Job Search
Searching for jobs that you let you work during school, during the summer between semesters, and after graduation can seem like a daunting task. Good news is that many universities have job placement systems that facilitate job searching for students. If you are job hunting while attending school, the first place to turn is the school itself: you can create networks with fellow students and with professors and you can be introduced into networks by professors or by alumni.
Create Your Resumes
Before you begin networking, you need to revamp your resume. Have it read over and edited. Make sure that it is clear, concise, grammatically correct, and void of errors. Make sure that it includes powerful words (initiated, created, instituted, etc.). Also note one type of resume does not fit all. You want to create three different types of resume format. Presentation, Keyword Scannable, and ASCII format for different type of submitting.
Once you have your resumes are ready get a professional-sounding e-mail address. A resume coming from angelprincess1 will not be given as much consideration as a resume coming from JohnSmith or JSmith. In fact, some employers simply throw away resumes that are attached to e-mails with unprofessional e-mail addresses.
Start Your Job Search
After you have gone through your own network, you should start working on the network that universities set up: the alumni. Alumni are a fantastic asset, and many alumni are willing to connect students that have good resumes and good recommendations. The alumni network can be a powerful tool that you can use in your favor.
Once you have networked as much as you can, consult the job posting boards in your department or college, and start using larger job search engines like Yahoo! Jobs, Monster, and Dice.
Searching for jobs that you let you work during school, during the summer between semesters, and after graduation can seem like a daunting task. Good news is that many universities have job placement systems that facilitate job searching for students. If you are job hunting while attending school, the first place to turn is the school itself: you can create networks with fellow students and with professors and you can be introduced into networks by professors or by alumni.
Create Your Resumes
Before you begin networking, you need to revamp your resume. Have it read over and edited. Make sure that it is clear, concise, grammatically correct, and void of errors. Make sure that it includes powerful words (initiated, created, instituted, etc.). Also note one type of resume does not fit all. You want to create three different types of resume format. Presentation, Keyword Scannable, and ASCII format for different type of submitting.
Presentation Resume:
This type of resume are your typical paper resume that is visually appealing created in word processors like Microsoft Word, and it can be email to a person as attachment, mailed to a person, hand delivered for human viewing. It is formatted and created to provide 15-30 second positive and enthusiastic screening response, and capture the attention of human reviewer.
Keyword Scannable:
Scannable format resume are created to be stored in employer’s database or electronic software. You should use Keyword Scannable format when you know that your resume will be stored into a database system either by scanning or you submitting online as attachment. When you submit online resume on a company website or job search site, it get stored in database. If there are certain types of character or drawing in your resume it can cause the scanning software to error or put junk characters, and thus your resume might not come up when employer does a database search. Keyword scannable resume are format to help scanner read the resume accurately and store them in the electronic format. In this format stylized text and graphic are removed, and content is created keeping keyword in mind. When an employee will do a search in electronic system he will use keyword, and resume with mass keyword density will return first.
ASCII Format:
ASCII format resume is used for cut and paste in to job search engine, email, and online forms. It uses the basic ascii format recognized by all computer system, and has no special graphic and format. They are not intended for printing or presentation. This format also can be used for electronic submission like the Keyword scannable format.
Once you have your resumes are ready get a professional-sounding e-mail address. A resume coming from angelprincess1 will not be given as much consideration as a resume coming from JohnSmith or JSmith. In fact, some employers simply throw away resumes that are attached to e-mails with unprofessional e-mail addresses.
Start Your Job Search
Job searching is all about networking: connecting with professors, students, and past employers to find a job that is best suited for you. In many cases, networking may require you to stretch beyond your normal limits, but it is a powerful and a successful tool. As you are job searching, you should put out as many feelers as possible: get as many people out looking for you as you can. For example, professors and graduate students can be your biggest asset on campus. Talk to a few professors that you have a good relationship with and ask them to keep an eye out for you. You could even ask them for suggestions on how to go about a job search, and just the mere act of asking for advice will prod them on to look for jobs for you or to suggest your name. You can also network through classmates. Find students who have jobs that are similar to the one that you are looking for and talk to them about how they went about finding such a job. You could even enquire about their current place of employment and if there are any vacancies. Before you actually hop online and start going through lists of openings, you should see if you have any close contacts that would be able to help you.
After you have gone through your own network, you should start working on the network that universities set up: the alumni. Alumni are a fantastic asset, and many alumni are willing to connect students that have good resumes and good recommendations. The alumni network can be a powerful tool that you can use in your favor.
Once you have networked as much as you can, consult the job posting boards in your department or college, and start using larger job search engines like Yahoo! Jobs, Monster, and Dice.
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