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It's Never Too Early to Start Your Job Hunt |
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Peter Vogt |
Is it ever
too soon to look for the postgraduation job you want?
The short answer is, "No, it isn't." But the more
complete answer is, "It depends on what you mean by
look."
Timing is critical in your job Search, just as it is in
many things in life. Perhaps that's why so many college
students have questions like the one below, which
appeared recently on the message board:
"I am currently a senior in college and graduating in
May. Is it too early to look for jobs?"
Again, the short answer is, "No, it isn't." But the more
complete answer is, "It depends on what you mean by
look."
One common definition of looking for a job centers on
the idea of applying for current job openings by sending
a resume and cover letter and trying to land an
interview. If this is your definition of looking for a
job, then there is such a thing as too soon; it really
makes no sense for you to look for a job in this
particular way until shortly before you graduate. After
all, if you apply for a current job opening in, say,
October but you won't be graduating until the following
May, then you're really wasting both your and the
employer's time and effort.
On the other hand, it's never too soon if you expand the
idea of looking for a job to include strategies that are
more future-oriented and, usually, more effective. Among
the Search activities that will help you no matter when
you start them:
Talk to People in Your Future Industry:
Regardless of when you'll be graduating, you can start
learning more about your field and the opportunities it
offers (both now and in the future) by talking to people
who are currently working in the industry. This method
of looking for a job lets you build the all-important
personal relationships that will help you launch your
career and maintain it for years to come.
Read About Your Field: What critical
issues are emerging in your future industry? What are
people worrying about or looking forward to within your
field? Perhaps most importantly, where will the job
opportunities be in the near and not-so-near future? You
can find out all of that and more by keeping up with
trade publications, journals, newspapers and other
periodicals in your field. And, of course, the Internet,
too, offers volumes of information on all fields, if
you're willing to go out and find it, either on your own
or with the help of a campus career counselor or
reference librarian.
Monitor Job Listings: Using Internet
sites like Monster.com as well as industry Web sites and
publications, you can easily get a sense of the types of
jobs that are opening up in your field. Keep your eye on
current job listings -- not so much with the idea of
applying for them, but learning from them. What skills
do the employers seem to be looking for the most? What
experiences do the employers seem most interested in?
And where, geographically and by company, are most jobs
currently emerging?
Network with People You Already Know Well:
If you're going to graduate in May, for example, it
certainly doesn't hurt for you to mention that now to
your professors, your parents, your other relatives and
everyone else you run into in your day-to-day life.
Start putting out feelers with the people you know, and
tell them you're always open to hearing their
suggestions or, better yet, learning about job leads
they're aware of. The timing may not always be quite
right for you to apply for an appealing job that's
immediately available. But it's never too early to start
your job Search in a behind-the-scenes sort of way. The
knowledge you gain and the personal relationships you
develop will ultimately put you front and center in the
minds of employers, and that's where you want to be
anytime. |
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This article originally appeared on Monster.com. |
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