Schieffer School of Journalism

Brilliant!

Barry's book is not only spot on, but timlier than ever! This is a must read for recent grads and companies seeking to understand the enigmatic Gen-Y and Millennial generations. If you manage young people in your business, this is the definitive book for you!

How Can I Be Wrong?

My daughter attended a seminar by Nancy at Texas A & M, Mays Business School on March 19, 2008. She told me, "Dad, everything she said is what YOU told me!" Swelling up with pride I told her that Nancy learned everything from me. Not. But I am gonna buy the book!

Working With the Wonderful Gen Y Generation

If you know a Gen Y'er who is in your house or in your business....BOTH of you need to read this book! This generation has been stereotyped as lazy, disinterested, unmotivated and it could not be further from the truth. They are different....but so were the Baby Boomers and the generations before them! Nancy Barry provides great insight as to what makes Gen Y tick and how they think which is extremely valuable in helping all of us to understand one another and work together. Gen Y will change our world....and if you pay attention to Nancy you will understand how they will change it for the better....you want to be a part of this!