In college and thinking about the job market? Here are some tips to help you stay ahead of the field:
– Join the student organization in your specialty.
– Get summer internships before you’re a senior.
– When you’re applying for jobs, don’t forget the follow-through. Send thank-you notes after an interview, and quickly provide any information the interviewer requested.
– Use alumni connections. “It isn’t that these folks can give you a job,” said Mary E. Schilling, director of career services at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. “But they can give you some advice and pass along your resume.”
– “Treat e-mail as official correspondence, not as informal conversation,” said Tom Wunderlich of Old Dominion University’s career center. And avoid goofy or suggestive e-mail addresses or phone messages. “No song of the day or joke of the week on your voicemail,” Wunderlich added.
