Welcome to the Real World: You Got an Education, Now Get a Life!, Revised and Updated Edition [Paperback]

Stacy Kravetz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2004

For every college graduate—the savvy, witty, comprehensive survival guide to getting on your feet in the Real World.

There you are with a fresh diploma in hand...and the feeling that some of the basics were on a midterm exam you must have missed. Job hunting? Health insurance? Tax forms? Car loans? Never mind just making ends meet.

You can relax—with this guide in hand, you'll have all the answers and insider tips you need to get your post-college life on track. From writing an impressive résumé and landing the right first job (and knowing how long to stay), to managing on a budget, to starting your own business, Stacy Kravetz is the been-around-the-block friend you can count on for sage advice in meeting every Real World challenge. She'll tell you how to find America's most livable cities, advise you on car insurance, help you defuse parental anxieties about your job search, and much more.

You've got an education—Welcome to the Real World will help you get a life.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A reliable and knowledgeable guide to the uncertain transition from classroom to office, Kravetz’s book is an excellent resource for graduating students. It covers basics like filing tax returns, writing a winning resume, finding the cheapest deal on a new car, living with roommates and making a budget. But the book also comforts readers by providing a multitude of sidebar quotations from men and women in their 20s. Kravetz’s warm prose presents her not only as an instructor to life’s practicalities but also as an older, compassionate friend; her book reassures readers that they are smart and capable—and embarking on a path that many others have already survived.
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About the Author

Stacy Kravetz is a former staff writer for the Wall Street Journal and now writes for television. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 2nd edition (April 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039332480X
• ISBN-13: 978-0393324808
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #849,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good advice for those who want to spend some time looking for it., June 11, 2008

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This review is from: Welcome to the Real World: You Got an Education, Now Get a Life!, Revised and Updated Edition (Paperback)

First, the title does a disservice to the book as it specifies that the information is for college graduates. It is also information for a group that encompasses not only college graduates but also a large number of 20 and 30-somethings who have graduated from the school of life to adulthood who also have good paying jobs and are ready to accept more responsibility. Second, while the book is chock full of very good advice on many aspects of life for those with promising futures, that is also a problem. It is written in the familiar style of a lot of self help books - very wordy - that will be read by a small number of people, i.e. the very organized and motivated Type A-ers willing to invest the time to plow through it. And maybe that's okay. Maybe the author is satisfied with this small niche group and realizes the book is not for everyone. It is definitely not for the younger kids moving out, those in a panic because they have $20 left for food for the week or need to swipe some sugar packets on the next trip out for fast food. Those kids would be better served by 50 Ways to Leave Your Motherwith its basic advice on leaving home and surviving it all, written in an easy to read style meant to appeal to the unprepared and somewhat clueless who have just recently left the nest.

If you are willing to invest time and concentration on some valuable life lessons then Welcome to the Real World will work for you.