Too busy with school to look for work? You’ll miss out on great opportunities! December 7, 2009
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Well, its exam time, and everyone is rushing around busy trying to get all of their assignments done before they are due, while also trying to study somewhat for their exams. But what does this have to do with work? Well, unfortunately for a student, just because we shut down and focus only on one thing doesn’t mean that the rest of the world runs on our schedules. While we are busy finishing that presentation that we give tomorrow, or writing the essay that hasn’t been started yet, employers are still out looking for good workers. Whether you are looking for a part time job during the school year, a seasonal job for the holidays, or for work next summer employers are still searching, whether you are or not.
What does this tell us? Well, it could mean that we just ignore those jobs, or it could mean that we need to take time out of our busy schedule to keep searching. I guess to some degree the amount of time that we can put into our job search is dependent on our schooling, but we need to realize that if we really want something, we need to make the time to go out and take it. Jobs are still being posted, whether it is on the co-op website for a May placement, or on a job search site on the internet. These positions have due dates, just like any other time of the year.
Employers for seasonal jobs are also hiring their last seasonal staff coming up fast, and if students wait until exams are over, it will be much too late. So what can we do? Well, depending on the type of position you are looking for, we can put aside our homework for half an hour and just take a look at the jobs being posted – this doesn’t mean that we need to apply for everything that comes along, but then at least if our dream job is posted, we don’t kick ourselves on December 19th.
Also, if we have not prepared ourselves already, we can get prepared over Christmas for the next time we are super busy and can’t put together a resume. Prepare over Christmas and early next semester, by putting together a generalized résumé that won’t take long to revamp for a particular job. Make sure you have a completed cover letter on hand which you can at least use as a template for a specific job.
If you need to get some help on your application material, get prepared, and bring it in to the career education department early next semester so that you will be ready for the end of next semester, before everything else starts coming due.
To everyone, good luck on your exams, study hard and happy holidays!
Calida