Dump Your Degree: How to Repurpose Your Education, Control Your Career, and Gain Financial Freedom

Product Description

Like the beginning of an exciting relationship, we head in with purpose and ambitious thoughts of the future. Could this [degree] be the one?

Fast forward and cue the tiny violin. We often find that expectations and reality are not a perfect match. That dream job you thought you'd move in with? Yea, it's, uh, seeing someone else. Awkward much? Think of how you might have chosen differently had you paid attention to those red flags: all the unemployed college grads that came before you.

Let's face it; perhaps it's time to dump that...degree.

The good news is, you've landed on this book filled with wisdom and action steps by an author who has years of experience being both the student and the professor.

Whether you're an emerging professional or parent, student or recent grad, Dump Your Degree is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking guidance on navigating higher education, developing their career, and having financial security.
You'll learn how to: Correctly set the educational and professional goals Get the right advice about making career decisions Explore viable options outside of your degree field Build beneficial and meaningful professional connections Make and manage money And much more
The result: A sense of fulfillment, stability, and freedom!

Review

"Readers will feel like they're meeting with a professor after hours and receiving coveted mentorship. The text is educational in nature, yet at times it can be so humorous that it causes literal laughs out loud" - Calvary Diggs

"What I liked most about Dump Your Degree is the fact that it provides tangibles on how a person can step outside of their degree to build a career. This includes taking stock of their passions and finding profitable ways to utilize them." - Kimberly Horne

"As someone who graduated from an Ivy League majoring in something they no longer care about, I found the book such a helpful and inspiring read that makes me want to think more about my goals and path forward" - Alexia Howell


About the Author

Dr. Zakiya Akerele is an educator, author, an speaker who found an early passion in academic pursuits hoping to use them to improve herself and the world around her.She sought higher education with full force, obtaining degrees from Florida A&M University (B.A.), Columbia University (Ed.M.), and Fordham University(M.A. and Ph.D.) in International Education, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. She has served in various capacities at higher education institutions and at social justice, political, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) both in the U.S. and abroad.Zakiya has made it her mission to raise awareness and find tangible solutions to the issue of unemployment and underemployment experienced by college graduates. As a professor and mentor, she's taught hundreds of students how to control their careers by figuratively dumping their degrees and using the sum of their skills, knowledge, and connections to create a professional life they enjoy.An entrepreneur and globetrotter, Zakiya loves traveling while working remotely on her own terms and currently resides near Atlanta, GA, with her husband and two children. For more info visit zakiyaakerele.com.