You worked hard to earn a degree, and if you’re like many students, you may have some serious student loans to pay back. What should you do if you can’t find a job? My quick answer, is learn how to run a better job search–and tap into resources that can help you. Guess what the biggest mistake recent graduates make as they look for work? Addiction to the internet. It’s a great tool but it puts you where there’s the most competition and the least likelihood of getting a response.<\/p>\n
To learn how to diversify your search:\u00a0 take advantage of your former school’s career office, find out about groups or services where you’re living (for many recent grads this means with Mom & Dad) and team up with\u00a0 a search buddy so you’re not\u00a0going it alone. A really helpful website is www.quintessentialcareers.com<\/a>. Also check with your local library and the Unemployment Office (Department of Labor) to see what resources there are. Pull away from the internet-driven pack and go directly after employers. The worst that can happen is nothing!<\/p>\n Lastly, my first book, “Eliminated! Now What?” has templates and advice that can help you. Read several search books to get diverse opinions and keep an open mind. You will find work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You worked hard to earn a degree, and if you’re like many students, you may have some serious student loans to pay back. What should you...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jean"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2j73q-1K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}