- Find the company you want to work for
- A company employee evaluates every application and resume to determine if the applicant, based on the applicant’s submitted application or resume, qualifies for the job opening(s)
- Talk to friends, relatives, vendors, customers, anyone you can find
- Check out management and employees on social media
- Leverage the knowledge
- Be productive
- Create a portfolio to get the job, job-shadowing, apprenticeships,
- Use a referral
- Talk about how the company will benefit from hiring you
- Ask for the job
- Make an immediate impact in the role
- Nearly 61% of Americans earned a two- or four-year degree. Fewer than 40% of college graduates are working in a field that is directly related to their college major five years after graduation. Employers are interested in the graduates’ ability to use their education.