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finding a job: | intro<\/a> | professional associations<\/a> | linkedin & social media<\/a> | job ad criteria <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Introduction<\/h3>\n
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Back in undergraduate school, I decided to become an English major because I was pretty good at reading and writing. It wasn’t until my senior year that I realized I had no idea what to do with an English major after graduation.<\/p>\n

As my May graduation date drew closer, I got more nervous about where I might find a job. I emailed some of my English major friends who had already graduated to find out what they were doing. Becky was a server at Applebee’s, Michael was a manager of a music store in the city, and Jeremy was a gardener. They certainly didn’t have any idea what to do with an English major and neither did I.<\/p>\n

It was only a few years later, as a graduate instructor of various writing classes, that I realized many business majors, pre-med majors, and engineering majors didn’t really know what they were going to do after graduation either. Of course, business majors go into business, pre-meds go into medicine, and engineering students become engineers. But, what sort of businesses can business majors run? What area of medicine do pre-meds go into? Where is there a demand for engineers? Of course, there are a hundred more questions like these that we could list if we had the time.<\/p>\n

So, what do you want to be when you grow up? How realistic are your goals and what do you have to do to achieve those goals?<\/p>\n

During the course of the Job Search Portfolio project, you will prepare to enter the job market by conducting research about your field and major, locating and analyzing potential jobs you could realistically obtain after graduation, writing various pieces of job related correspondence, preparing for interviews, and composing two different types of resumes.<\/p>\n

Keep in Mind<\/h4>\n

Before you start your job search, and as you begin, keep the following in mind.<\/p>\n