Job Shopping

Every student determines their own career path…

But it doesn’t need to be a terrible experience.  It can actually be somewhat fun and educational.  Yes, educational…meaning it will help your career to take full advantage of the job search period, aka job shopping. 

There’s two points I want to make in this entry.  The first is that you should set up as many interviews as possible, even if the correlation between what you want to do for living is vague.  The second is that while you are getting more comfortable at these low stakes interviews is that you will be, in fact, learning about what you are about to do for the next X amount of years of your life.  Soak it up like a sponge.  Free knowledge is great and wisdom is paramount.

If you think about it, there are not too many times in your early career that with a simple request that you can sit down with the top dogs and pick their minds about what they do to succeed and what they see as you needing to do to succeed.  Often they will let you in on their trade secrets too. 

When I was interviewing for my first job out of college, I interviewed just about everywhere.  During these interviews I would meet all the directors, VP’s, and Presidents.  Granted, these weren’t all Fortune 500 companies, but I had more face-time with these guys than when I signed full-time with one.  

With that said, you may even considering calling a potential employer for an “interview” even if you know the job isn’t for you because of the salary requirements aren’t there or it isn’t the size firm you want to get your career started.  Practice your interview skills and learn about the industry.  When the right job comes, you’ll be all set to knock their socks off. And of course, you never know where you may end up; you might just like what they have to offer.

I know this isn’t exactly the economy for job shopping, but nevertheless the opportunity is there.  You just have to go out there and find it.  We can help you with that.  Visit www.studentresumebooks.com