Baby Step

By: Yameng Zhang

It has been at least 12 years since we are students. I feel good being a student because I have got used to that. Here is comes, graduation, sooner or later. There is time to wait, but the longer you wait, the scarier it becomes for you to step out. It is time to think about paying back the student loans, moving out of mama’s house and make a living on our own. The first step is the hardest one, but once you get on track, things will start rolling and you will say “hmm, that was easy”.

Measure Measure Measure

Nobody knows you better than yourself. What you have experienced is what made you, so brainstorm about what you’ve been through, what you’ve learnt and what you are proud of. Make a list and discover the skills the list demonstrates about you.

Ask yourself the question—“what do you want to be?” Hopefully you know the answer before you went to college.

Specify what positions you are interested in.

Whatever companies you’d like to work for, put them in your company list. Don’t hesitate to bring them on just because you think they are out of your league. Bring them on, thinking you may get them all.

Click Click Click

Google yourself. Keep one thing in mind—whatever you wouldn’t like your grandma to see, erase them. This doesn’t mean you have to be dull online to get a job, you can be fun and you can be interesting. As long as it says positively about you, it can stay.

Google the companies. Don’t be the one who cannot pronounce the companies’ names right. Be the one who knows everything comes to your dream companies.

Add those companies as your “friend” to all your social networking accounts. Make yourself an active visitor on their pages. It takes time, but you can keep on top of their latest status and you will be noticed.

Tailor Tailor Tailor

Be the matchmaker for you and your dream job. Once you measured yourself and learned enough about the companies, read each job description carefully and make your profile right for the job, tailor your resumes and cover letters to the positions in those companies. The point is to make yourself irresistible to your dream job. 

Keep trying, so you are not the one who gives up, because we all know the rule is“it always pays off”.