“…It is designed to inform and inspire today's graduates as the next generation of creative marketers. …”

“…In recent years, many tertiary graduates have had difficulties finding a job, while factories have been struggling to recruit workers. …”

“…Drawing on the experiences of Stanford University graduates and using the students' own accounts of their education, job searches, and first work experiences, Randall Stross provides heartening demonstrations of how multi-capable liberal arts graduates are. …”

“…In the first 50 years of the University’s existence, less than ten BA students graduated each year. At the start of the 21st century this figure had climbed to over 300 BA graduates per year but what is interesting is that by 2010 the number of BA graduates was equalled by the number of graduates from separate named degrees within the Faculty plus 70 Music graduates…”

“…But with student-loan debt surpassing the $1 trillion mark and unemployment of college graduates at historic highs, people are beginning to question that value. …”

“…The Value of the University Armed Service Units brings together the results of a research project which explored what the value of the units might be to student participants, to graduates in civilian jobs who had the experience as students, to the armed forces, to universities whose students take part in the units, and to employers of graduates with service unit experience. …”

“…Across OECD countries, the median age students first graduated from university fell by 6 months between 2005 and 2011. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.2.2 Your counterpart -- 3.3 Long-term planning -- 3.3.1 Timing is everything -- 3.3.2 Keep in mind -- 3.4 Incorporating seismic shifts -- 3.4.1 Decision paralysis -- 3.4.2 Identify the pillars of your vision -- 3.4.3 Watching the pillars -- 3.4.4 Looking for simplicity -- 3.5 Elevator pitch -- 3.5.1 Creating your pitch -- 3.5.2 Practicing and honing the pitch -- 3.6 Putting together a budget -- 3.6.1 What to include -- 3.6.2 Lay out the budget -- 3.6.3 Keeping track -- 3.6.4 Return on investment (ROI) -- 3.7 Near-term planning and expectations -- 3.7.1 Communication -- 3.7.2 Controlling the narrative -- Summary -- Checklist -- 4 Building a team -- 4.1 Different types of resources -- 4.1.1 Full-time employee (FTE) -- 4.1.2 Contracting individuals -- 4.1.3 Outsourcing to vendor -- 4.1.4 Onshore resourcing -- 4.1.5 Offshore resourcing -- 4.1.6 Comparison review -- 4.2 Knowing when to hire -- 4.2.1 Hiring events -- 4.2.2 Discipline matrix -- 4.2.3 Impact of not hiring -- 4.3 Sourcing candidates -- 4.3.1 Referrals -- 4.3.2 Recruitment agency -- 4.3.3 Headhunting -- 4.3.4 Graduate fairs/internships -- 4.3.5 Self-serve online -- 4.4 Creating the job description -- 4.4.1 Basic structure -- 4.4.2 Title -- 4.4.3 Description -- 4.4.4 Minimum requirements -- 4.4.5 Required skills -- 4.4.6 About/legal information -- Summary -- Checklist -- 5 Interviewing, choosing, and onboarding -- 5.1 The interview -- 5.1.1 Getting into the right mindset -- 5.1.2 Your objectives -- 5.1.3 Phone interview (or preinterview) -- 5.1.4 In-person interview -- 5.1.5 Video interview -- 5.2 Scoring candidates -- 5.2.1 Defining your criteria -- 5.2.2 Marking the candidate -- 5.3 Saying no -- 5.3.1 Definitely not -- 5.3.2 Definitely maybe -- 5.4 Onboarding -- 5.4.1 Bringing them up to speed -- 5.4.2 Your expectations -- 5.4.3 Getting to work -- Summary -- Checklist -- 6 Team management…”

“…Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, little attention has been paid to high school graduates who do not enlist immediately after graduation, primarily those who seek employment in the private sector of the economy. …”