Tag: Recent Graduate

Being new in the job market, I don’t know enough to land a job on my own. Who can help me? (TPOY048)

Classes may have us to working in teams or we may have friends we study with, yet in the end, the grade we receive is ours.  In the same way, just because the job we get is ours …

Being a student, I have run out of people to reach out to – How am I supposed to get a job or find out what I need to know? (TPOY044)

It is common to identify a few people who we can bring ourselves to talk to, to talk to them and when that does not lead to a job, to feel stuck, feeling like we have nowhere to …

How do I find the information I need to successfully interview and at the same time appear ready to do the job? (TPOY042)

In our role as candidates we are focused on providing answers to the interviewer’s questions.  Without experience we need to learn those answers.  After a certain point that leads to having to ask someone.  And yet, in asking …

Being newly graduated and without experience, how can I convince anyone I would be a good employee? (TPOY036)

It sometimes seems like only an act of kindness can get us a job in the “real” world.  Why would anyone take a chance on us unless they know us?  What we have achieved in the academic world …