Need a Job Career? Don't Know Where to Start? Here's A Few Ways You Can

There are multiple ways to land the job or career you want. But how do you start? Where do you even begin? For starters, you are already doing it. How you might ask? Well, simply by the friends you are making. You are already making connections with people who may or may not have your career job. Those that who do not have your career job may know someone who does and that is what is important. This is called networking. But networking is not that simple. You can meet someone and make acquaintances, but you also need to keep in touch with them. They have information you may want and vice versa. If you want to network outside of friends, there is also talking to random people within your school -- even your professors, going to job fairs, or networking online! Also, there is applying for internships.

A professor related to your field of study is one of the best ways to network. Why? They have had experience in the job! They have already made connections with people in the career or possibly a company you are interested in. Your professor is already a great source of information to help you learn about a certain type of business, description of a type of job you want, and giving you advice about a career choice in general. Professors are easy to talk to because not only are they there to help and guide you, they want you to succeed and they know what it is like career hunting; that is why they are there to at least help you land an internship. Applying and getting the job at the company you want takes your own effort and hard work. The battle is all yours and it depends on you where you want to take that battle.

Getting an internship is one of the best ways to land a job in the company you desire. Your school may help provide you in getting an internship. It helps you get a feel of what the company is like and you get to network with the people there. Also, you are getting experience into the real business world besides learning it in class. Because you are interning, you gain experience and the knowledge of the company that when you apply for a position it is almost a sure win getting the job. Don't think about whether you are getting paid or not because that's not what is important, it's the experience and knowledge of the company workings. This is what happened to a friend of mine. He was interning at pretty good company and when his term was up, he applied for a position that just so happened to open up because a high-level worker retired. Upon applying, he got the job because he already knew how the company functions by interning.

Job fairs is another great way to network and possibly get a job. At a job fair you can look at the different companies that are out there; there may be companies you have never heard of and take interest in. This is a chance to get to know more people and learn about the companies and what kind of people they are looking for. It is like a pre-interview. You are getting out there letting people know who you are and showing your interest in them. Like with online networking, you put yourself online with a professional image.

With online networking, you let people know you are interested in a certain job career. You talk with people and let people find you. There are sights you can join like LinkedIn, Monster.com, or CraigsList. There are always people looking for someone to fill a position. LinkedIn and Monster lets you look for job openings and for people to find you who think you may be right for the position. All you have to do is sign up. As for CraigsList, it is one of the cheapest ways to advertise a job opening; all you have to do is look under the jobs sections. You’d be surprised at what kinds of jobs you may find.

These are actually fairly simple things to do, what you need to keep in mind is to keep up to date with what your networks are doing and talking with them, even about something random. You simply want to be on their good side and give them a positive and professional impression of yourself. Most importantly, don’t be fake, be yourself but also respectful.

Good Luck!