Job search tips for fresher graduates

1. Career after graduation is quite crucial and it is never early to
start finding jobs. Employers are also eager to meet the new
batch of fresher graduates as well. Always relevant experience
is valued, recruiters also tend to welcome some general
experiences earned through extracurricular activities.
Sometimes the employers opt for on-campus opportunities to
spot talents, so it’s essential that you create a good
impression. You must be prepared with questions, make your
preparations at the early and talk to the recruiters.
Finding a job after graduation is tough, and getting into the
“real world” means you must have a whole new mindset of an
adult and face more competition in the job market that might
be ever before.
Here we share a few job search tips that you can do
presently to make yourself marketable compared to your
contemporaries to employers as a recent college graduate.

2. 1. Don’t delay your search, if not already started
As essential job search advice for the college students is that
you need to start early, according to Jason Weingarten, co-
founder, and CEO of talent acquisition software Yello.
He said, if the about to be grads are just beginning their job
search, they are actually behind. As early as the first year of
college life, college students must start building their networks
by taking part in club events, networking with faculty
members, taking leadership roles within campus
organizations.
Geoff Gross, president, and CEO of Medical Guardian, said
that even if you’re not interested in a particular career
opportunity, the job application process can yet be helpful. You
must appear in as many interviews and earn more
interviewing experience as much as possible so when you
land an interview for your dream job, you’ll exactly know how
to impress the recruiters or hiring manager.
Gross said that when it comes to applying for jobs, don’t hold
back. Even if the job description doesn’t sound like the type of
work you wish to do, it will never hurt if you try and apply,
provided you are qualified.
2. Improve your social media presence
Do remember that in this digital era, social media would be
involved in your job search; recent grads must create a strong
digital presence to make them searchable online, said Susan
Vitale, CMO of applicant-tracking system iCIMS.
Mr. Vitale said that social networking sites are always great to

3. show off your professional skills and expand your network
gradually. This also offers candidates several opportunities to
connect with and interact with, companies to improve their
chances of being noticed.
Students must keep in mind that hiring managers are on social
media as well and would search for a candidate’s profile,
according to Alexa Merschel, national talent ID leader for PwC
US.
He said that students must not forget that some of the people
on social media are potential employers and future colleagues
as well. The best personal brands have a professional and an
adequate online presence. She quoted that owing to this, job
seekers must be aware of questionable tweets and party
images.
3. Show your talent
Recent grads are would be lacking in professional experience,
but even if you have one or two brief internships or volunteer
opportunities; you can show yourself as a valuable employee.
An expert recruiter said that when he’s hiring, he’s impressed
by candidates who highlight life experiences over skills
because this demonstrates what you have learned about life
and how to apply them in situations when arise. Without
experience, how can you apply your background knowledge to
your job? This makes you a well-rounded person.
4. Do offline networking
Digital networking is good, but speaking with similarly minded
professionals or seasoned leaders in real also helps to

4. influence your ultimate career path.
In real time, networking appears the biggest thing that makes
students uncomfortable, but doing so will not be good for you,
said, Gross. You need to keep updated resumes and business
cards with you wherever you visit because you never know
when an opportunity to a network would happen and what
could come out of it.
5. Know where you want to proceed with career
To mention, very people go to college knowing what they want
in their life. Anyways, by the graduation day, you must have
some idea of where you want to land, said Monica Smith,
CEO of Marketsmith Inc. She encourages new graduates to
create personal roadmaps to go further in your career, some
five and 10 years down the lane. It might change as you go,
she said, but it would help you to keep moving on your
journey.
Smith said you must define what’s important to you. You have
to detail your plans to anyone who would listen and without
your knowledge; you could be acquiring the interviewing skills
needed to activate your plans.
It’s important you do not stress if your first job is not your
dream job, or a job you wanted to find yourself, but of
immense value. It is mentionable, that the new grads,
regardless of where you end up, the first job usually become a
gateway to every job that follows.
With this, we conclude. Hope this piece of information helps
you in your job search. Graduation is an essential phase of life

5. when you set to get yourself in the new world of job and
career. A good preparation in early life can indeed help you in
your career ahead.
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