The Ninth Rejection

Description

The-Ninth-Rejection-Cover-PageThe Ninth Rejection is a story-led career book for engineering students who don’t have an IIT or NIT tag. You follow Rakesh from that rejection letter to his first job and beyond. Along the way, you learn the skills, habits and choices that actually get people hired.

What you will learn

• How to get noticed when your college name doesn’t open doors
• Which skills companies really look for and how to build them on a small budget
• How to prepare for interviews you have never seen before
• What to do in your first 90 days at work
• How to talk about money, offers and salary without fear
• When to stay in a job and when to leave
• How to build a second skill and a reputation that lasts

What’s inside

An introduction, 16 story chapters and an epilogue. Every chapter ends with a Take Away box and one small Action Step you can finish in a week.

Chapters include:

• The Boy Who Waited for Permission
• Skills That Actually Get You Hired
• The Comparison Trap
• The Interview You Didn’t Prepare For
• Money Conversations Nobody Taught You
• When to Stay, When to Leave
• A Reputation, Not a Performance
• Building Toward the Next Five Years

Who this book is for

• Final-year and pre-final-year BTech students
• Fresh graduates still searching for their first job
• Students from tier-2 and tier-3 towns who feel “behind”
• Parents who want to understand what their child is really facing

Why this book is different

This is not a motivation book. It will not tell you that everything is fine if you just stay positive. It gives you honest guidance, real situations and small steps to take next.