a must read for graduating seniors By: Jun Loayza
Under: Life Coaching, Now What?, UndergraduateIf you’re a graduating senior and you haven’t secured a job yet, you better get off your butt and go get one! Once you graduate, you are considered an experienced hire. This means that your resume gets put in the same pile as MBAs or professionals with 5+ years of experience. I’ve spoken to many recruiters and they all same the same thing:
“When you’re an undergraduate, all the doors are open. Companies like you because you’re a clean slate and they can mold you to fit their company image. Once you graduate, all the doors are closed. Being an experienced hire with no experience at all puts you at a huge disadvantage and it’ll be extremely hard for you to get a job with a prestigious firm.”
I have many friends who just relax their senior year and take the summer to go traveling abroad. When they come back, they are astonished that they can’t even get an interview with big name companies. They attend the undergraduate career fairs and info sessions but aren’t even able to submit their resume because most big companies only accept resumes via online now. And in order to submit your resume online, you must be a student.
So what’s a graduating senior to do? You need to go to every single career fair and info session available to you at your campus! Start emailing company recruiters introducing yourself and asking if they have any openings at all for their company. Reach out to the business organizations on campus and ask them if they have any company events that they are hosting that hopefully you can get involved with. Do not graduate without a job secured.
If all else fails, then you need to stay an additional quarter so that you can recruit for full-time positions during the fall. This leaves you an entire summer to go find yourself an internship that you can leverage during an interview.
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