#graduates: 4 Ways to Get a Head Start on Your Career Options after Graduation

By Musole Maleka, Resume CV Designer

1. Career centres

Some institutions offers many opportunities for guidance and assistance in getting started in your career. One of the best opportunities is at the those your career centre. It is worth checking in with your university’s career centre before you leave college. Many of these centres help graduates find suitable positions to get them started on a successful career.

Career centres are often connected with other job centres or agencies as well as with companies. They are therefore in a good position to help guide you and help you find a job after graduating.

2. Stay in contact

If you want to have a successful career in today’s competitive market, it is important to stay in contact with people you know or have met. Get on social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Facebook and connect with senior graduates who went ahead and other people you have met. This network will be very important when seeking employment. It will provide you with crucial contacts. If you are on social media platforms for such a purpose utilize it well and it will work.

Ensure that you include detailed information about your career prospects and what you have done in the past that would make you a good candidate for a job. You never know who could be reading your profile.

3. Get your CV out there

Many graduates complete their degrees successfully then sit at home waiting for the job to come to them. The market is full of graduates that are equally or even more qualified than you and they aren’t sitting on their ears.

It is important to take a proactive approach to finding a job. You need to put yourself out there. You may get rejected now and then but you will eventually find a job that suits your skills.

4. Develop professionally

Learning doesn’t stop with graduation. There are many graduates who are equally qualified. You should therefore have something extra to put you one step ahead. You should therefore invest in your professional development. You can take up an additional course or training opportunity. Look at job listings and identify trends in the jobs that you aspire to. Seek to obtain the skills that you lack so that you easily qualify for the next advertised position.

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