When I think about the real world , those lyrics from Prince perfectly defines the meanings of life. The happiness, the struggles, and the discovery of why we are here on this earth.
It has been two months so far since graduation, and I am still discovering what career is best fit for me. Lately, I have been job-hunting almost everyday and it is exhausting, but I remain confident. I do plan on going back to school to earn my Masters as soon as I figure out what I want to do ,but lately I have been looking for stable jobs in order to start building my income and start paying my student loans.
During my job-hunting journey, I have experienced and learned so many lessons about job-hunting and how the job market works. Job hunting is a
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Pre-recorded one-way interviews are NOT professional at all it does not matter how "beneficial" it is. It is not natural to communicate to a web-cam and been given a very limited amount of time answering each interview question.
You can prepare as much as you want for each interview but you will end up answering a unexpected interview question.
HRs need more fun creative interview questions. For example, an HR asked me what television character most describes me the most. I understand that are questions that should be job related but it does not hurt to add at least 2 fun questions every now and then.
My Advise: Never feel inferior in front of your interviewer. Don 't fully depend on what YOU can do for the company. Depend on what the company can do for YOU as well. (similar to JFK 's quote lol).
Networking
Network with EVERYONE you know who can either get you a stable job to work until a better job comes along. Need more network folks? Volunteer ,or just get out of the house. You never know who you will meet.
My Advise: The more people you meet, the merrier.
The Asshole Critics
Never stress when a person ask you this basic post grad question, "What are doing now? Are you working?"
Never let haters say that your program of study was a waste of time! If you 're passionate about your major, YOU WILL make it in life. For instance, my program of study is Psychology and I am not regrets because I loved studying the mind and
After high school, students in the United States have various career choices to choose from. College is a place composed of numerous facets and activities, which offer a variety of avenues for the career-minded to explore, while offering growth and opportunities for advancement. A fine career choice for students to pursue in college in is marketing: planning, directing, and the coordination of marketing policies and programs.
When you come for your interview there are several things that will be done. You will have many different types of interviews and exams to take. This is the process where they figure out if you are a good
Richard Bolles wrote this book to be a straightforward, essentials-only guide for job seekers. It contains many of the same themes as his best seller What Color is Your Parachute, but with less detailed analysis and discussion. He covers numerous topics including: finding hope for the job search, addressing stressors of unemployment, good and bad methods for tracking down jobs, developing
The failure of the mission with his brother did not set Raleigh back in terms of his relationship with the crown. Queen Elizabeth I, who had recently replaced her sister Mary, took a strong liking to Raleigh. She forced Raleigh to remain at her side, leaving him to plan exploration missions from afar.
Since, the program of studies is just a guide, I don’t have to follow it exactly, it’s just supposed to help me find my path. If I look at it and decide that those classes aren’t how I want to spend my college years and that I want to change my major, then it has still fulfilled it’s purpose, because it helped me find the path I want to take. In reality, I might not even go to the University of Florida, which means that I won’t follow that program of study. The truth of it is that I still have 2 years, to decide what I want to do, and even then I might change my mind on what I want to do in my sophomore year of college, but that’s my
I came up with a list of fifteen questions that my interviewee was willing to answer. This
How many of us have been stressed out this week and wished we could have prevented it? Levitin’s main idea is there are systems you can put in place that could prevent bad things from happening. I agree with Levitin because I believe there are many systems we could put in place to prevent bad things from happening. Like buying bottled water in case something happens to our drinking water. Gary Klein’s pre-mortem is looking ahead thinking of everything that could go wrong and coming up with a plan to prevent the bad things from happening. Making a decision in a stressful situation such as a financial or a medical situation could lead you to a quick decision without looking or reviewing the overall outcome. The effects of cortisol reduce logical thinking and begins to shutdown systems in our bodies. I will now discuss the first piece of evidence which is pre-mortem.
When faced with having to find a job and then securing a job, the job interview has to be a home run! Simply submitting a professional resume and completing an application is not enough. You cannot settle for being average. You can wait for the next job opportunity, but there are no guarantees there will be one. In Piotrowski’s article, “Preparing for the Job Interview: Know Thyself,” she identifies the process of a job interview (Wyrick, 2014). The steps Piotrowski identified in her article are included below. The steps below focus on identifying job openings, researching companies, preparing for the interview: the pre-interview, the job interview, and the post-interview summary.
Unstructured interviews are not made up of prepared questions. The interviewer will ask more open questions about board topics and then use follow-up questions to gain more answers in further detail. This method of interview is time-consuming however it enables the interviewee to answer questions in more detail and depth. It is possible that audio-recordings can be
Having just completed my first year of college I was out in the business world looking for a new job for the summer. I applied for various jobs online and received a couple offers and went in for an interview at a local hotel. I was interviewing for a pool attendant position. I met the manager of the hotel and we sat down as he described to me all of the inner workings of the job. He then asked me a variety of questions that apply to the job as well as the type of person I was. It is important to answer these questions with answers the interviewer wants to hear. Even though there isn’t a “right” answer for a lot of the questions, there are answers that the interviewer could approve or disapprove of. Using skills that I learned from my liberal arts education I was able to build a connection with the interviewer, answer his questions with answers he wanted to hear, and establish who I was and what I could bring to the organization.
I learned that it is important to try and let prospective employers know that you can feel their needs and if they have any questions about your abilities you should clear them up right away.
When I graduated from high school, I was admitted at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I enrolled in the School of Business. My major was Accounting. I did so to please my parents and what I thought would be the best fit. I was not very happy, and I must confess that I was bored to death. After two years of studying something that I did not like, I changed my focus to School of Social Work. I was taking elective classes in Social Work/Mental Health Counseling and realize that this field held my interest and really represented how I viewed myself and the world. I was out from College for 5 years. Working with the Department of Social Services and numerous nonprofit organizations. For the last 5 years I have been working as a Social Worker for Department of Social Service Child Protective Service Investigator. I actual love my job because it is customer (client) oriented and I got to practice my counseling skills indirectly and directly with my clients I encounter on an daily
At the end of 2012 the National Unemployment Rate was 7.8% (“Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey”) and employers were struck with the daunting task of filling 3.6 million job openings (Smith.) In an article for Forbes on the subject of the daunting prospect of the job search, Jacquelyn Smith shares this startling fact: “The average number of people who apply for any given job: 118.” With the downturn in the economy in recent years, candidates for any given job can include inexperienced job seekers, seasoned competitive candidates, and even those who are looking to start their second or third career. The job market is flooded. Employers are overwhelmed by the sheer number of applicants, sometimes willing to compromise
One of the most important decisions in my life is to choose a career that I will enjoy and find interesting for many years ahead. It is important that I have the ability to provide well for myself and future family. In an effort to stay current in the marketplace, I am committed to keeping an open mind as career paths change, and dedicating time for continued education. I believe that my career choices for the future greatly depend upon the knowledge that I have of myself, information regarding my career options, testing field work, and making deliberate decisions now. Success in this endeavor will depend upon a quality analysis of these aspects, and the proper application of that knowledge. My effort in gaining a quality education is the