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Making the Transition

The transition into a new job can be very challenging and it is often something for which new graduates are unprepared. JobWeb: The Critical First Year on the Job is an excellent resource, providing advice on how to best approach these very important first steps.

There are many books and Web sites that provide advice to recent graduates and address relocating, setting up your new life, handling logistics, managing finances, and starting your new job. The following are a few examples.

Books


The Everything Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s Book: Erase Your Debt, Personalize Your Budget and Plan Now to Secure Your Future (Everything Series), Debby Fowles

Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties, Beth Kobliner

Graduate: Everything You Need to Succeed After College, Kristen Gustafson

How to Be an Adult, Nerissa Nields

How to Survive the Real World: Life After College Graduation: Advice from 774 Graduates Who Did, Hundreds of Heads Survival Guides

Life After School Explained, Cap and Compass

So You Graduated College: A Financial Guide to Life After Graduation, Daniel Franklin

Web Sites


About.com: Advice for Grads

Gradspot.com: Life After College"

JobWeb: The Critical First Year on the Job

Quintessential Careers:
Conquering the Real World—A Guide for Achieving Success After College
Real Grads. Real Advice. Real Stories. Real World

Washington Post.com: Grad Guide 2008: What's Next

Relocating Resources


Relocating to a new area can be daunting. You need to find a place to live, arrange the move, furnish a new home, adjust to new roommates, and find your way in a new city. The following sites will help you begin the process and get organized.

Are you looking for Internship or Co-op Housing? Go to Applying for Internships & Co-ops for helpful links.

General Help


City Guide
Homefair
United States Postal Service Moving Guide

Apartment and Roommate Searches and Guides


Apartments.com
Apartment Guide
ApartmentLinks
ApartmentWIZ
ApartmentWorld
Apartments Search
Craigslist
Easyroommate.com
Move.com: Rentals
Roommates.com
Sublet.com

Boston


Boston Apartments
Boston Globe
Boston Phoenix
Dwellings
MIT Off-Campus Housing
Tufts University Off-Campus Housing Resource Center

New York City:


CS Realty.com (Westchester County)
New York Post
New York Times
Rainbowroommates.com (gay/lesbian)
The Village Voice

Washington D.C:


DC Registry
HillZoo.com
Washington City Paper Classifieds
Washington Post