Congratulations - you went to college! No matter what else happens in your life, you are going to be able to point to the college degree that you're going to get and say "I did this!" Attending college and graduating with a degree is a very big deal - you will have shown the world that you can make a decision, work to accomplish a goal, and keep at it for several years until you achieve it. You'd be amazed at the number of people who can't do what you are doing right now.
If this was all that it took to land the perfect job, then there would be no need for this article. However, it's not and that's why this article exists. Just getting a college degree does not (1) guarantee you a job or (2) guarantee you the perfect job for you. Both of these things start with you getting your degree, but from there it's going to take some effort on your part to make it happen.
The good news is that the perfect job for you is out there. Unfortunately, it's not clear just exactly where it is. Additionally, it's not going to just come walking up to you and present itself. Instead, you're going to have to do some research and some planning in order to be able to land the job that you really want once you're out of college.
All too often when I talk with recent college graduates, they are depressed about their prospects for finding any job let alone the perfect job for them. Perhaps they got a late start on the job hunt or maybe they've been going about it all wrong. No matter, what both they and you need to realize is that the world has a desperate need for you and your skills. There is a job out there waiting for you. All that you have to do is to find it and convince the people who are in charge that you are the perfect fit for that job.
One important thing that you are going to have to do is to treat your job hunt as what it really is - a job. No matter where you are in school, guess what, you've now got a job. No, you probably won't be spending 40 hours per week working at this job (nor should you). However, you will need to show some tenacity and do a little bit of work all the time throughout your time in college. Oh, in case you were wondering - you don't get paid for this job. Instead, you'll end up with the perfect job. Now that's not a bad trade, is it?
What is the right job for you?
Before we waste any time talking about how you can find and land the perfect job for you, let's take just a moment and spend some time thinking about what your perfect job looks like.
The worst thing that we could do would be to successfully get you the wrong job!
There are all sorts of career assessment quizzes that you can take (see your campus career center for help with this). However, in my experience it all boils down to how you answer three critical questions:
1. Do you like to work with people or do you want to work by yourself?
This is a critical one - there is no wrong answer here. Some of us just want to hunker down and do our work and be left alone. Others desperately need human interaction in order to feel complete. Either answer is correct - just make sure that you know which one you prefer so that you don't end up picking a job that requires you to spend a lot of time doing the other thing.
2. Do you want to collect, process, or format data?
I'd like to be able to tell you that your first job out of college will put you into a senior management position, but that wouldn't be true. It's much more likely that you are going to end up doing one of three different types of tasks for the company. First, you may be collecting data for the company. Next, you may be processing that data to transform it into something else. Finally, you may be taking that transformed data and formatting it to be shared with others. Each one of these types of tasks calls for a different set of skills. Which one holds the most interest for you?
3. Do you want to work in an office or in the field?
Once again, this is a big one. Here in the 21st Century the concept of going into an office and working in a cube all day still exists, but there are alternatives. You need to take a moment and picture yourself in an office environment or at a customer site or staring out the windshield of your car as you drive to a new location. Which one of these scenarios fills you with dread? Which ones could you live with? The decision is a personal one, but knowing the answer BEFORE you go hunting for a job is critical.
Liked what you read? There's a lot more in Dr. Jim Anderson's eBook " Making The Jump: How To Land Your Dream Job When You Get Out Of College!"
Liked what you read? There's a lot more in Dr. Jim Anderson's eBook " Making The Jump: How To Land Your Dream Job When You Get Out Of College!"
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