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RECOMMENDED READING

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has an excellent career development website for college students and their parents.

JobWeb
JobWeb Parent--Career planning and college tips
JobWeb Parent--Job search and recruiting

To further assist you in helping your student with the college transition and career development, a list of recommended publications follows.

Helping Your First-Year College Student Succeed: A Guide for Parents
Richard Mullendore
National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition 2000
University of South Carolina

Career Coaching Your Kids
David Montross
Consulting Psychologist Press 1997

The Parents Crash Course in Career Planning-Revised & Expanded
Marcia B. Harris & Sharon L. Jones
Career Dimensions-2007

When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent’s Survival Guide
Carol Barkin
Avon Books 1999

Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years
Helen E. Johnson
Griffin Trade Paperback 2000

Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College
Patricia Pasick
W. W. Norton & Company 1998

Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years
Karen Levin Coburn
Harper Perennial 1997

The Launching Years : Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life
Jennifer Wyatt & Laura Kastner
Three Rivers Press 2002

Adapted from the University of South Carolina Career Center website.

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