How the years have passed so quickly, now you are getting ready to finish college! The last months before your graduating ceremony are ultimately game-changers of your next life stage. Check out these five ‘must-dos’ to prepare for your near big career adventure.
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1. Set Your Goals
When you graduate, you can get lost with the itty bitty details of the real world. Now is the best time to set clarity on your professional goals. How do you imagine yourself 5 years from now? What kind of company would you like to work for? How do you like your career progression to look like? Set a time to update your curriculum vitae or resume with the most up-to-date and relevant information to suit the roles you’d like to apply for.
Try exploring job-seeking apps such as FastJobs to find companies that interest you.
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2. Develop Good Habits
Transitionary stages are always challenging and painful. As early as now, start building good habits that will prepare you to enter the career world with a healthy mind and body. Eat your vegetables, be physically active, and practice early sleep and rise. These things are complex, but you will eventually reap the benefits of good habits even outside your career life.
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3. Market Yourself
Consider yourself to be a product in need of branding. Clean up your social media profiles and start thinking about how you can promote yourself to potential employers online. Make an effort to be present on the top social media platforms and market yourself the best way possible.
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4. Prepare for Job Interviews
As a future fresh graduate, job interviews are likely to be one of the most difficult things you will face. Prepare for the storm and create your solid responses and specific selling points. Dig on practical tips in acing your first job interview.
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5. Consider Remote Work
Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit countries worldwide in 2020, remote work has been implemented in full force. Now that we’re halfway through 2021, remote working is still the norm for other countries fighting the pandemic. With the probable inevitability, prepare a positive mindset by learning about the benefits of remote work and taking notes on how to manage WFH set-up.
Some students may find it difficult to transition from university to a career setting. Just keep a slow but steady pace. With these five steps, you’ll be able to jumpstart your next big adventure in the best way. Congratulations in advance!
