New Graduate Needs Help

I Am Legend

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Hello all,

I will be graduating in a couple of weeks with a Bachelor's in Communication and Media Studies. Can anybody suggest some jobs to apply for that only require entry-level applications or does not request much experience? The reason I say this is because all my life I've been all work and school without working any internships in-between, so I need help. Thanks.

Legend
 
try looking into hr jobs, marketing, insurance. You can do a lot with a comm major. look into mangement development jobs. if you are really pressed and have over a 3.0 gpa NYC has a teaching fellowship program that pays for your master also. i think it starts ok also like at 40k. check out Craigslist.com and other job sites. i had a comm major and was about to work for NY life insurance but then i got into lawschool. thats always an option too. get an mba or a jd. good luck.
 
I Am Legend said:
Hello all,

I will be graduating in a couple of weeks with a Bachelor's in Communication and Media Studies. Can anybody suggest some jobs to apply for that only require entry-level applications or does not request much experience? The reason I say this is because all my life I've been all work and school without working any internships in-between, so I need help. Thanks.

Legend
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There are tons of jobs that will accept new graduates. Most jobs nowadays just want you to have a degree. It doesn't matter what the major is they just want to know that you've completed at least a bachelors.

I would say the first thing you need to do is get help on developing a tight ass resume' and cover letter. You may want to get with a professional resume' maker, ask a friend/family member for help, or download resume' making software off the net. You will definitely need help on overcoming the fact that you've never had a job. You will need this in the interviewing process because you will more than likely be asked about it.

Once you get a tight resume' and cover letter upload it on Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com. Be sure to only put a search agent in the fields that you want to work in. In the beginning you'll probably get calls from a lot of companies that you don't want to work for. I always say to play it out and go to the interview just to build your interviewing skills. That way, when a job comes up that you really want you will go into the interview with more confidence.

Another thing you may want to do is hook up with recruiters/headhunters to help you in your search. You'll have to be specific about the field because most recruiters specialize in certain industries. You wouldn't want to be calling an engineering recruiter if you want to work in sales, you feel me?

Be flexible as far as relocation is concerned. With you being entry level you can't limit the opportunities by saying that you only want to work in the city you live in.

Hope this helps!
 
My brother I am going to keep it very real with you. I too graduated with a degree in Comm studies. All it will allow you to do is get entry level "sales" type positions, or manager trainee positions in a retail environment. I personally had to go get an MBA to get a "real job".


I see that you are in ATL too so be thankful that you are already in a place that has a lot of positions available. But if I were you I would:

Remember that your first job is not going to be your last job!

#1 Try to get on with a company that will pay for graduate school.
#2 Get you a side hustle that has huge earning potential. I would reccomend you getting a real estate license and become a PT agent. Yeh I know the ATL market is flooded with agents, and the housing bust blah, blah, blah. But GOOD agents will always have work. Just be serious about your work.

Thats it man.... welcome to the real world homie!
 
First of all, congratulations. Welcome to the real world as f*cked up as it may sound. I could tell you a lot of things but first, tell me what type of position do you want? Are you looking for a job, career or a business opportunity within the first 3 to 5 years? If you can give me a little more info about what your expectations are, I can offer better advice.

Generally speaking, as the brothers befor me have stated get busy searching on all the job boards like careerbuilder, monster, hotjobs, atlantajobzone, craigslist and even myspace. There is plenty of free info out there on how you can build your resume for your industry.

Secondly, I would go to your local library, register there, ask to be directed to the career section and learn about your industry or the industry you wish to be in. I can speak from experience, good money in corporate america does not equate to happiness. It is a tough lesson but best learned early.

Thirdly, everything I told you could pretty much be bullsh!t because as much as I read on my career, no matter how much I prepared for the interview, no matter how good my resume looked, I got every job I have ever had since I started working through somebody I knew. I believe the correct term for it is networking. We say it a lot but you must live it to survive.

On that note, since I have probably bored you to death, think of any teacher, professor, older adult who knows you, your talents or your industry and ask them what the haps on the craps is to get in the door to where you want to go. And like DiamondDuece said, you are in no better city to network effectively than the A-T of L.
 
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Man, I REALLY appreciate everyone's advice. Real talk. So if you said anything in here, I do thank you.

Lurknomo, I didn't do any internships throughout my college career because I spent my summers working and certain life situations tied up the spare time that I had to pick up and internship. I've worked one this past summer, but that was only because I HAD to have one to graduate. It was cool, but it wasn't something that I could do on a regular because they work off of commission. *ugh*

SlimJones, I just want a job that just some bum off the street can't get so I can feel that my years of school are worth something. I would like a career starting off but it doesn't seem like it is going to go that route starting off.

It seems that I need to go to Grad School but I'm not graduating with a high enough GPA to be accepted in good schools. I was job searching this weekend and all I can find is Insurance companies and bootleg Marketing firms that don't even seem legit. Places like KSL Concepts or CV Marketing, just look suspect. My girl went for a job interview with KSL Concepts and later found out that they were gonna have her going door to door selling BellSouth phone service, WTF. The folks on Careerbuilder and Monster just make the job seem so grand but the jobs with the most listings seem the most desparate and suspect.
 
Yo man I'm on here to talk shit for the sake of just talking shit. I have been there personally.

Consider yourself lucky if you get a job paying over $35K/year starting.
You are going to have a hard time because without experience or an internship your degree in communications is just "too general". I mean if you go to a bank to get a job you are competing with cats that have degrees in business or economics. If you try to get a entry level help desk/tech support job you are competing with cats that have math and computer science degrees.

You really need to be networking your azz off right now! Whatever school you graduated from hit up their alumni association and send emails or whatever you got to do. If your family is member of a church. Or if you have a relative that is involved in a graduate fraternity/ sorority chapter NETWORK!!! Hell man you in Atlanta I know when I first moved down here I went to EVERY network function I could in order to find a gig.

& man you can go to a graduate school with a low GPA. Trust me I DID IT!!
You are might not get into Harvard... but you can at least get a degree that you can use. Man as much as you are going to hate it... you probably going to have to fuck with RETAIL in order to get some job skills.

Try a management trainee program
Enterprise
Bath & Body Works
Target
Federated Dept Stores (Macy's)

These have places have respectable programs. You will get paid $30K work your ass off, and have no weekends... but it is a job and you getting experience on your resume. A lot of other companies will respect your resume a little bit better after you have shown at least 1 year real world work experience. Ask me how I know? I worked at Enterprise for over a year.


But man you going to have to be real and understand that you are not going to get a $50k/year job coming out with a BA in communications and no experience. So take your lumps now and build your resume... and try to get your azz back in school.

Or figure out a legitimate side hustle that you can turn into a full time check.
 
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