Ideas from practice. Resources for the next step.
Books, playbooks and practical learning resources on career readiness, higher education and the transition from education to employment.
Your first job deserves a plan.
Your First Job Playbook is The Complete Guide for Students and Fresh Graduates to Get Hired and Start Strong, part of The Career Success Series. It helps readers present their skills and experience, build a resume and portfolio, develop case studies and work samples, and prepare for applications and interviews.
A portfolio is not limited to design or coding roles. Students across disciplines can use projects, research, writing, presentations, internships and competitions to show how they think and work.
It is written in easy, human language for students still in college as well as fresh graduates. Each chapter opens with what it covers, explains the idea in plain paragraphs and closes with clear takeaways you can act on.
Student, career and higher education books.
Career guidance
Books that help students and parents choose courses, colleges and careers.
AG’s Book of Careers After 12th
A flagship title in the AG career guidance series, helping students navigate choices after Class 12, including courses, colleges, career pathways and entrance examinations.
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Study in Bengaluru
The Complete Guide to Higher Education in India’s Technology Capital. A guide for students and parents exploring Bengaluru as a destination for higher education.
Buy on AmazonFirst job readiness
The practical guide for the move from campus to the first job.
Your First Job Playbook
The Complete Guide for Students and Fresh Graduates to Get Hired and Start Strong. Part of The Career Success Series.
Higher education
Playbooks for admissions and outreach professionals and universities.
The Admissions & Outreach Playbook
A practitioner-led resource on admissions strategy, outreach and the work of connecting prospective students with institutions.
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The Higher Education Outreach Playbook for Indian Universities
A practitioner’s blueprint for building high-impact outreach functions in Indian universities, with frameworks for engagement, visibility and sustainable enrolment growth. Designed to be used alongside The Admissions & Outreach Playbook.
Buy on AmazonPractical thinking for a changing world of work.
Selected articles and explainers on a small number of clear topics, each with a takeaway and a next step.
- Career building
- First-job readiness
- Resumes and portfolios
- Interviews and workplace skills
- Graduate employability
- Career services and higher education
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For Students
Career clarity, first-job readiness, resumes, portfolios, interviews and workplace skills.
For Parents
Understanding career pathways and supporting informed decisions after school and college.
For Universities
Career services, graduate employability, student readiness and employer engagement.
For Education Professionals
Admissions, outreach and institutional growth playbooks.
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