Sell Yourself!: The Career Handbook for Canadian University Students and Prospective Students (1982-1983 Edition)

Toby Rupert was a librarian living in Toronto.

With a writing style that exudes confidence and communicates upbeat enthusiasm, Ms. Goulet presents a well-researched beginning into career progressions for the newly minted graduating college student. Her book is in three parts. The first tells the reader how to sell himself, with ideas borrowed from marketing techniques, embracing the writing of resumes, interview preparation, and the use of campus placement services. This section, covered in only 24 pages, is a tad short, I feel; it contains one discouraging note when the author states, “I found the major reason students don’t use career services is because they’re unaware of them and what they offer or don’t know where to start.”

The second part of the book is a listing of the careers available, with a description of some 137 different but broad occupations (e.g., doctor, lawyer, librarian, actor, musician) along with the relevant undergraduate and, when appropriate, graduate programs in Canada pertaining to that field and a resource list of pamphlets available from associations and groups (and with addresses for these organizations). The third part deals with services for career planning, such as newspaper ads, campus recruitment, applications for internships and competitions, and so forth.