Career Topics for College and Grad School

Donald Asher is a nationally known speaker and writer on the topics of careers and higher education.

• Career Launch & Hidden Job Market
• MBA Career Launch
• Career Decision-making for Liberal Arts Students
• Internships
• Salary Negotiations; Negotiations (Theory & Practice)
• Networking
• Choosing a Major
• Working Abroad & The Global Skillset (for domestic students)
• Career Launch for International Students
• Career Reentry & Repair
• Outplacement
• Onboarding & Retention Issues

He is the author of 12 books

Cracking the Hidden Job Market
Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn’t, and Why
Graduate Admissions Essays
How to Get Any Job with Any Major
Asher’s Bible of Executive Résumés
The Overnight Résumé
From College to Career
Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent
The Overnight Job Change Strategy
The Overnight Job Change Letter
The Foolproof Job-Search Workbook
The Best Scholarships for the Best Students

He is a contributing writer for            

MSN Homepage and MSN Encarta (education columnist)
USAirways Magazine (career columnist)
Wall Street Journal’s CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com
San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner
college.monster.com, monster.com, careerbuilder.com, jobstar.org
The National Business Employment Weekly (Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones)
Managing Your Career Magazine (Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones)
NACE Journal and WACE Spotlight
wetfeet.com, and many other publications and career sites

He is a featured speaker at

MBA CSC (MBA Career Services Council)
NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers)
NAGAP (National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals)
WACE (Western Association of Colleges and Employers)
NAJST (National Association for Job Search Training)
McNair Scholars National Conferences
Penn State TRIO Training Institute (faculty)
Indiana Statewide Conference on Undergraduate Research
Wisconsin Statewide Conference on Undergraduate Research
Wisconsin Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel
Oregon Statewide Graduate School Fair
JobNet (TCI Television)
On the Money (Fox Television)
University of Tennessee Career Development Series (keynote for this teleconference and video series spanning ten years of events)
hundreds of colleges and universities, from coast to coast, every year

Career Values Survey

Information on Donald Asher’s lectures and programs.

Partial venue list