The Quarterlifer's Companion. How to Get on the Right Career Path, Control Your Finances, and FInd the Support Network You Need to Thrive

Editorial Review

The one book every 20-something should own--from the coauthor of the bestselling Quarterlife Crisis

After graduation, most students go into "the real world" with a stack of student loans and a million questions. But thanks to Abby Wilner, the coauthor of the bestselling book Quarterlife Crisis and creator of the website Quarterlifecrisis.com, and Catherine Stocker, you can navigate life's challenges with the ultimate "field guide." The Quarterlifer's Companion is a must-have instruction manual for everything you never learned in school. This all-in-one guide includes practical information on:

Finding a job
Filing taxes
Starting a 401(K) plan
Creating contacts
Building a support group
Handling credit and loans
Balancing work and play
And much more

This is the essential companion to the bestselling Quarterlife Crisis.

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Customer Reviews

great book!

2008-05-02
If you are a 20-something walking day to day in a haze of confusion and cannot figure out what you want to do with your life and/or career, this book along with The Quarterlife Crisis are what I recommend! These books really help put my priorities into perspective, and helped me figure out what I want to do, and how to get there! I am now gung-ho into my career industry of choice, and getting by day to day at my current dead-end job is more manageable.

I carry this book with me in my portfolio, to give me help with networking and interviews.

Very well written Companion

2008-01-16
This book is well written, and YES, sure it does contain alot of very common sense, but sometimes its the kind of of common sense you don't really know until someone tells you and then you go "Oh yes". I have my copy highlighted and tabbed and I use it for reference. The writers are right in the fact that things are very different, our parents don't understand why things aren't happening for us as fast they happened for them. I recommend this book for anyone. This new phenomenon known as the quarter life crisis doesn't really have any history to use as a guide. This book is very help, it is an easy read, and it isn't too preachy at all. Theres advice on Money, Jobs, Life, Play, Psyche, Health, Work and everything in between.

Good Read

2007-10-24
This was a good book to read for anyone in the 20's and for those who are not as well.

There are some good questions brought up about career choices, and things you can ask yourself about your current situation. I also find that the book put a little perspective on the work world as well.

The format is laid out so you can flip to a certain section even after you've read the book for a quick reference.

You can definetly tell it was written by two women, and it shines through in the examples used in the book. Although it appeals to both sexes, women I'm sure will relate more.

Stellar, concrete advice - and lots of fun!

2005-09-17
Every college graduate can use a roadmap to life in the real world, but up until now, we've had to rely on vague advice for our parents and older friends. This exceptional book, which addresses everything from figuring out insurance, building lasting friendships post-school, and staying healthy despite the craziness, is one that every twenty-something should read twice. Chock full of expert, insider tips and fun, sometimes quirky exercises, The Quarterlifer's Companion uses a unique approach that's hands on, without a drop of preachiness.

User-friendly would be an understatement

2005-08-30
This book is put together very well, and is the perfect response to the most commonly heard complaint about the first Quarterlife Crisis book...that being that the problems of the current crop of young adults were laid out well, but no solutions were offered. Think of the first book as an introduction - identifying the phenomenon - and this volume as a Part II that tells in a very user-friendly way how to approach the challenges that loom ahead. Wilner and Stocker clearly spent a good deal of time researching and obtaining firsthand experiences and information from a cross section of the book's intended audience, and this research shows in the practical advice found within the pages of this workbook/resource.

This book will not disappoint you.

2005-08-30

The one book every 20-something should own--from the coauthor of the bestselling Quarterlife Crisis

Finding a job
Filing taxes
Starting a 401(K) plan
Creating contacts
Building a support group
Handling credit and loans
Balancing work and play
And much more

This is the essential companion to the bestselling Quarterlife Crisis.