Author Carol Carter, vice president and publisher of Student Success and Career Development at Prentice Hall, has put forth a extensive and practical guide for students entering their college years through the time when they land their first job. Her informal and often humorous style of writing draws young adult readers in as she brings them through the maze of life choices. She makes the process of learning how to get to where the student wants to be effortless.

Majoring in the Rest of Your Life: Career Secrets for College Students starts out by pulling together the readers' dreams and aspirations and shows how to make them into definable goals by using confidence building activities. It then goes on to give practical information on just about everything a college student needs to know - overcoming obstacles, managing time, improving their ability to learn, developing a professional image, resume and cover letter writing and much more. Carter then intermixes this with day to day living advice on things like how not to give up and dating violence, which to me was the clincher. To write a success in life for young adults book and not add the not so nice issues that face our young adults today would have been remiss. Carter plows through the Dating Violence issue with excellent information and in a way that makes the reader not feel like they should take the blame, "Anyone can end up in an abusive relationship, but you have to be strong to get out of it." She goes on to give warning signs and tips on healthy dating.

Majoring in the Rest of Your Life: Career Secrets for College Students is truly a road map to success for today's college student. It places them in the captain's seat of their future and gives them the ability to steer clearly to the top of their hopes and dreams.