Hey, College Grads: Avoid these 5 Job-Hunting Mistakes and Good Work Can Still Be Had

IT’S COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS SEASON, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. THE REAL WORLD AWAITS, BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE TERRIBLE. HERE ARE WAYS TO SHARPEN THAT POST-COLLEGE JOB SEARCH.

It’s graduation season and employment is weighing heavily on the minds of college grads across America–some, in fact, have said they’ve already given up on the job hunt.

For those worried grads, the job outlook is mixed. The good news is that despite the tough job market, unemployment for college graduates in April was 3.9 percent–nearly half of the overall unemployment rate of 7.5 percent, according to the Labor Department report released last week. However, there is evidence that the reduction was driven by high-skilled job seekers (those with Bachelor’s degrees) moving into low-skill jobs, such as file clerks, waitresses, and, of course, baristas.

Certainly, the intended profession that you selected in college may be more difficult to land these days and the career path may look a little differently than you imagined freshman year, but great opportunities are still out there for the savvy job seeker. Here are five common mistakes new college grads make in their quest for a job and smarter ways to navigate a post-graduation job search in today’s market… [Read more]

The above article is StartWire’s guest post at Fast Company. Continue reading at Fast Company.