Graduate Career Advice

September 25th, 2009

Every graduate will have tough time when the matter comes of
choosing up a career after graduation. The maximum graduates don’t know what to do after taking a degree. You can find graduate career advice n many places as in your college also you get career advice from your placement officer.
Giving a career advice would be really very difficult task as every once graduation back ground would be unique.
Never hurry up while making a career choice always make a smart choice, do all the necessary research on the career field or the job you are interested in.
Once you are set with the mind that what exactly you want to do, then you can create your resume according to job which you’re looking for and then post your resume for the desire job and attend the interviews from where you get a call.
So to make you career perfect we are giving you some good advice to help you find and secure the graduate job you want. This is the steps which need to follow by every graduate.

Resume writing tips:
Generally one resumes will never be perfect for the entire job. Even though it may be time consuming you must modify your resumes according to the requirement of individual employer’s requirements. Recognize the main encouragement points that the employer is looking for.
Most employers have a preference to short brief resumes as a general rule. Your resume should not be more than two pages long. Think superiority, not size. On standard, 60% of readers watch the first page, 40% of the second. Always take account of the mainly applicable information on the first page of your resume.

Personal Details:
Name, Date of Birth, Contact Details, Nationality

Education and Qualifications
Degree, A-levels and Subjects and results

Achievements:
When asked what your furthermost achievement to date is, just remember that everyone who applies for the job has a degree with them, so make sure you highlight your unique skills that make you stick out from the other candidates.

Interests and Hobbies:
Only include related and suitable information in this segment. When talking about interests and hobbies try to express proficiency and qualities persona that will be suitable for the role you are interested in. Any information should have a reason and make you stick out from the other candidates.

Supplementary Information and Skills:
Additional qualifications, known languages, IT skills and Driving license details.

References:
This part is not so important. Reference can be given on request.

Interview tips:

  • Prepare yourself according to the requirement of the company.
  • Remove all the information about the company before attending the interview.
  • Prepare answers for commonly asked question like, why you want to do this job, what are your weaknesses and strengths, what are the main farm duties in this job.
  • Never get excited and rush to answer take your time when answering the questions. It’s better if you first understand the question and take your time if you need to think.
  • Your answers should be focused on what you can provide for the employer and not according to what they can do for you.
  • Turn off your mobile phone the interviewer has to be treated with respect and give them your complete attention.
  • Practice the hard questions so that your responses come transversely absolutely and logically and one has to be prepared to answer any of three types of question: structured, standard and open-ended.

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