Landing the Internship or Full-Time Job During College

This books was excellent in that it showed, through real-life situations and examples, how to excel in the workforce. What more it covered every imaginable crevice in the employment application process, from resumes, to interviews, even what to wear! Speaking as a college student, the book provided plenty of insight and preperation, as well as enthusiasm in looking forward to the working world. This book focused on IT-related fields, so it might be more suited for people intrested in a technical occupation, but the concepts and ideas are great, as well as universal. No fluff or alter-egos; just down-to-earth tactics for gaining the competitive edge in the industry.

The author has done a great job of covering what one needs to do in the digital era to land a "great job". He enumerates that which is often covered in similar books regarding making good resumes and cover letters, etc. but goes beyond to make recommendations, which are often skipped over in other books, regarding applying online, what to research about an organization and the art of interviewing. Since all those that the author interviewed were technical (engineers and computer scientists) in nature, the book would likely be of more interest to job searching students of such a background. I particularly like that at the end of each chapter, the author summarizes the bare essentials that one should perform. He provides a list, with time allotments, of what to do for each task (writing a resume, researching an organization, etc). This is particularly useful for the college kid with little time for job seeking between doing assignment, eating pizza and studying for tests.

This is an excellent book with some impressive resume samples and interview tactics. It covers everything you need to know to find internship and/or full-time job while still being a college student. The most important is that it is up-to-date and that it gives you a great insight into how to begin your carrier path.

This is the only book I know of that uses case studies of actual college students. It shows their actual resumes and figures out what they did to help them land the job they wanted. I find this perspective much more useful than one from an employeer.

I discovered this book after browsing the author's blog (http://landingthejob.blogspot.com) and found it to be in a class above the rest. It has everything you'll need including a guide to resumes, career fairs, applying online, behavioral interviews, and technical interviews. I was pleasantly surprised by the sections at the end of each chapter profiling people who have recently interviewed for companies such as Google, Boeing, and EA Games. Each profile even includes the resume that actually landed the individual the job which I used to get ideas for my resume. I also used the sample behavioral/technical interview questions, the step-by-step offer comparison section, and the salary negotiation advice. The only complaint I have is that the sample resumes are a little fuzzy (although still very readable).