College Seniors, Are You Organized for Your Job Search?
ningcontentWithout a doubt, College Seniors will be facing the toughest job market in decades. While this may be discouraging, it shouldn’t stop you from doing everything you can to put yourself in the best position. While you will be entering your last semester in the next few weeks, your ramp-up to job search should be in full swing. Let’s list the basics again:
Leverage your College Career Center – They are the best placed to help you in your job search. Employers tend to inform college career centers about potential openings.
Make sure your marketing plan is complete – This includes your resume, cover letters, references, lists of job contacts (see Launch your Marketing Campaign below) and interview questions.
Continue to build your network – Your network includes: friends, family, professors, former managers and a social network (such as LinkedIn).
Launch your marketing campaign – Your marketing campaign includes Job Search Sites, Recruiters, Company Career Sites, your college career center and your network.
Now on to the links for today.
Chevron – Chevron’s Student and Recent Grad Site provides background on the company, a listing of upcoming campus recruiting events, a list of internship programs and a special page for MBA students. You can click on “Types of Jobs” which lists all of the job types at Chevron
RecentGraduate – This website is geared to recent grads and students. You can search jobs, post your resume, build a portfolio (cover letter, personal references, etc.), browse books related to job search and link to job resources (like Resume Rabbit). The site also provides a way for potential employers to link/review anyone who has posted their resume on the site.
Indeed.com – While I’ve covered Indeed.com in a previous post (Job Searching – Top Job Sites), I did not discuss leveraging Indeed’s search engine to narrow the search to recent grads. Clicking the link at the start of this paragraph (or click here) will take you to a pre-defined search for recent grads. Similarly, you can narrow the search to Entry Level Jobs. You can further focus your search by entering criteria in the “Where” box at top or by using any of the items listed down the left-hand side of the page.
“Preparing new grads for uncertain job market” – This article, presented on ColoradoDaily.com, covers what the job market is like for this year’s college grads. The good news is that (according to the article) based on a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, employers are expecting to hire the same number of college grads as in prior years. The article is certainly worth a read.
On the lighter side. . .
Top 10 Weirdest, Most Ridiculous Jobs – In case you are still unsure about your career choice, you may want to check out these jobs from an article posted on EzineArticles.com written by EzineArticles expert Andrew Yosuke.
Article by CareerAlley
Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates seeking entry-level jobs and other career opportunities.
