Recommended Reading

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

Information for Parents - JobWeb
A Career Planning Course for Parents - JobWeb
10 Tips for Parents of Perspective College Students - JobWeb

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

The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning: Helping Your College Student Succeed
Sharon Jones
Marcia Harris
2007

Career Coaching Your Kids: Guiding Your Child Through the Process of Career Discovery
David Montross
Consulting Psychologist Press 2004

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

Parents' Guide to College Life: 181 Straight Answers on Everything You Can Expect Over the Next Four Years
Robin Raskin
Princeton Review 2006

Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years
Karen Levin Coburn
Harper Perennial 2003

You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me):Mentoring Your Child During the College Years
Marjorie Savage
Fireside 2003

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

25 Ways to Make College Pay Off: Advice for Anxious Parents from a Professor Who's Seen It All
Bill Coplin
Amacom 2007