As I am about to become an alum in a few short weeks I decided to read the article, How to Find Your First Job, from the AIGA website to help me decide whether I want to look for a job or apply to graduate school after I graduate. Graduating is something that has become utterly terrifying to me because, let’s face it, who really wants college to end?
Once I started reading the article I realized that part of this process was familiar to me already because last spring I applied to internships, which basically is very similar up until the “accepting a job” section. Yes, I did accept my internship position, but I did not have to think about things like the amount of vacation/sick time, work-related travel, etc. Until the article had mentioned it I hadn’t given much thought to that aspect of accepting a position. I was even surprised to read that the author suggested negotiating your offer. I’m not exactly sure I would be comfortable doing that for my first job.
I think this article was pretty good about the specific steps involved in relatively general way for searching for jobs. I didn’t feel as though it offered any ground-breaking new way for applying for jobs that I haven’t already read about before. The exception being that the manner of organization and concise information made the reading smooth and digestible for someone like myself who doesn’t love to read.
Lindsey L. Johnson 