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The Complete Graduate Resource: Taking Your Degree to the Next Level by Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick

Degreeconomics: Valued-Added Senior Year Experience
Strategies for Graduating in Challenging Economic Times (under development)
Copyright - Joan E. Leichter Dominick 2009 & Conceptualized by Jim Pennington 2009

Networking Resources for Graduating Seniors
Networking Strategies - From Face to Face to Web 2.0:
Telling Your Story: Create and Present Your Portfolio By Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick

Face-to-Face Strategies

Learn about Operational Networking, Personal Network, and Stragetic Networking from Dr. Herminia Ibarra.
Web 2.0 Strategies
Ben Cope - Epic Web Strategies & KSU Alumni
Learn how to use Web 1.0 & Web 2.0 for networking, marketing, creating your own social networking, customizing twitter accounts, creating portfolios, & more. Ben Cope is my mentor!

Join KSU Senior Network Experience Web 2.0 Community - Network Connections for Success: For College Seniors & Stakeholders in their Success After College

Join Linkedin: Web 2.0 - Your Professional Network
Re-connect+Power Your Career+Get & Give Answers

Suggestions for Strategizing on LinkedIn:
The Unofficial Source of for Tips on Using Linkedin
Join KSU Alumni Association New Web 2.0 Community: KSU Connections

Create your own Web 2.0 Network with Ning.Com

twitter.com: Connecting through Communication/Networking Updates

twitter Job Search - Job Search Engine for twitter

Outlook for Graduates:

ABC News - May 20, 2009 Video "College Grads Seeking Work - Class of 2009
National Association of Colleges and Employers: Job Hiring Flat for Class of 2009
New College Graduates Face Tough Competition: Tips of What Not To Do
NPR All Things Tech - April 16, 2009
Grim Prospects for New Grads by Jessica Dickler CNN Money October 31, 2008
With Grim Prospects, Colleges Aid Job Search: New York Times by Tany Mohn February 14, 2009
CNN Economy Tracker
United States Department of Labor
Georgia Department of Labor
Strategies for College Graduates:
Education Portal: Tips for Recent College Graduates in a Shrinking Job Market
Education Portal: 10 Ways for New College Graduates to Gain Job Experience
GRADUATING IN A RECESSION By Alina Dizik
Survivors’ Stories:Heading into a murky job market? Here are some tips from folks who did it in years past and thrived
Road to Rescue: The CNN Survival Guide - From Financial Problems to Financial Solutions
From Grad to Great: Website/Twitter/Text Resource by Anne Brown & Beth Zefo
Using College Career Services Centers:
Graduating in a Digital World
Graduating in a Digital World : From Digital Literacy to Emerging Technologies
by Dr. Jorge Perez, Kennesaw State University created for KSU 4401: Senior Seminar
Considering New Career Options:
What kind of work is for you: World of Work Map
USA Jobs: Federal Government Careers
Today's Military: USA Military Careers
Monster: Career Search Resource
Going Global: Worldwide Career Opportunities
Opportunity Knocks: Careers in Non Profit Organizations
Negotiating Salaries:
Salary Negotiations and Job Offer Tools and Resources: Quintessential Careers
Going to Graduate School:
Skip the Recession, Get an MBA? Fortune Magazine by Anne Fisher - February 20, 2009
Recommended by Jim Pennington
Starting a Business:
United States Small Business Development
KSU Small Business Development Center
KSU The Edge: Empowering & Developing Georgia's Entrepreneurs
Financial Fitness:
Personal Budget Worksheet by Kristy Dickerson, KSU 4401- Spring 2009
Financial Managment for College Seniors: Your Education Pays by Dr. Deborah N.
College Senior Financial Fitness by Dr. Deborah Smith (Adobe Captivate)
Mindfulness, Wellness & Stress Management:
Science of Mindfulness: Opening to Our Lives by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, University of Massachusetts Medical School. From Krista Tippett's Speaking of Faith Website:"We explore what our guest has learned, through science and experience, about mindfulness as a way of life. This is wisdom with immediate relevance to the ordinary and extreme stresses of our time — from economic peril, to parenting, to life in a digital age." April 16, 2009.
College Senior Wellness & Coping with Change by Dr. Deborah Smith (Adobe Captivate)
College Senior's Concerns: What are You Doing After College - Villanova University
Stress Promotes Graduation Nightmares: NPR Interview May 30, 2008
Dream studies professor Kelly Bulkeley tells Michele Norris about common graduation nightmares
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