| twesterm said: You're only saying that because you got a business degree. Anyone who goes to college and doesn't know what they want to do gets a business degree which means:
Getting an education is not overrated. Don't blame other people because you or your friends are not good enough to get hired. Just because you have a degree in something does not mean that someoe has to hire you. Someone once told me that looking for a job is like a full time job and they're right. Getting a job is tough and you have to do everything you can possibly do to make yourself stand out. That means you have to get up every morning, respond to emails, look for new job postings, revise your resume to fit whatever new posting you found, write a new cover letter for each job, schedule interviews, send follow up emails, make thank you calls or thank you emails, ect. I'm sorry to sound cynical but most people that get a degree and complain about not being able to find job simply aren't working hard to find a job or they aren't good at what they're doing. They will stay up until 3AM watching TV or play games or whatever, get up when the sun is nice and warm, and then do nothing all day expecting employers to come to them. Meanwhile, the people that actually care are actually trying to get a job and beating the lazy people. I should know, after graduating with a CS degree I thought the same thing until I realized I had barely done any work to find a job (I expected them to come to me) and I wasn't that great of a programmer (I already knew this). I was pretty much that above person and eventually settled onto a job at working the Geek Squad because I couldn't get anything as a programmer. Even after later graduating from the Guildhall I almost fell into the same trap again. Luckily someone kicked me in the butt and got me going. I had a late start at really looking for a job and had the additional trouble of wanting to stay in the Dallas area, but after 3 months of being unemployed, out of school, and a lot of hard work I finally landed a really good job. |
Even working amazingly hard, it can still be really tough to find that first job ...
Most jobs are gained through networking and very few students actively build a decent network of contacts while they're in school. What this means is they depend heavily on luck of a good job showing up on a job-search or for someone they know to accidentially come across a decent job for them. One of the best peices of advice I received after having graduated from university and getting my first job was to create a job for yourself long before you graduate ...
Essentially, you try to find a couple of mentors in companies you're interested in working at to help you as you approach graduation. From what I am told, if they end up liking you and seeing potential in you they will probably help you find a job after graduation within their company and/or will give you access to their personal network of contacts.
