1. 7 Steps To Get A Job After You
Graduate

3. • College serves as a phase between youth and
the demanding responsibilities of becoming
an adult. Another tough phase comes right
after graduation and that is your career.
• In a tight job market, the typical student no
longer has the luxury of going through a major
and coming out with 7 to 10 job offers to
choose from. Here are some great methods to
be hired post-graduation.

4. Pick The Right Major
• There is a fine line between
doing what you love and still
living with your parents at
age 35 and up. Many
students enroll into majors
with too little opportunities
and then wonder why they
aren't making a windfall.
Never enter a career just for
the money, be realistic with
your expectations.

5. Make Contacts
• In an perfect world,
candidates will be hired based
entirely on their ability and
experience. Business is not
always ideal. Knowing the
right people opens up
positions before they are even
announced and gets you a
foot in the door. Don't just
focus on faculty such as
professors. The students you
encounter everyday may one
day hold the power you need.

6. Learn More Than The Syllabus
• Educate yourself with a
foundation for your
career.
Separate yourself from
the pack and become an
expert.
Employers recognize
proficiency when they see
it, and it is expected.

7. Don’t Be Too Fussy
• When it comes to your 1st or
2nd job, the odds are against it
being glamorous and paying
really well. This is not
uncommon, so don't insert
yourself into the unemployment
line by holding out for an offer
that won’t materialize.
• Even working in an unrelated
field is preferable to being
unemployed

8. Don’t Get Too Comfortable
• It is important to put food
on the table and pay bills,
but don't stop improving
yourself and move forward
with your goals. Going from
job to job looks bad when
done too often, but
remaining open to attractive
positions is a vital part of
staying the right course
instead of being stagnant.

10. Seek Internships
• More than grades, exams and friendships,
internships act as a direct message to future
employers that you are self-driven.
• Start pursuing one as soon as a good company
comes along and has a position that will help
you.

11. Seek Internships
• Internships help to build your resume with
more substance than stuffing a resume and
tell employers that you can survive in the real
world. The most prestigious internships are
highly competitive and usually demand prior
experience, which means that the sooner you
begin, the better your chances.

12. Find Your Selling Point
• A selling point is what
makes your resume stand
out from everyone else's.
It is the defining trait that
makes you the person
companies want to hire.
Maybe you were very
successful in your
internship, or perhaps you
have mastered many
software programs your
employer will uses.

13. • No matter what your strength, find it and
market it to your best advantage. Use your
college years to learn about yourself as much
as your curriculum, because that degree gets
you in the door, but now you have to sell the
employer on why you deserve the position
over everyone else.