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Graduating to the 9-5 World Dedicated to To my parents "Big" Joe and Sheila for the past 28 years of support and love. Without their examples of determination and love, I would have never accomplished any of my goals. To my lovely wife, Rose, my sisters Kelly and Megan, my brother Mike, and my best friend Rupp for all their patience and endurance while I endlessly talked about the importance of putting the subject of this book into print.

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title	:	Graduating to the 9-5 World
author	:	Bouchard, Jerry.
publisher	:	Impact Publications
isbn10 | asin	:	0942710509
print isbn13	:	9780942710502
ebook isbn13	:	9780585247854
language	:	English
subject	Job hunting--United States, College graduates--Employment--United States, Employment interviewing--United States, Employee orientation.
publication date	:	1991
lcc	:	HF5382.75.U6B68 1991eb
ddc	:	650.14
subject	:	Job hunting--United States, College graduates--Employment--United States, Employment interviewing--United States, Employee orientation.

Page i Graduating to the 9-5 World Jerry Bouchard

Page ii Copyright 1991 by Jerry Bouchard All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the publisher: IMPACT PUBLICATIONS, 4580 Sunshine Court, Woodbridge, VA 22192. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bouchard, Jerry, 1962 Graduating to the 9-5 world / Jerry Bouchard. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-942710-50-9 : $11.95. 1. Job huntingUnited States. 2. College graduates EmploymentUnited States. 3. Employment interview ingUnited States. 4. Employee orientation. I. Title. HF5382.75.U6B68 1991 650.14dc20 91-17320 CIP Cover designed by ABS Graphics, 8564 Custer Court, Manassas, VA 22111, Tel. 703/361-7415 For information on distribution or quantity discount rates, call (703/361-7300), FAX (703/335-9486), or write to: Sales Department, IMPACT PUBLICATIONS, 4580 Sunshine Court, Woodbridge, VA 22192. Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, 4720 Boston Way, Suite A, Lanham, MD 20706, Tel. 301/459-8696.

Page iii Contents Acknowledgements v Preface vii 1 So You Have a College Degree 1 2 Understanding the 9-5 World 18 3 Plotting Your Course 33 4 Organizing Your Job Search Strategy 52 5 The Interview 78 6 The First 90 Days10 Commandments For the Rookie 9-5er 102 7 Uncertainty is a Certainty 127 8 Real World Shocks Outside the Workplace 156 9 The Other Side: Successful and Happy 175 Index 183

Page v Acknowledgements I would like to thank all those individuals, scattered throughout the country, who openly discussed their feelings with me about their dilemmas, concerns, and personal experiences. Without their candid observations, the following pages would not have been possible. I wish to express special gratitude to those college administrators and business executives who graciously assisted me on numerous occasions. And for those of you who revealed "off the record" opinions about various issues, I want to thank you, in advance, on behalf of the readers. Your shared experiences will allow them an opportunity to better understand some of the confusing situations they may face as they embrace the 9-5 world of work. Without doubt, I owe a great deal to my editors and mentors (Jim Killingsworth) who helped me develop my ideas and writing into a feasible manuscript. I cannot convey how valuable Jan Booker, my final editor, was to this entire project. Jan, thank you a million times over! And to all those who agreed that the following pages are topics which needed to be addressed in a different perspective, I hope this book helps.

Page vii Preface Wouldn't it be nice each time you passed a test if you received credit towards the next one? Unfortunately, your performance on past exams is given no consideration towards future challenges. Entering the 9-5 world is very similarall your past performance, in the college curriculum, the athletic arena, or even graduate school, is not recognized as credit, but rather as an indicator that you should be given a chance to take the "9-5 test." Approximately five years ago I was sitting at a Washington, DC bar Happy Hour listening to a group of recent college grads complain how the adjustment into the 9-5 workplace was very cruel and unfair. Immediately I laughed thinking that they must have gone to the wrong school or majored in the wrong curriculum. Soon I discovered that group of people were from UCLA, Marquette, Princeton, Georgetown as well as Lynchburg College, Stephen Austin, Northern Virginia Community College, and Memphis State. Furthermore, this group held as diversified an assortment of degrees (education, business, law, medicine, biology) as the variety of schools they attended. This informal Friday afternoon gathering eventually evolved into an all night debate against the system. At that time, I too did not understand

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