Table of Contents
Introduction: Essential Advice for Today's Aspiring Young Professional 1
Part 1 How Careers Really Work
1 The Six Phases of Your Career 17
2 The Career Triangle: Job, Compensation, and Lifestyle 29
3 What About Money? 37
4 The Power of Relationships and Networks 42
Part 2 How to Get the Job
5 Time to Land Some Interviews 55
6 Overcoming the Permission Paradox: You Can't Get the Job Without Experience, but You Can't Get Experience Without the Job 76
7 You've Studied Liberal Arts, Now What? 83
8 The Art of the Interview 95
9 Deciding What Job to Accept 112
Part 3 How to Thrive
10 Getting Off to the Right Start in a New Job 127
11 Four Guaranteed Strategies for Success 141
12 You're a Knight, Not a Bishop (Or, How to Move from Job to Job) 155
13 Negotiating (or Not) to Get More Money 169
14 How to Cultivate a Mentor 179
Conclusion 193
Appendix A The Latter Three Phases of Your Career 205
Appendix B How Select Colleges and Universities Are Helping Their Students Compete More Effectively 209
Sources 219
Acknowledgments 227
Index 235