What can I do to gurantee a job?
Question: I am currently in a Computer Information System major, and transferring into a community college to finish off the classes I have failed, or haven't taken yet (Programming 2, Accounting, Calculus). I've applied for Best Buy's Geek Squad but haven't gotten a response yet, but it hasn't even been a week. I also wouldn't mind working as a help desk support or anything like that, and I really need a job starting this Summer. I need advice on whats the best places to look, and where should I be looking with my current education (a semester away from a Associate of Applied Science degree).
What should I do that will guarantee me a job, I really want to start my life and get to working, and possibly move out soon, so I need all the advice possible. Thanks for all the help.
Answer:
There are no guarantees for a job. And once you're in one there is no guarantee that you will keep the job. So my advice is that you change your mindset to something more like "How can I guarantee the most potential opporutnities available to me"
And nothing substitutes for some well-thought-out planning about where nad how you want to work coupled with the determined, constant cultivation of opportunities.
You might start by asking yourself what is more important to you in these mutually-exclusive workplace settings: security or flexibility? Security or money? Security or new experiences? My guess is that if security is most important to you, you'll enbd up in the public sector or in a very large corporate environment. 30% of this country's workforce says that's not a bad place to be, but it also lacks leading pay rates, a lot of the kind of rapid-paced change and growth that keeps many people happy and engaged in what they are doing and you're typically bound by lots of HR-related process and procedure. If a dynamic environment is important to you, then going into the private sector will likely offer better pay, more opportunity for advancement and an interesting job and likely far more flexibility with your non-work schedule.
So take that list of what's importnat but not mutually exclusive and then look around you via places like Monster and Hotjobs. Search out opportunities that might hire you today with your current qualiications. Search out ones that will hire you once you finish school. Search them for "internships". If a local company or agency is hiring for two (or even all three), then go apply - it shows they need people who can move up in the organziation.
Etcetera. I was once told that job searching is the toughest job a person can have. And it's true -- it take time, planning, focus and committment so you don't just aimless drift from one job to another. So approach this like you would any major project in life and evaluate, plan and execute it appropriately.
The right job is out there - but oh so rarely does it just jump up in front of you. The upshot to all of the work you're going to put into this (and all of the toads you iwlllikely kiss along the way): you'll really know what you want and you'll be really experienced and praticed at interviewing for it.
Good luck!
Get some really good gossip on your boss to be.
I think union jobs are the best for job security!! Check city websites in your area and they usually have current job listings.:)
just trust God
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