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Web Design Northampton, Graphic Design, SEO | Blayney Partnership. How to Get a Job: Take the Initiative. This month, nearly 2 million students left colleges and universities around the country with a bachelor’s degree in hand. Some will be headed to graduate school, while others will be entering the job market, many hoping to land their first “real” job. At the same time, 3 million high school graduates have started looking for a summer gig–perhaps their first job ever. Joining them in the job hunt are the millions of Americans who have been laid off, are unemployed, and have been looking to get hired for weeks, months, even years. What all these folks have in common is that they’re searching for a job in a tough economy. While experts debate whether things are looking up or whether we’re headed for even worse times, the reality for job seekers out there is that competition is tight.

The plumb jobs will go to the bright, to those who are well-connected and know how to network, and, most of all…to those who know how to hustle. Too many men see the job search as a passive process. Follow Up! Reviews from Epinions. Get Hired. Can we get a counter point article written by job interviewees? This article comes across as slightly arrogant. I've noticed that a lot of interviewers treat me as if they are giving me some amazing life changing opportunity by agreeing to talk to me, even though most of the time they're the ones who approached me. It's incredibly irritating, and a lot of hiring managers forget that the interview is a two way street Just a few off the top of my head: 1. The phone thing, like wizzard said. 2. 3. 4. 5. Gigwalk.