Monday 21 March 2011

Your Graduate Job Hunting Stategy

Are you totally happy with your current approach to finding a graduate job? If so, and you're getting the results then fantastic, but if you’re getting nowhere have you actually taken a step back to see what needs changing? We know this sounds obvious but in the blinding light of bookmarking/registering with countless websites and firing CVs in all directions, are you reserving time to analyse your strategy? It's just as important as the applying itself and will really help next time you sit down to job search and think "where do I start?!" A spreadsheet for this is essential - study how many jobs you see potential in every week, how many do you apply to, do you always customise your CV and covering letter from head to toe? If so does this make a difference? Who gave you feedback and who didn't? This is just the start of the detail you could go into to ensure you’re doing the job of finding a job properly. If you're doing none of these then you can bet someone else is, and beating you to the post in the process.