Show The Ten Commandments Of The Corp Job Joh Search For Graduating Students 1 Life is a full contact sport It has always been a game of who you know Begin with a list of friends relatives and acquaintances and ask each who they think you should talk with 2 Dont Don't look for a job Look for information first Getting these steps backwards is the biggest mistake you can make Face to face research is the best kind It builds contacts a database and interview skills you interview them all at the same time 3 Do not lead with a resume Resumes cause caus screen out They should only be used after face to face meetings that develop opportunities Do them one at a time Say as little as possible 4 Op Operate rate from a written list of questions How did you find your way here What is this industry really like and always If you were me who else would you talk with Can I use your name as a referral 5 Real practice makes perfect The more people you contact and talk with the better at it you will get Start with alumni your roommates roommate's father a professors professor's brother anyone Discipline yourself to make hone calls and set up meetings Everyone of them will have a skill building benefit and an often unexpected piece of information 6 Stay away from interviews You dont don't want to be an applicant You dont don't want to get in the pile to be evaluated and screened out You want to meet key people listen to them let them like you and eventually give them a chance to fit you into their organization 7 The Hie most powerful words in the language are Thank you Spend your money on high quality personal stationery You must become a master at the three sentence one paragraph thank you note Thank everyone for everything in writing and within one business day Each time you thank a referral copy the person who gave you the name with a marginal additional thank you 8 Life is a treasure hunt You cant can't expect to find out what you want to do or orbe orbe orbe be unless you go out and see what is out there If you want to be a fireman go visit the firehouse There is no other way If you dont don't like the firemen you meet that is a clue that firefighting might not be for you Walk the ground Its It's the only way to know what you might want 9 Begin building a career network The people that you meet and contact are not one shot experiences Your objective is not to get a job but to build up a group of potential career advisors You can pick the best ones and stay in touch for years Your initial substantial work investment can have long term paybacks 10 Careers are mosaics not blueprints Structured linear career progressions area are a a myth Your first job is not the first step it is the first piece of the picture Beware of the extended training program Go for something that gets you involved with real work as soon as possible 11 Lo Look k for your first boss not your first job Who you work for and with personally is the single most important factor in a first job Dont Don't accept a position for assignment to someone at a later date Personal chemistry will always be critical These are the new rules of career dynamics in today's days t different job environ environ- ment Many college seniors from this years year's graduating class will have five or six different careers over their lifetimes Learning to make career transitions beginning with the first one must be a professional skill developed by each graduate Commencement is the beginning of self-determination self and self- self management Those skills cannot be taught Fortunately they can learned be |