Friday, September 17, 2010

How to get a high paying job after college


Many people go into college with hopes, dreams, and aspiration of someday landing a great paying career. I went to college with a passion for criminal law. It is so critical for individuals to think in terms of what they have a passion for. You must first develop an great foundational base or experience that motivates you to pursue a selected field. It is very important to do job fairs, and to market yourself. There is a popular slogans "It's not what you know, it's who you know". That slogan is true because marketing yourself is so critical to obtaining a career. For years students were told internships is a guarantee to a job, and that works for some individuals, but many times that alone is not always sufficient. Moreover in the 21st century, it is takes more than just merely completing an internship. Competitions is more rigorous.  People often fail because they do not have a contingency plan. A contingency plan is back up plan. When selecting a minor concentration in college, make sure you are just as passionate about your minor concentration as your major concentration.  Statistic report that a vast majority of the students who graduate from college  will venture in career in the minor, rather than their major.

Social networks are growing.  Many jobs are hiring at times, but they are checking facebook, myspace, twitter and many other social networks. They want to be able to see your appearance, conversation, attitude, tone, and everything. They using these practices to match prospective candidates with job description, and if you do not match or exceed them, your not likely to receive the job. Some people may say that some of them may be a violation of the 14th amendment, but it is true.

 There was a recent article on Yahoo that included "Things not to do on facebook". Well, the most important on the list is to watch your speech. Speaking negatively about your job or boss will often hinder you from getting a job.  Also, acknowledging bad behavior listing things such as late for work, hate the job are considered inappropriate, as well as using profanity. On facebook and social networks, you want to inform people of positive developments about yourself. For example, the following list of things are considered positive,  attending a special honorary achievement awards, listing insightful things regarding your book reading, projects or other relative topics. In maintaining your network, you want to connect the focus of each topic to what your passionate about, while yet maintaining a balance. Balance is important because people have the tendency to overdo it until there is minimal connection. The key thing to remember is that the Internet social network is almost an absolute part of the hiring process for many companies, so you should make it an absolute part of your application to marketing yourself to your destination. Think of it as being a part of the application process along with your resume, cover letter.

Many jobs use a host of strategies such as checking criminal records, credits reports and history. Individuals are to make sure they are free of crime. There is very minimal chance that people will want to hire someone who is a felon, or someone who cannot pass the drug test. As for credit reports, jobs want individuals who have positive credit history. They are not really looking for individuals who do not have any credit, nor individuals who have bad credit or list declared bankruptcy.
 The application of marketing and networking for job is quite simple. The Internet social network and the public relation social network. In the public spectrum, attend job fairs. Present yourself as professional. Develop your own business cards. When landing a job, in the beginning be open to doing jobs that may not be exactly what you want. Be prepared to work your way up. For example, you may see your name on the organization's  flow charts or hierarchy system at the bottom, but months later you will rise top. As far as Internet social networks are concerned, be current and relevant as possible. Add friends of similar or common interests.  Know that if you have links of friends, they can recommend you to other friends. That is what the network is about. It is networking chains that help, if you do not know anyone in your prospective job field, one of your friends knows a friend who is a manager, CEO in your desired field.

 If you are an 18 years old freshman  attending college, and you join a facebook dentistry group wherein the administrator is a CEO, the chances are very high that you will land a great job in dentistry by that alone. That is great because by the time you are 21 senior or graduate, you have already become acquainted consistently involved in the dentistry group for four year. Volunteering while attending college is good way to land a job after college because that is best time to volunteer. Many times it is too late for individuals to volunteer after college because you look forward to earning a living. Many times after college many bills are inquired with time constraints, so it best to take advantage of volunteering opportunities while in college. Also, college workstudies programs are great. Many of the directors of the departments and work studies programs will hire students upon their graduation for full time jobs. Actively becoming involved within the community is great thing for students. Build yourself as young achiever and striver known for doing honorable and noble things within the community such as helping the elderly, community awareness. Build yourself as advocate against crime and issues. Also, running for class office and sponsoring program that reaches not only within the confines of the school, but the community as well. Extensive study and research is a key element.




Students who study hard and dig deep in their field for performing research do best on their jobs than others. These individuals know how to apply themselves. Seize every opportunity granted to gain hands experience because it  has a much longer lasting a effect than merely studying with no hands on training. Some are able to write things down one time, and the information is stored into the long term memory bank. Others have to rewrite and for to grasp the understanding of the information. Moreover, the visualization accompanied in experience lasts longer than studying. Studying with application ensures the most promising results. Always accompany the studying,  hands on experience with social network marketing, and the keys to high paying job are right for you.

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