{"id":48297,"date":"2017-10-23T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/?p=47872"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T19:00:26","slug":"recruiter-college-resource-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/recruiter-college-resource-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiter Real Talk: College Resource Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pencils down! It\u2019s time to start thinking beyond the classroom with Creative Circle\u2019s College Resource Guides<\/a>.
\nIt\u2019s no secret that finding a job after college is hard \u2014 really hard. As a recruiter for creative and digital talent, I can tell you that the competition is tough even at entry level, which is exactly why I\u2019m a huge fangirl of our College Resource Guides<\/a>. They offer a simple, pointed timeline for every stage of your college career \u2014 freshman to senior \u2014 helping you to stay clear on what you need to do to land that dream job upon graduation. (And bonus: You might even be able to avoid moving back in with mom and dad for another year.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Freshman year might seem awfully early to start considering your big career moves post-graduation. Guess what? It\u2019s not. I\u2019m willing to bet that the only strategic planning most of your dormmates, classmates, and dormmate\u2019s classmates are doing right now is for Dollar Taco Night next Tuesday and not four years from now. And hey, we\u2019re only hot-sauce-loving humans! But today\u2019s reality for college grads, particularly in the creative and marketing fields, is that success starts early<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Beginning in the Freshman Resource Guide<\/a> and carrying over to sophomore year with the Sophomore Resource Guide<\/a>, you\u2019ll notice that the word \u201cresume\u201d gets tossed around like magic dust \u2014 poof!<\/em> Your own personal brand begins now<\/em>. Be sure to keep updating your resume throughout your entire college experience, tracking everything you\u2019ve done. Over time, and over internships gone good and bad, you\u2019ll redefine your resume a hundred times, subtracting all the bits that no longer make sense and folding in the ones that do until you finally create an identity so relevant to your field that it could make even the coldest career counselor shed a tear.<\/p>\n

Before you know it, the great divide will be upon you, and by that, I\u2019m referring to your junior year. If you don\u2019t have an internship lined up by then, apply, apply, apply! Just as the Junior Resource Guide<\/a> emphasizes, it\u2019s critical to start networking and interning at this phase in the game. This is where life starts to become much bigger than Dollar Taco Night. Why? Two words: safety net. You\u2019d be surprised at how many students don\u2019t end up in the career they thought they wanted. You might take an internship in a field like marketing and realize midway through what you really want to focus on is graphic design. This allows you time to retool your classes, and possibly even your major, while finding another internship to help you build a design portfolio. Trust me: You\u2019ll need one.<\/p>\n

Senior year sort of catapults you blindly into the lobby of the real world. It\u2019s time to throw the stone as far as possible into the pond, rippling a call heard around your industry. Just as the Senior Resource Guide<\/a> directs, you want to get a grasp on applying early enough for full-time positions, all the while avoiding \u201csenioritis.\u201d Reflect on all the working relationships you\u2019ve cultivated during your internships and networking, and use those to your advantage by connecting on LinkedIn. If graduation has come and gone and you still find yourself jobless, take on some freelance work or even a post-collegiate internship.<\/p>\n

Getting the career you want upon graduation can be done. But notice I didn\u2019t say it was easy. It takes organization, effort, and above all else, diligence in staying ahead of the curve and your competition. When you get stuck or you feel like you don\u2019t know where to start, keep these College Resource Guides<\/a> handy and return to them every time you start to feel yourself wandering down the path of \u201cthis seems impossible.\u201d They are designed to guide you through the hinterlands by targeting all the little pit stops you must take along the way. Among them, the most important are: Resumes<\/a>, Portfolios<\/a>, Internships, and Industry Networking. The ultimate results of treating these pit stops as actions over the course of your college career will yield results that are unfathomable in the best way.
\nOk, you can have your pencils back now.<\/p>\n

\n

Amanda is a copywriter-turned-recruiter who joined Creative Circle’s Philadelphia team in 2015. Her fascinations include, but are not limited to: good use of white space, just about anything animal related, TED Talks, and helping people find jobs they really want. Outside of playing talent matchmaker, Amanda spends most of her time scouting new locales in the City of Brotherly Love with her husband and jumping bean of a pup, Tuxedo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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