Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms [Paperback]

Victoria Pilate (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004

clear cut guide to making a successful transition from college life to the Real World covering interviews, finding housing, etiquette, getting ahead, clothing and style, travel and doing reports and presentations. For college juniors, seniors and the newly employed professional

Editorial Reviews

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" It should have the greatest significance to both graduates and undergraduates ..." -- Willie Thomas, Ph.D. Director Continuing Ed, Alabama State Univ.

"...Insightful. Brought forth issues and concepts that every college student should understand as they prepare for graduation." -- Hazel O'Leary, President of Fisk University

"A must read!!! Easy to read; yet full of useful information! Takes the pain out of growing up!" -- Michael S. June 2004

"An excellent career resource and planning guide. Valuable information." -- William R. Harvey, Ph.D.,President, Hampton University

"Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms provides a wealth of useful pointers about issues, from the mundane to the vital...." -- Angela Romas, Assoc. Dtr, Brown University

"Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms provides a wealth of useful pointers.. A helpful, easy read for students, advisors, and employers alike." -- Angela N. Romans, Associate Director of Admission, Director of Minority Recruitment, Brown University

"Everything I needed to know without asking." -- Alex H. July 2004

"It was great! The kinds of things you wish someone would have told you about." -- Lisa S. June 2004

"The book promises clarity, wisdom, and common sense." -- Sebetha Jenkins, Ph.D., President, Jarvis Christian College

"the great thing is it contains important but rarely addressed topics ....." -- The Post, Ohio State University

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If your college uses Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms in the classroom, you must use the 2006 version. Please do not buy it used. You will have the wrong version for class.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Signature Books (August 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0975966502
• ISBN-13: 978-0975966501
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #975,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for life transitions...., February 11, 2005

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Sara Ann Conkling "saraann7" (Florida's Spacecoast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms (Paperback)

From The North Brevard Beacon, February 9, 2005

This spring, thousands if not millions of young adults will graduate from school and begin that adventure called job hunting, entering the real world, or "the great purple panic" (liberal arts graduates). Mims native Dr. Victoria Pilate has something for each of them. Her newest book "Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms" is more than a guide to landing that ever-important first job: it's a comprehensive guide to making a successful transition to adult life.
Since most transitions to adult life are imperfect at best, this book has something to offer anyone seeking a new job or a new living situation. Pilate painstakingly guides would-be employees and roommates through what could be a daunting and dangerous adult maze with multiple "fire prevention" strategies. In doing so, she has relied on her own experiences, the experiences of many other people, and well-documented research on relevant topics. Likewise, it's impossible to read this book without learning something, or being entertained by the stories Pilate uses to illustrate her points.
Part of the beauty of "Dorm Rooms" is that Pilate takes nothing for granted as she addresses her readers. In addition to the usual topics of finding, landing, and starting a job, she addresses hard-hitting topics of discrimination, deadbeat roommates, and workplace dating debacles. When dealing with controversial material, Pilate doesn't waste words or scrimp on moral values.
One of the best things about "Dorm Rooms" is how it is laid out. Factual information is interspersed attractively with catchy quotes and gems of time-tested wisdom. Each chapter can easily stand alone; this book nearly compels the reader to jump around to its juiciest parts.
This book is targeted to college graduates but is appropriate for a much larger audience of high school graduates, mid-life job changers, and would-be cohabitants. One of my favorite chapters is entitled "Office Politics", in which Pilate walks the reader through an office garden of characters such as "accusers", "bullies", "brownnosers" and "bulldozers". Her chapter on avoiding potential roommates from Hades is equally descriptive and helpful.
Pilate's success with the book has sent her on a nationwide lecture tour to colleges and universities. When she isn't writing books or speaking about her ideas, Pilate is a successful statistician for the U.S. Office of the Inspector General in Washington, D.C.
Pilate's first book, "To Happiness and Long Held Wishes", is a cookbook full of tasty ethnic dishes that can be put together by the culinarily challenged - and, of course, by those who are not. Pilate wrote the cookbook in memory of her aunt, G. Jeannette Cuyler, who was a local home economics educator for many years. All the proceeds from the sale of "To Happiness" benefit charity. It's available by writing the author at [e-mail].
It is very unfortunate that "Dorm Rooms" has a maroon and gray "corporate blah" cover, and that its title also does not do justice to its entertaining and erudite contents. I hope this book reappears in its next edition with a bright, snappy graphic on its cover and a more catchy title. In the meantime, it is still a perfect gift for any person making a life-altering transition.

Sara Ann Conkling
Contributing Editor
North Brevard Beacon