Following this article
by the undercover recruiter, I'd like to add a few more tips myself as a recent
graduate starting his own career:
1. Join meetup organizations for job seekers is a powerful
tool. Search both schools and church organizations for such connections.
The more you expose yourself and make new friends, the better! People have a
natural tendency to want to help, so don't be shy.
2. Extracurricular activities or volunteering will immensely
help in rounding your out. Again, its all about adding new skills to your
repertoire, showing that you are teachable, and exposing yourself to a growing
tablet of people.
3. Consider the power of paid career search advice. Premium
preparation coaching such as those found at Interview of Stature or Absolutely Abbey can go a long way in
elevating you above other candidates in the manner they prepare you. There's certainly a difference between paid and
unpaid, regardless of one's current level of preparation.
4. Speaking of paid investments, at the very least
demonstrate your preparedness with job seeking tools such as business cards
(complete with a card holder). If you have a smartphone, have the LinkedIn app
always at the ready as well for making on the spot connections as you go as
well. Such preparedness goes a long way in making a lasting impression.
5. While sitting around bored and waiting for opportunity to
come, be your own boss and give yourself an assignment. For example, I have
degrees in Computer Science and Policy Analysis. Hence I've decided to develop
a piece of software as my own manager.
Think of it as a synthesis work project in school. Recruiters love to
see such initiative!
Finally, and perhaps most importantly of all...
6. Register with every staffing company on the planet. Just
Google "Staffing Agencies" to get started.
-David Noble Morris
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnoblemorris
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnoblemorris
