Unemployed last year graduate who has not had a "job" but wants to get one
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Best advice is don't get discouraged.... all it takes is one "yes" to make all those "no's" not matter. As your first job hardest thing is getting your foot in the door. I graduated from college during the dot com bust time and there were hardly any jobs (dot coms were falling left and right so there was a surplus of engineers and developers), so I started grad school in the mean time until I found something.
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Best advice is don't get discouraged.... all it takes is one "yes" to make all those "no's" not matter. As your first job hardest thing is getting your foot in the door. I graduated from college during the dot com bust time and there were hardly any jobs (dot coms were falling left and right so there was a surplus of engineers and developers), so I started grad school in the mean time until I found something.
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I've never bothered to find a job, they have always found me. In my experience, having family, friends, recruiters looking works much better than doing it myself. 1. Tell family, friends, people at church, etc. you are looking for a job. Most of them will get a bonus if they are the entry point for your job. 2. Take entry level, don't be proud, and just take what you can get (but make sure it is relevant to your career choice). Once you have a job, it is easier to find the next one. 3. Get in touch with recruitment agencies. They are miserable bottom feeders, but they will get you that first job (and every once in a while, they are really great). 4. Look for a job, like it is your job, make sure you apply somewhere every day. 5. Commute. I live in a very rural area, so I just have a very long commute. This will work for a while, until you are happy with the job and find a place closer to where you work.
Solid advice on all accounts - especially point 4. Some people are willing to work hard at their job but seem to think a job will find them when they don't have them - sometimes finding a job itself is a lot of work. Pashmina Perfection