Online Job Hunting for a Recent College Graduate in Today's Economy

posted on 23 August 2010 | posted in Computers

As a recent college graduate, I have been thrown in to the sea of job hunters searching for the perfect job - I'd ideally like a work in pharma employment - or even any job that pays.

There appear to be numerous job possibilities in this world when you go online, but as someone with limited experience and nothing more than a college degree, it can be daunting to look at the lists of job postings from people who want three years of experience and an MBA at a minimum for their supposedly entry level positions. Just as everyone says, job hunting really can come down to who you know, but there is no reason to give up on finding the job for you even if you know no one. A creative job search can get you pretty far. When you look at the major job posting boards, you never know the story behind the job or if it is even still available. The boss may have hired his neighbor's NYU educated MBA toting son or he could still be searching the country for that person with the perfect small town charm that his company needs. Today's economy is awful. I fully realize this and have seen it cause people to give up before they've started. The prospect that I need to start searching for a job with my meager resume scares me.

Those MBAs are out there and the job possibilities are just as limited for them and I could be competing with them, but I believe that I will find a job somewhere even if I have to scour the whole country and start off with a salary that requires me to have 5 roommates in a studio apartment. I am going to give this job search a chance because I've seen it work for people despite the mysterious nature of job postings. Sure, I've also seen it fail, but I've also seen it work. I've seen people land jobs in areas they never thought about going before because that is the one company that responded to the application. You never know what the job hunt will bring, but it could be an opportunity you never thought about in your life.