How You Are Like Shampoo for College Graduates

Book excerpt: Not much work experience? Let your personal brand work for you. As a college grad, you need an edge when trying to land a great job. How do you get around a lack of good work experience on your resume? Stand out in a crowd of older, more experienced candidates? Avoid having to settle for a job you don't love? Introducing the only Personal Branding System designed specifically for college grads. Just like the brands you rely on every day, you can also become the brand of choice for a potential employer right out of college. Based on the same marketing methods used to build popular name brands, now you can define and communicate your very own personal brand the trademarked YOU. And that's how you connect with interviewers and get the job you really want. Includes interview recommendations from recruiters at Google, Sony, Disney, Stanford University, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Procter and Gamble, Motorola, Hilton, Nestlé, and Goldman Sachs, plus invaluable tips from more than 50 other top companies and schools. Winner in the Young Adult Non-Fiction category of The National Best Books 2010 Awards Finalist in the Career Category of National Indie Excellence Awards 2010