Are you a fresh graduate and about to start looking for job? Here are few steps you can take to land yourself a job right after graduation:
- Create/Polish Your Resume
This is the first and most important step. You can’t do anything else until you have a resume to give to hiring managers and recruiters. First, you typically want to put your education section at the top. You can keep your GPA in there if it’s high enough for up to three years past graduation.
The second thing to make sure you do on a recent grad resume is to create a strong and thorough ‘Technical Proficiency’ section. Then detail out in the bullets under your experience. If you don’t have much professional experience yet, you can detail out any internships or voluntary experience.
- Build Your LinkedIn Profile
If you don’t have one yet, you need one now. Many recent grads don’t think they need a LinkedIn profile until after they land their first job, but this is a rookie mistake. Take the time to build yourself a profile. There are plenty of hiring managers that won’t hire a candidate who doesn’t have one. Your resume should be elaborate and give deep detail on your experience. Your LinkedIn profile should give a rough outline of your experience and skills.
- Reach Out to Your Local Recruiting Firms
The time to build relationships with recruiters is now. Plenty of companies are already working with staffing agencies to start the process of hiring fresh graduates.
- Start Networking
Go to networking events. Start reaching out to people you has connections to in your field. Let your family and friends know that you’re ready to start your job hunt. You never know who might have great connections and the ability to open the right doors. Now is the time to let everyone know you’d accept help in your job search!
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