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 Prospective College Students
- JobWeb
Help
Your New Grad Find a Job - JobWeb
To
further assist you in helping your student with the college
transition and career development, a list of recommended publications
follows.
The Decade After High School: A Parent's Guide - CERIC
Empowering
Parents of First-Year College Students: A Guide for Success
Richard Mullendore & Leslie Banahan
2007
A
Guide for Families of Commuter Students: Suppporting
Your Student's Success
Cathie Hatch
Tracy L. Skipper
2004
A
Family Guide to Academic Advising
Donald C. Smith & Virginia N. Gordon
2008
All three of the above books may be found at:
National
Resource Center for The First-Year Experience
and Students in
Transition
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 H. Montross, Theresa E. Kane & Robert J.
Ginn, Jr.
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
2004
I'll Miss You Too: An Off-to-College Guide
for Parents and Students
Margo E. Woodacre Bane & Steffany Bane
Sourcebooks, Inc.
2006
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 Paperbacks
2009
You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need
Me):Mentoring Your Child During the College Years
Marjorie Savage
Fireside
2009
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