Life Beyond College: Everything They Didn't Teach You About Your First 10 Years After Graduation

"Life Beyond Everything They Didn't Teach You About Your First 10 Years After Graduation" explains the key personal, financial, and legal issues every new college graduate will face as they move from the protective bubble of campus life into the real world, and provides practical advice on how to deal with them. Written by Kevin P. Coyne -- Harvard MBA, former biotech CEO, and now Senior Teaching Professor at Emory University's Goizueta Business School -- this 327-page hardcover book is an essential “owner’s manual” for life as a new college graduate. It makes a perfect graduation gift! Written in plain, straightforward language, "Life Beyond College" contains no vague philosophizing, no clichéd bromides, and certainly no judgments -- just specific, up-to-date facts and concrete strategies designed to help a new college graduate start the next stage of life on the right foot and avoid early mistakes that could set them back for years. It provides savvy advice on the following Part 1 - Immediately After Your new legal and financial relationship with your parents; Renting your first post-college apartment; Your first day on the job; Establishing and living within a personal budget. Part 2 - Your First Year Out of Establishing and managing your credit; Why you need to start saving right away; Investing early for your retirement; The legal and health aspects of sex. Part 3 - Potential Early Setbacks That Are More Likely Than You Quitting or getting fired from your job; Having a serious car accident; Getting arrested; Dealing with mental health issues. Part 4 - Life As A Young Love and marriage; Purchasing your first home; Having children; Other key aspects of the law you need to know.