"Why Won't the Landlord Take Visa?": The Princeton Review's Crash Course to Life After Graduation (Career Guides) [Paperback]

Tara Bray (Author)

Book Description

Series: Career Guides | Publication Date: April 3, 2001

Graduation is supposed to a blast, but the transition from college to the real world can seem rough and very confusing. How does one manage it? Take a deep breath, relax, and read this book.

The Princeton Review walks the reader through this, step by step, and helps make sense of it all--from finding a place to live and a job to entertainment on a budget.

Everything new grads need to know is in here, including:

• Exploring career choices and getting the best job
• Finding a place to live--without going crazy
• The skinny on networking, internships, temp agencies, and other ways to get a foot in the door
• Eating inexpensively, without living on ramen and pizza
• Recreation beyond TV and dollar draft nights
• Working out a budget that new grads can really live with and tips for surviving on the cheap
• Alternatives to the 9-to-5 grind, from dot-coms and the arts to working abroad and grad school
• Taking care of opening bank accounts, paying bills, and getting insurance
• The Tao of home furnishing: selecting the essential pieces

Contents Include:

I Mental and Emotional Preparation
II What You Want
III Helter Shelter
IV Good Food
V The Practical Details of Living on Your Own
VI Now That's Entertainment
VII On the Cheap
VIII Starting Early
IX Where do I Find a Job?
X How Do I Get the Job?
XI I Got the Job--Now What?
XII The Life of a Dot-Com
XIII A Career in the Arts
XIV Putting It Off

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Finishing school and leaving behind all those exams and term papers is exhilarating. But the big bad world is also fraught with pressure. To help make the transition smoother, freelance writer Tara Bray presents "Why Won't the Landlord Take Visa?": The Princeton Review's Crash Course to Life After Graduation. Funny and frank, Bray covers the basics on navigating newfound independence, from finding an apartment and cooking on a budget to landing a job and negotiating the work environment from bosses to dress codes.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From the Inside Flap

Graduation is supposed to a blast, but the transition from college to the real world can seem rough and very confusing. How does one manage it? Take a deep breath, relax, and read this book.

The Princeton Review walks the reader through this, step by step, and helps make sense of it all--from finding a place to live and a job to entertainment on a budget.

Everything new grads need to know is in here, including:

• Exploring career choices and getting the best job
• Finding a place to live--without going crazy
• The skinny on networking, internships, temp agencies, and other ways to get a foot in the door
• Eating inexpensively, without living on ramen and pizza
• Recreation beyond TV and dollar draft nights
• Working out a budget that new grads can really live with and tips for surviving on the cheap
• Alternatives to the 9-to-5 grind, from dot-coms and the arts to working abroad and grad school
• Taking care of opening bank accounts, paying bills, and getting insurance
• The Tao of home furnishing: selecting the essential pieces

Contents Include:

I Mental and Emotional Preparation
II What You Want
III Helter Shelter
IV Good Food
V The Practical Details of Living on Your Own
VI Now That's Entertainment
VII On the Cheap
VIII Starting Early
IX Where do I Find a Job?
X How Do I Get the Job?
XI I Got the Job--Now What?
XII The Life of a Dot-Com
XIII A Career in the Arts
XIV Putting It Off

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review (April 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375761918
• ISBN-13: 978-0375761911
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,849,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too little detail, August 15, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: "Why Won't the Landlord Take Visa?": The Princeton Review's Crash Course to Life After Graduation (Career Guides) (Paperback)

The book was pretty good overall. It offered a wide variety of information. Just like a survey course, however, she glosses over certain parts. For example, she talks about different types of insurance while mentioning, but not defining, a deductible. Other sections of the book seem scattered and unorganized.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This girl knows what she is talking about!, October 2, 2002

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Julie Schlossberg (memphis, tn United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: "Why Won't the Landlord Take Visa?": The Princeton Review's Crash Course to Life After Graduation (Career Guides) (Paperback)

I read this book after I made a sudden decision that I needed to be out on my own after college. I had not made any plans, I didn't have a job or a apartment of my own, or really have clue how to be an adult living in the real world on my own. It was something I had to do, but I was kind of freaked out about and I didn't know where to start. Reading this book really helped me. I loved the ways she writes, she's funny, witty and her advice is relevant. It's not some cheesy help book with advice you'd never use, this girl knows what she is talking about. This book helped me to empower myself and look forward to the adventure ahead. I keep it with me wherever I go, and I have moved around a lot in the last year. With advice like this, it helped give me a heads up to what I had to look forward to.