Stuff Every Graduate Should Know: A Handbook for the Real World (Stuff You Should Know)

A New York Times bestselling guide to adulting after graduation, packed with practical advice on jobs, résumés, budgeting, laundry, healthcare, money, relationships, and everyday life on your own.

Graduated – now what? This pocket-sized guide for life after school is filled with information for every step of the road to adulthood. Learn how to write a résumé and cover letter, build a professional wardrobe, make and stick to a budget, shop for groceries, and find your first apartment. Gain the confidence to tackle everyday challenges such as cleaning, medical care, roommates, buying a car, social life, relationships, and living with your parents as an adult.

Organized into approachable sections on personal life, jobs and money, and social life, Stuff Every Graduate Should Know gives recent graduates a useful starting point for questions they may have never thought to ask. It’s a useful graduation gift for high school or college graduates, young adults moving out for the first time, and anyone who could use a little help figuring out adulthood one task at a time.

• A compact, practical handbook for high school graduates, college graduates, and young adults entering the real world
• Learn the practical basics of independent adulthood and everyday responsibilities
• Get useful advice on résumés, cover letters, interviews, workplace basics, professional clothing, and launching your first job search

Get hands-on support for the bills, apartments, laundry, relationships, and everyday adult questions you encounter after graduation.

Alyssa Favreau is a graduate of McGill University and serves as assistant publisher for Maisonneuve magazine. She lives in Montreal, where she also works as a book nerd for Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and as a freelance writer and fact checker for fine folks like Reader’s Digest, Discover, and Bitch magazine.