{"id":632,"date":"2012-04-10T15:49:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T15:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=632"},"modified":"2012-05-26T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T11:52:51","slug":"know-a-new-college-graduate-great-career-tips-to-pass-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=632","title":{"rendered":"KNOW A NEW COLLEGE GRADUATE? GREAT CAREER TIPS TO PASS ON"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Kerry Hannon<\/div>\n
The cap and gown are ready to go. How about the career plan?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ve had well over a dozen e-mails from parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles the last few days asking me what advice I would give a new graduate facing the job world today.<\/p>\n

They have someone in their life graduating college in the next week from such and such university with a degree in, you name it, say, business. Should they be applying for a job at Google? Facebook? Goldman Sachs? Or is it best to aim for a small company, a nonprofit, start their own?<\/p>\n

They preface their request with the kind comment, \u201cI\u2019m giving \u00a0your book as a graduation gift.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flattered, of course, I write them back. While my book is geared to older workers in career transition, much of the advice holds true for both groups of workers.<\/p>\n

Here is my general advice for new college graduates (Older workers keep reading. There\u2019s help here for you, too. Just skip No.1):<\/p>\n

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