As the year is coming to a close, we, once again, want to share some important information with our readers. This year there have been many articles and reports describing the difficulties faced by the iPod Generation, or Millennials, as they transition from school-to-work and set about creating satisfying lives for themselves. Our goal is to provide parents, guidance counselors, coaches and other professionals working with this age-group "news you can use" as you mentor or guide teens and young adults. In addition, we will be writing some articles to teens and young adults, themselves, so that they can better navigate through the educational system, into the world of work and create rewarding lives.    

Since Robin has a particular expertise working with young people who have ADHD, we want to educate parents, guidance counselors, coaches and other professionals about the distinct challenges that teens and young adults with ADHD face.  We also want to provide helpful tips for teens and young adults who have ADHD as they consider post-secondary education and prepare to enter the work world.  See our next issue for information related to helping teens and young adults with ADHD. 

In addition, we will be highlighting seminars, workshops and other services or products that we think can help you as a parent, professional or young person. Carol Christen has a Facebook page called, "Parachute 4 Teens."  If you would like to comment on any of our articles to our audience of readers and her Facebook followers, please post a comment on her Facebook page here. If you would like to contact either of us individually, our e-mail addresses are listed at the bottom of the newsletter. We look forward to hearing from you.

What's New In the 3rd Edition?  

News from your publishing team: We've both been very busy in very good ways-well, much of it

Carol is putting the finishing touches on the 3^rd edition of, What Color Is Your Parachute? For Teens.  The book will be available April, 2014. 

Four chapters have been entirely rewritten. You'll find new up-to-date information in  

• Make the Most of High School 
• Make the Most of College
• Social Tracking Trends and  
• Your Career and Social Media. Read Robin's article in this issue to learn more about the first steps to take when creating your professional presence online.

Resources will be moved from the end of the chapters to the book's website. This will allow easy removal of dead URLs and quick addition of new resources as they become available. In addition, there will be all new appendices. Appendix A gives views from nearly a dozen experts. Many will find it alone worth the price of the entire book.

This article will address the 4 things to do online to get started on launching your job search. These are also important to do when applying for that coveted internship opportunity.

According to a recent CareerBuilder study, nearly 2 in 5 companies use social networking sites to research job candidates. If you are looking for work in the next few weeks or months, you will be doing yourself a favor if you clean up your social media presence. You may have heard the term "Personal Branding." These days each job candidate needs to create a brand for him or herself. Forbes has a blog post on personal branding that you may find valuable.  

Take the following 4 steps to begin to make your online presence work for you:

1. Google yourself
2. Clean-up your Facebook page
3. Eliminate outdated resumes on the web and post a current one
4. Create a professional LinkedIn page.

Click here to read the entire article.   

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