Do you realize how hard is to get a job?
My name is Jorge Gomez, I'm a graduate from Texas A&M University. I graduated at the end of August and been looking for a job since. I have applied to every single job possible on the internet... Submitted different kind of resumes and cover letters but nothing! Any advice?
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Just a thought
Hi Jorge,
By now I hope you have a job after all your education. My daughter just finished her Master's Degree and will be heading out for a job just like you. It is difficult particularly with loans hanging over your head as well.
Just a suggestion my daughter as well as my wife and I are involved with a business building residual income. Fantastic product, outstanding company and pay plan. I'll gladly send you more information if you wish, but just don't toss out the idea because it is powerful. Take a serious look, with your permission I'll send you on more information.
Until then hope your employed by now,
Dennis Jannone
Lower your expectations and keep studying
Jorge -
Pay close attention to your expectations, plan your career and think what you want be and where you want to be in 5 years. It may not be possible to plan beyond that but give it a tought, you may even want start your own business later in life.
Most of us come fresh out of college expecting big bucks and a big position on a Fortune 500 corporation.
Well, that may not be possible these days. I am a gradute of the University of Texas at B'ville and I can tell you that I had to start (9 years ago) at the bottom of the corporate ladder, as a junior engineer yes, but with a lousy salary and I had to sacrifice a lot (it could have been worst, I could have started as a trainee or had to change fields...)
Fast forward 9 years, after 3 relocations, few bad bosses and much more experience and I am where I think I am suppose to be thanks not only to my college education but an MBA also.
I also have been lucky enough to have interviewed a few college graduates; please do not think that because you are a college graduate you are entitled to 6 figure incomes (unless you are fresh out of Harvard and are aplying for a job as an investment banker or you are in the medicine field... it took me 7 years to reach that level and now, looking back, I think that was fast !).
Good luck,
CGL
Recent Graduate Too
Hello,
Jorge, you are not alone. I am a recent graduate from The Art Institute of Houston. I just graduated a few days ago and I am expecting for it to take a few months for me to land a job. My only advice is network...let people know that you are looking for work and the word will spread...good luck. If and when you get a job, let me know how you did it.
Some advices
Hi Jorge! In my personal and professional experience, the best 2 ways to get a job are networking and applying applying applying, at the same time.
But as someone that has been searching for candidates online, I can give you some tips from the point of view of the recruiter:
1. What is the public title of your resume online? make sure is not "my resume" or "Jorge's resume" or something like that. When we search for candidates is like when you search for jobs, normally we first got a list of candidates with the title of their resume and some other specifics like last job description or desired salary. So, the title is REALLY important as is one of the things that may trigger my attention and click to see more about you or may not capture my attention and ... skip you. Work on the title of your resume, avoid common places and try to show something about your skills in your title.
2. Be sure that your resume does not have typos and if a cover letter is required, put some effort in it. From time to time I require cover letters and I got good ones as well as cover letters that are not for me, not for the position I was looking for, what means the candidate has copied and paste some other cover letter and hasn't checked for the details. Of course it depends on the recruiter and the position to fulfill, but if I want someone detailed oriented, that person is out.
3. If you are responsible for some growth in any aspect of our previous jobs, put that, if with percentages or numbers, much better.
4. If you have the space for it, include your goals, specially considering you are a recent graduate, what probably means not such a long work experience.
5. Sometimes (and just sometimes) it is worth to start working in something that may not be your "ideal" work, but that will let you a) interact with more working people and network and b) makes it less stressfull to look for a job because you are meanwhile doing something.
Hope this helps!
SCBR :)