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Hey, Interns: Take Back Your Summers and Dump Your Internship - News. 4 Things To Do When Looking for a Job After Graduating from College. No job.

4 Things To Do When Looking for a Job After Graduating from College

No money. No meal plan. Finding a job after college may seem like a dire situation, but even in this work climate there’s no need to panic if you’re smart about it. Utilize these four time tested job seizing techniques and you’ll be starting your first day at your new gig before your friends can say, “grad school.” By Fernando M. Crisis in Chinese means both threat and opportunity at the same time. These are 4 simple things you can do to make your job hunt more effective and gain visibility in the professional jungle.

Start Online This is the first, easiest and logical step. Create a LinkedIn Profile The most common mistake people do when looking for a job is focusing on just one channel. LinkedIn is the number one and most active social network for professionals. Tap Your Social Circle The second mistake some people make is to assume that asking others for a job is shameful and makes you look like a loser. Believe it About the Author. Crazy-interview-questions.ashx (JPEG Image, 800 × 1800 pixels) Best Colleges for Return on Investment - Ivies, Engineering Schools Top the List. In our third annual ranking of the best colleges for return on investment, top honors once again went to elite research universities, Ivy League institutions, and engineering schools.

Check out our list of the schools in each state that offer the best ROI. Note: The ranking was prepared by PayScale and is based on self-reported pay data obtained through its online salary survey tools; on average, pay reports from about 1,000 alumni from each school were used in the return on investment (ROI) calculations. The schools were ranked according to the 30-year net ROI, which represents the typical earnings of a graduate (in excess of those of a high school graduate) in 2012 dollars after deducting the net cost of the degree and adjusting for the school's six-year graduation rate.

(An unadjusted ROI for graduates only is also shown.) Data: PayScale, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, College Board. The Interview Prep Cheat Sheet: What Hiring Managers Really Want To Know. Part of my work as a consultant to creative organizations is what’s known as “executive search” (I prefer “executive find” myself – not that either phrase sounds very sexy). Companies hire me to go out and locate a leader who can help push their ideas out into the world. Among other things, this job involves interviewing… lots and lots of interviewing.

So what have I learned in all these interrogations? Despite the fact that people switch jobs more than ever these days, the interview is still somewhat of a specter. It’s a lot of pressure to represent yourself over the course of an hour or two and be judged one way or the other. Don’t sweat it. Your cross-disciplinary self. Most of us aren’t one-trick ponies.

While the skills and experience of any job can vary to extremes, what the person hiring needs right now is confidence in you. How you navigate ambiguity.

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Salary Wizard- Do you know what you're worth? 0001. Identified. Unlock the Secrets of LinkedIn. All too often I receive resistance when I suggest to a client that she utilize LinkedIn to build vendor, partner, and prospect relationships.

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But what might first feel like an intimidating pilgrimage into foreign land can result in a journey of growth, connection, and prosperity. All it takes is a little know-how—and the willingness to put yourself out there. With more than 135 million people and in excess of seven million companies on LinkedIn, we know that it has something to offer any business owner. "All businesses will benefit from a company blog as their primary social media marketing tool," says Barbara Rozgonyi of WiredPRWorks. "And we recommend LinkedIn as the foundational social network. In fact, according to a study released by Perfomics, nearly 60 percent of people said LinkedIn is the most important social network.

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Career Services. Theyrule. Project Jobs: Tips to help college grads find work. Knowing your child will go to college is a comfort compared to the stress of what they will face after graduation.

Project Jobs: Tips to help college grads find work

In 2011, roughly half of all bachelor’s degree holders were jobless or underemployed. That’s the highest number in over a decade. There’s no doubt going from full-time student, to working full-time can be a difficult transition. Undergrads spend four painstaking years in the classroom, countless hours in the library, and borrow tens of thousands of dollars, all for the same reason–to get a good job after graduation. But for many recent grads, like David Bauer-Ray that plan didn’t work. “I paid, you know, significant money to go to school and get my degree, and was expecting a job out of it. Bauer-Ray graduated from the university of Colorado in December with a degree in Advertising and Humanties.