FOR MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS
GRADUATION IS RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER.
WHILE IT'S EXCITING, IT CAN
ALSO LEAVE YOU FEELING UNEASY
AND THINKING ABOUT FINDING A
JOB.
THE DREADED JOB SEARCH.
IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR TOO.
JOINING US NOW IS JENNY DAVIS
WHO IS THE STAFFING DIRECTOR
WITH TIPS FOR GRADUATES GETTING
READY TO ENTER THE WORK FORCE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
YOU HAVE QUITE THE
INCREDIBLE RESUME.
YOU'VE PLACED GRADS IN
IMPRESSIVE COMPANIES.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND.
YEAH, I'M A UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA GRADUATE MYSELF.
GRADUATED WITH A JOURNALISM
DEGREE.
THOUGHT I WANTED TO DO PUBLIC
RELATIONS.
HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE AT A
COUPLE OF LOCAL FIRMS AND THEN
FOUND MY WAY INTO RECRUITING
JUST THROUGH CONNECTIONS AND
PEOPLE BRINGING IT UP TO ME.
WASN'T SOMETHING I THOUGHT I'D
DO.
I'VE LOVED IT FOR THE LAST
EIGHT YEARS.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
SOON TO BE COLLEGE GRADUATES DO
YOU TELL THEM IT'S OKAY TO HAVE
PLAN B.
YES.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
I THINK BEING OPEN MINDED IS
CRUCIAL; RIGHT?
YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO BUT THEN
YOU FIND OUT THERE'S DIFFERENT
AVENUES AND PEOPLE TAKE
DIFFERENT PATHS WITH THAT SAME
DEGREE.
SO THERE'S OPTIONS.
SO KEEPING AN OPEN MIND IS
CRUCIAL.
YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU TEN
TIPS FOR GRADUATES TO ENTER THE
WORK FORCE.
YOU RECOMMEND GET INVOLVED.
CONSIDER DIFFERENT COMMUNITY
GROUPS YOU'RE INVOLVED IN AND
THINK ABOUT THAT AS AN OPTION
FOR A CAREER.
POTENTIALLY A CHURCH YOU'RE
INVOLVED IN.
A SORORITY.
ALUMNI.
THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT
CONSIDER THAT CAN BE HELPFUL
FOR YOU.
GOING TO MOCK INTERVIEWS CAN
ALSO BE HELPFUL TOO.
WHETHER IT'S SOMEONE THAT YOU
LOOK UP TO OR JUST HAVING THAT
ONE ON ONE INTERACTION.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT JUST TO
CREATE A PERSONAL BRAND,
MEANING SEPARATING YOURSELF
FROM OTHER APPLICANTS.
THAT'S GREAT.
THAT LEADS TO ANOTHER POINT WE
TALKED ABOUT WITH A PERSONAL
BRAND AND DIGITAL BRAND.
BE AWARE OF THAT IN THIS DAY
AND AGE.
WHAT IS THE DIGITAL BRAND YOU
PUT OUT.
HOW YOU PRESENT YOURSELF AND
ALL OF THOSE ARENAS IS REALLY
IMPACTFUL IN THIS.
CONSIDER THAT EARLY.
THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER.
PEOPLE HELPING ALL OF US WITH.
YOUR RESUME.
YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE TOO
LONG.
CORRECT.
I'M NOT A BELIEVER IN STICK TO
ONE PAGE NECESSARILY.
THE MORE YOU CAN INCLUDE, THE
MORE YOU GIVE REASON FOR PEOPLE
TO FIND YOU AND FIND YOUR
RESUME, THE BETTER.
BUT KEEP IT SWEET, KEEP IT
SHORT AND SELL YOURSELF IN IT;
RIGHT?
HOW CAN YOU UTILIZE A
RECRUITER.
I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT
THAT WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.
ME EITHER.
I'D NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
WE AS RECRUITERS, WHETHER IT BE
WITH AN AGENCY OR INTERNAL
CORPORATE RECRUITER, WE LOOK
FOR COLLEGE GRADS.
THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR
HARDEST GROUPS OF CANDIDATES TO
FIND.
SO WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR THAT
INDIVIDUAL.
UTILIZING A RECRUITER CAN BE
HELPFUL.
WE HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION WITH
SOME OF THESE REALLY LARGE
COMPANIES HERE IN THE TWIN
CITIES.
WE MIGHT HAVE AVENUES THAT YOU
MIGHT NOT HAVE IF YOU JUST
APPLY DIRECTLY ONLINE.
GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
YOU DO.
WE KNOW THAT JOB SEARCHING
IS NOT NECESSARILY FUN AND
THAT'S OKAY.
YOU SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH
THE UNCOMFORTABLE; CORRECT?
CORRECT.
BE OKAY BEING NERVOUS.
BE HUMAN.
HUMANIZING YOURSELF IN AN
INTERVIEW IN A MOCK INTERVIEW,
THAT'S OKAY.
BECAUSE WE WERE ALL THERE;
RIGHT?
YOU WERE THERE.
I WAS THERE.
INTERVIEWING ISN'T EASY.
NO ONE THINKS IT IS.
IT'S OKAY TO BE YOURSELF AND BE
COMFORTABLE.
FINALLY AS WE LOOK AT THE
LAST FEW.
DO YOUR RESEARCH WHEN YOU'RE
GOING INTO A JOB INTERVIEW.
SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE DON'T
THINK TO JUST KNOW WHO YOU'RE
GOING TO INTERVIEW WITH.
MAYBE LOOK AT THEIR BACKGROUND.
WHAT'S MAYBE THE BEST TIP YOU
HAVE?
ABSOLUTELY SAID IT.
IT'S LINKED IN.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
LOOK THE A THEIR PROFILE.
MAYBE YOU WENT TO THE SAME
SCHOOL AND DIDN'T KNOW IT.
ANYTHING THAT CAN TIE YOU
TOGETHER.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SUGGEST
IS GLASS DOOR IS ALSO A GREAT
RESOURCE FOR NEW GRADS.
TO REVIEW COMPANIES.
THERE ARE ALSO PAGES ON THAT
WEBSITE THAT OUTLINE POTENTIAL
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS THAT YOU
MIGHT SEE AT THOSE COMPANIES.
ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE.
JENNY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING IN.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE GRADUATES
OUT THERE.
REALLY WE WISH YOU THE BEST.
IT'S NOT FUN, BUT IT'S THAT
NECESSARY STEP.
WE HOPE THEY ALL GET THEIR
DREAM JOB.
ABSOLUTELY.