ob opportunities today are more competitive than ever before and college students are having to set themselves at a higher standard to earn these jobs. A college degree is now told to be a requirement and not an option, according to most employers. We all hear the stories of how mom and dad had to work full-time weeks and go to school full-time. In this day and age, you could ask a random student on any college campus how they're going to school and many would say "just going to school, then getting my first job afterwards and make tons of money right away." In the work force today, there is hiring based on networking but, at the same time, our elders, who are in charge of hiring, worked harder than just getting the job because of networking. With that in mind, wouldn't it make sense to do better than just knowing somebody to have a higher chance of getting that job? This could enroll you on the faster track for earning a higher pay at a quicker rate. There's this belief and agreement from others that doing so will help any student reading this to have a higher qualification for employment after graduating.
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If you're a student reading this, you may ask, "My parents are paying for my college, why work when I can finish college sooner and get the degree before others who are working and paying for college themselves?" Well, there is a good chance that those classmates of yours may snag that job before you do, even if you graduated a couple semesters before them. Why? You have to have the skills. Dr. Bob Kimball, Marketing professor of The University of West Florida, once told all his marketing students, "employers hire for attitude and train for skills". This is very true, according to my employers who don't just hire anybody. The attitude for hiring is willing to work while having a positive work ethic under you. How do you know how you work until you actually work? This brings me to my next point in how to prove potential employers of the good worker you say you really are.
Ever heard of reference checks? You know, the calls that potential employers make to people you've listed as qualified sources to contest to your background? Employers still do them and have now kicked it up a notch. I know of people who lied about a source listed as their manager and was actually their cousin. According to a local hiring expert, potential employers will search the names you listed on the big brother site, Facebook, to see if those you listed are real and if they really work for who you say they do. They'll even see if they're morally acceptable as a boss. If you or your old boss post partying pictures having cigars or alcohol, chances are they won't take you too seriously. Ethical of them? No, but many do this anyways. With all this said, avoid all this. Instead, earn that first job bagging groceries, earning minimum wage if you have to, and work to earn that raise and promotion you can handle while going to school. If you're a good worker, the boss will give you a good reference when you interview for your potential life career after college. You can say that you've worked hard while going to college with proof by credible reference.
Many of the people you graduate with who may have the same interview will not be able to say they have a similar background as you. With this in mind, you will be perceived as harder working, more successful, and more responsible.
Hey, maybe you'll be in corporate representing that grocery store and be your old boss's boss.
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