This week, I met with two young men who recently graduated from college. I have worked with these wonderful young men throughout their high school careers and kept in touch with them through college. Both of them went to great schools, one majoring in physics and the other majoring in psychology.

Like most recent grads, they are now struggling with securing a job.  They are both very bright and would be valuable assets to any company, so why, you might ask, are they having trouble. Both young men are great at thinking and understanding the global picture but details, time management and the organization of small, incremental steps are the problems.

To find a job, one must be systematic, sequential, punctual and persistent. This is hard for anyone with organization challenges.  Here are some of the suggestions we worked on together that may help you:

1. Create a list of the areas in which you might want to work.
2. Keep a positive attitude; it is not easy to undertake the job searching process.
3. Go to your college career center and see what they have to offer.  Many career centers are very helpful with ideas for jobs, how to interview and how to fill out applications.
4. Try online sites for jobs that are in your field.
5. You can try Monster.com or Career Builders, but they do not have everything that you might be looking for.
6. Some have been successful on Craig’s List, but be careful, make sure the job is real and that you know the specifications of that job before you accept an interview.
7. NETWORK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  Ask parents, teachers and friends if they know anyone in your field of interest and set up as many informational meetings as you can.
8. APPLY, APPLY, APPLY.  You cannot get a job by applying to a handful of places; you need hundreds!!
9. AND REMEMBER, IF YOU DON’T APPLY, YOU CANNOT GET AN INTERVIEW!!

Happy Hunting and keep us posted as to when you find a new position!