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Fresh out of college and jobless....Looking for Advice/Help

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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 08:23 PM
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Sounds like you're just looking for any job. It's definitely good to be open minded for your first job out of school but I'd recommend focusing on a couple of industries. I am going to use the financial industry as an example and talk around it since I've been working in this industry for the past seven years.

The financial industry has its hubs, be open to relocation. Look at some of the major banks and see where they are located. Wells Fargo is primarily on the West coast and Bank of America on the East coast. You'll likely find more of the back office or technology offices located in suburbs or cities that are cheaper to operate (NC & NJ versus NYC). I have friends that graduated with similar degree (business management) that found their way to doing financial forecasting for Ford, Medtronic, AIG, BNP Paribas. But most of them started by either taking some series exams (used for day trading or financial advisor), CFA or CPA exams. The last two are serious commitments but definitely less so of time and financial constraint compared to going for a graduate degree. Once you're looking to do this, put it on your résumé as "pursuing CPA license" or "Pursuing series 7" under your education. It will help you. My point is to look for ways to find a low hanging fruit that will show some kind of interest and competency in a given field.

Polish up your résumé and have different versions for industry specific jobs. Utilize your school's career center if there is one. Have a counselor provide feedback on your résumé. I've been given many resumes when I was hiring for a junior business analyst position, there was alarmingly large number of resumes with spelling mistakes. Those went straight to the garbage. My point here is to have a second or even third set of eyes to review your résumé. You make the final decision on edits.

That's all I got for now. Good luck on your job search.
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Old Oct 8, 2013 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by tweezy7
Hello Guys,

I just recently graduated from the University of Alabama and I have a BS degree in Business Management and Communications.
I have just moved back to the LA area after graduation in May 2013
I have been on all kinds of websites like careerbuilder.com and monster. But I am still having a heard time finding anything. Most of the leads sound promising but then once you go on the interviews its all for door to door sales or soliciting.
I wanted to reach out to everyone on the forum maybe there are some guys in higher places that could help me out.
I previously worked for Walt Disney and was an assistant manager at a restaurant.

Please PM me if anyone has any good leads or small business that they could use a man like me and my degree.
I thank you in advance as I continue my job search.
Is there a specific thing you want to do? a specific field of industry or position?

I was in similar situation back in 2009 when I graduated college. It took me exactly 2 yeas (730 days) from my graduation date to first day of work. In the meantime, I applied to every job as I can possibly find, even if it was part time job at starbucks or manual labor. But I NEVER got any calls from those part time places, probably because I had a college degree and would have left the job immediately when I got the job I wanted.
I went to several employment centers, went to their workshops and resume workshops, perfected my resume and continued to improve on my interview skills. I went through probably 40~50 interviews in the two years span. I worked at my own church as a paid staff and also did private tutor for small children even though I hated working with small children, that was all I could find. I managed to make about ~$1000 a month with church and tutor.
I also continued to study, in my case, I'm an engineering major so I kept on studying so that I don't forget. I also learned some more softwares and CAD programs and earn some certificates for CAD programs to build my resume more.
It was tough times, I almost broke up with my longtime girlfriend because life was getting tougher and I was unable to find a job for two whole years. I even took LSAT to apply for law school with my engineering background, thinking I can get into maybe patent law. LSAT was HARD and I only got average score so I did not pursue law.

All in all, the two years taught me lot of lesson that I would never have learned otherwise. So now I never work a day in my life because I actually enjoy what I do and I am infinitely thankful because I learned how precise having a job is. And my girlfriend and I got married last year because she also endured it through with me and believed in me.

Hopefully it doesn't take you two years to find a job and probably wouldn't, but just want to encourage you. Stay focused on what you want to do and keep doing things that will better yourself and prepare you for it when the opportunity comes
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