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    Holy Shit! Am I Really About to Graduate? How to Get a Job Like A Boss
    Holy Shit! Am I Really About to Graduate? How to Get a Job Like A Boss
    Holy Shit! Am I Really About to Graduate? How to Get a Job Like A Boss
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    Holy Shit! Am I Really About to Graduate? How to Get a Job Like A Boss

    By Isaac Navias

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    Perhaps you're launching a pong ball across the table when it hits you. Holy shit! Yes, you are about to graduate and your career awaits you. Waiting is exactly what it's doing. It certainly is not going to fall in your lap. You may be tempted to do what people do at this stage stir up into a frenzy of applying for jobs incessantly online. Only about 8% of employees get hired from online application and if the job is in any way desirable your application is likely to get lost amongst thousands. In fact, millions of near and recent graduates are doing exactly the same thing. Less than 50% of those graduating will secure a job after college, and of those 50% will be underemployed.

    You probably know the chances are slim, but what else could you do? You can totally follow the rest and keeping applying and hear nothing, OR you can get a job like a boss. Learn the secrets without having to cut into your party time. The author shares his insider knowledge as a former HR executive on how to be noticed while also sharing entertaining stories of his college days.

    This book was created for college students and recent grads, not their parents and cuts straight to the point. You have far more important things to do than spend all day applying to jobs. There's pong to play! This book aims to reduce your work not add to it. The stories will give the you tips you need to succeed while getting you to laugh in the process. Kablammo!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIsaac Navias
    Release dateSep 6, 2013
    ISBN9781301509652
    Holy Shit! Am I Really About to Graduate? How to Get a Job Like A Boss
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    Isaac Navias

    Isaac Navias is a business consultant and part time ninja who helps entrepreneurs launch into the spotlight. A graduate of the University of Buffalo, he was hired while still in school to be a managing HR Executive for a Target where he managed a team and handled the hiring of over 100 people. His passions include entrepreneurship, partying, eating supper healthy and pwning noobs.

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      Isaac Navias’ book, ‘Holy Sh!t! Am I Really About to Graduate’ could not have been more timely. With unemployment rates rising and hopes declining, we all need to be resourceful and creative when it comes to job hunting—and this book thoroughly and comprehensively fills that need. If even today you think of getting jobs the old fashioned way, then Isaac’s book will make you do a double-turn: he covers the basics (checking out the classifieds in the local paper, for example) but then proceeds to discuss what’s currently available out there: the internet, organisations, job fairs, bulletin posts, basically every nook and cranny and rock you can turn in search of a job. But more importantly, this book will help you “stand out” among the job-seeking multitude—this is vital to clinch that coveted position.What’s more, Isaac writes with that entertaining flourish you rarely find in a book of this subject—he wakes you up and inspires and energizes you with that “can do” attitude you gravely need at times like this. Overall, this is an indispensable book for those who are just about to graduate or those who have been looking for a satisfying job in the last few months. Isaac’s helpful advice is spot-on, and I bet it can save countless people from wasting their time in doing things that would not benefit them—and even harm their career prospects. Before you ‘sally forth’ to find a job, get a copy of this book first—or send this as a gift to people you care about—Isaac’s book can save you from a lot of “holy sh!ts!”

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    Holy Shit! Am I Really About to Graduate? How to Get a Job Like A Boss - Isaac Navias

    Holy Shit! Am I Really About to Graduate?

    How to Get a Job Like a Boss

    By Isaac Navias

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    Smashwords Edition

    Copyright © 2013 by Isaac Navias

    All rights reserved.

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Acknowledgements

    I want to thank everyone who has helped me improve this book. A big thank you goes out to Matthew Soffietti, Lukas Hampton, Catherine Perkins, as well as my Mom and Dad for editing and contributing to my book. Thanks to Tim, Kelley, Sheng, Ruwan, Doug, and Tony for providing me with useful feedback. A big thanks to Tanya Stockton without whom I would have never written this book and I am grateful to Nancy Nguyen for introducing us. I also appreciate all the support and great marketing advice that I received from Melissa G Wilson. Thanks to everyone who made my college experience one of the greatest times of my life.

    To my little brother and sister, I know you will find a way to get a hold of this book before you're old enough to read it... Just don't tell the parental units when you do!

    Table of Contents

    Prelude: Man, I Love College

    Statistics

    Who is this Dude?

    The New Age of Online Applications

    Rejection

    Referrals (How)

    -- Volunteering

    -- Internships

    -- Professors

    -- Academic Advisors

    -- Social and Professional Fraternities

    -- Clubs

    -- The Informational Interview

    -- Networking

    -- Klepto Isaac

    -- Networking with the Family

    -- We all Sell

    How You Can Help Me

    LinkedIn

    Creative Thinking & Tampons

    Using College Resources

    -- Career Resource Center

    -- Resume/CV reviews

    -- Help with Interviewing

    -- Mentoring program

    -- Job and Internship Listing

    -- Job Fairs

    -- Stand out!

    -- Review

    Magic

    EQ

    The Interview

    Creating your own Job

    Extra Resources

    Endnotes

    Do I really have to graduate? Man, I love college!

    College is a special time but wow does it go quickly. It starts out innocently enough. Playing the Mario Kart drinking game during freshman year (two shots for last place, one shot for third place... it gets ugly quick -- you start losing, you keep losing!). To pulling all nighters in the lobby to make sure you do well on your calc exam.

    We even had epic battles. During my freshman year, both Mom and Dad sent me huge Easter baskets. I ended up with over 50 Peeps. I tried hard to give them away. But, no dice, since Peeps are, well, gross. We didn't want to throw the Peeps out; it's no good to waste them.

    So my roommate and I started the Peep Wars. One day while doing homework I looked over at Rich. We made eye contact. I handed him a couple Peeps and we went running into our friends’ room to chuck Peeps at them. The Peep Wars were born.

    For the next two weeks, Rich and I would grab more Peeps, run into a random room and start throwing them. People started saving my Peeps and throwing them back at us. The battle of the 4th floor was the biggest: there were fifteen people in the hall throwing Peeps in an epic battle of wit and courage.

    Fast forward to senior year. It’s 3am and I’m lying in my bed about to go to sleep. Then I hear my roommate knocking at my door. The conversation went something like this:

    Brodie: We got to make the Facebook group for the party!

    Me: Dude, it's 3am. Let’s just do it tomorrow.

    Brodie: Stop being a fuckin’ noob, we got to do it now. We need a theme.

    Me: I don't know, man. Let's make it a hat party.

    Brodie: Ya! That's awesome! And we need a prize for the winner.

    Me: Well, let's make the winner a ham sandwich.

    Brodie: Hell ya, people will love that!

    And people did. Never underestimate the power a ham sandwich has on drunk people. We set up a run-way and everything. Over 40 hats were displayed.

    The winner tried (and failed) to pull a back flip out of a Kan Jam (if you don’t know what this is google it and buy one). He won a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. The top 3 received ham sandwiches. Blair, who came in fourth, is still upset to this day that she didn't

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