Forbes staff writer, Susan Adams, published an article on
April 22 titled, “Five Mistakes
College Job Seekers Make”. The title immediately caught my attention. My first
thought was, “what could I possibly be doing wrong? Maybe the author doesn’t
actually know anything about being a job-seeking college grad.” After reading
that Adams has been writing about careers for Forbes since 1995, I figured that
she might be on to something and decided to read on (and you should too)!
Adams cited five main issues that current college job
seekers face:
1. Students are not applying for
enough jobs
2. Failing to do enough of their own
networking
3. Spending time on Facebook and
YouTube when they should be on LinkedIn
4. Believing that applying through an
employer’s website is all they need to do
5. Taking no for an answer when you
get no response from an employer
