Dummies Guide for Fresh Graduates!

What we weren’t taught in school is the skills to get a job after you leave them.  This is the most cru­cial and life sur­vival skill that you need to get a job but it wasn’t taught!  Strange isn’t it!?  There­fore, in this post, we will pro­vide a dum­mies guide for fresh grad­u­ates when they are apply­ing for a new job and know what to expect in their appli­ca­tion and inter­view process.  This does not apply just only to fresh grad­u­ates.  Even pro­fes­sion­als will find it use­ful when they need to apply for a new job!

1. Look at all the sources for recruit­ment. They can be inter­net, recruit­ment firms, job agen­cies, news­pa­per clas­si­fieds, uni­ver­sity job post­ings, indi­vid­ual com­pany web­sites and even friends!
2. Next, beef up your resume and CV.  With­out tak­ing this very first step, you won’t be able to talk about the inter­view or what you should wear on the inter­view day.  Not even the pos­si­bil­ity of dis­cus­sion about the com­pen­sa­tion pack­age that is installed for you by your prospec­tive employer. J
3. Send your resume and CV out to all the sources. If you get rejected, ask to find out what you are lack­ing.  Fine-tune it.
4. If you get into an inter­view,  the first thing you want to do is to impress the inter­viewer.  Don’t talk about the com­pen­sa­tion pack­age.  That will leave him a neg­a­tive impres­sion on you.  Leave it for the HR per­son­nel to go through the com­pen­sa­tion pack­age when the time comes.
5. If you are really lucky, you get the job on the 1^st inter­view.  But on a cau­tious note, under­stand the rea­son that you are being offered a posi­tion.  Recap from your 1^st inter­view if there were any­thing men­tioned about fill­ing the posi­tion urgently or if some­one is leav­ing the organ­i­sa­tion.  They maybe offer­ing you the posi­tion because they want to fill it urgently (des­per­ately) and you will most likely be work­ing like a mad dog when you join them!
6. If the HR depart­ment calls you up for a 2^nd inter­view to dis­cuss about the com­pen­sa­tion pack­ages, you are in luck!  Before you go into the 2^nd inter­view with the HR depart­ment, go to the inter­net to find out more about how much you are paid.  Talk to friends who are of the same indus­try to advise you on the com­pen­sa­tion pack­age.  You want to be pre­pared to know where your base­line is for the discussion.
7. When you are at the 2^nd inter­view, be firm with your base­line.  How­ever, leave room for nego­ti­a­tions.  You may want to go into the room with your min­i­mum and max­i­mum range first.  If you have other employ­ers wait­ing for you to sign the offer, you def­i­nitely have an upper hand in the discussion!
8. Sign the offer when you are really com­fort­able with it.  Remem­ber, if it is not some­thing that you want, you have a choice to decline the offer!

Of course, there are inter­views that can stretch for more than 2 ses­sions.  Even 5 ses­sions that can involve the CEO or direc­tors.  What­ever the sit­u­a­tion is, what is clear is they are keen to get you in and putting you through all the tests (inter­views) to see your suit­abil­ity.  Per­se­vere and stay pos­i­tive about these inter­views!  With a pos­i­tive atti­tude and right mind set, you will def­i­nitely see the light at the end of tun­nel and get the job you want!

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