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Conquering the Real World:
A Guide for Achieving Success After College

 

Uncovering Job Leads to Interviewing Success... How it Should be Done

 

Job-Hunting and Interviewing: From Finding Job Leads to Interview Success

 

This step is all about how you can find the most job leads, and once you have found them, succeed in your job interviews.

 

Here's what you need to undertake during this step:
  1. Understand the basics of job-hunting and how to find the best job leads. Here are your best sources for job leads:
    • Career Network (of family, friends, alumni, former bosses and co-workers)
    • Career Services Office
    • Career Fairs
    • Company Career Centers
    • Online Job Boards

    Learn more here: 10 Ways to Develop Job Leads

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  2. Become an expert at job-interviewing. Know what types of interviews to expect and prepare answers for common interview questions. Partake in mock interviews. Practice, practice, practice.

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  3. Set daily and weekly job-search goals so that you will have more opportunities and obtain that job sooner. Remember: make the plan, meet your goals, and celebrate your achievements.

    Check out some intense goal-setting ideas in our article, One-Week Job-Search: How to Lay the Foundation for a New Job in Just Seven Days.

 

 

 

Lost? Go to the Map of the Real World Tutorial: A Guide for Achieving Success After College.

 

 

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Maximize your career and job-search knowledge and skills! Take advantage of The Quintessential Careers Content Index, which enables site visitors to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets in 35 career, college, job-search topic areas.

 


 

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