<p>I checked monster.com and every job posted there requires 5-7 years of experience in the field. How about people who just came out of school without any experience? How will we find a job when we are out of school?</p>
<p>Go ahead and apply to the places even if they ask for the years of experience. It's possible that they're also looking for more junior people in the same field even though they're not advertising it. If you can somehow manage to get an interview, sometimes they're influenced enough by your college stats (and lower price) that they'll hire you anyway.</p>
<p>yeah, put your resume into those databases on monster.com... databases already loaded with 2-3K apps for that position... good way to play the odds!! Does your school have networking opportunities? internships? The best/VERY best way to find a job is to network.</p>
<p>You're looking in the wrong section of Monster.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.monstertrak.monster.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.monstertrak.monster.com/</a></p>
<p>The easiest way though is through your college's Career Services system. One of the big advantages of going to undergraduate business school instead of doing liberal arts is that undergraduate business schools have their own Career Services Offices that are usually better than the general college's Career Services.</p>
<p>Get a job in medicine :P</p>
<p>Most employers that are looking to fill entry-level positions do not post openings on general websites such as monster--they do all of their recruiting on-campus at the schools with which they have had good experiences. It eases the whole process for them and filters out some of the lackluster candidates.</p>
<p>If possible, try to find a summer internship or part-time job in your field - some actual work experience will translate into better marketability.</p>
<p>Ryanbis is correct - most employers don't post entry level positions on Monster.</p>
<p>My son got several good leads/possible opportunities through campus job fairs, community job fairs and through his college career office. However, the position he took was found, as Griff said, through networking.</p>
<p>Ask your parents, your neighbors, your aunts and uncles. Use every personal connection you have. Be willing to start at the bottom. Every experience is valuable.</p>
<p>Well, with job hunting you have to hang in there. Even if you have to temporarily work somewhere you might not really want to. Volunteering is good for experience if that is "do-able" given your major and whatnot. </p>
<p>What I am curious about is how to look for work after graduating or when you are on the verge of graduating if you live where there is a horrible rate of unemployment. Where I live things are bad and it is saddening.</p>
<p>^^ You can always move to Salt Lake City and take advantage of a HOT employment market... companies here are complaining that there aren't enough qualified workers, and are raising wages to attract people.</p>
<p>This is one reason why students should consider jobs in demand. An interior design major will have a much harder time of finding employement that pays the bills, whereas an RN will have a job within a week at most. </p>
<p>That aside, networking is the number one way to find employment. As someone else mentioned, start talking to relatives, friends, neighbors, etc...
But you could also put on your suit, grab your resumes and visit some networking events through your local chamber of commerce. Sometimes they offer networking events (cocktail parties where people are exchanging business cards and getting to know one another) that you could attend and if you are assertive enough, you might just impress the right person - or more likely, you might impress someone who knows the right person. Good luck.</p>
<p>Is there by chance any resource on the 'net that happens to have compiled a list of the jobs most/least in demand that a person could view? Or perhaps even one that lists everything in-between? That would be invaluable, I think.</p>
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<p>As far as looking for work after graduation, most recent alums have access to the career office of their alma mater. </p>
<p>On a more general note, you have to be aggressive. This is especially so if you live in a place with a high rate of unemployment. That generally requires that you move to a healthier area. Then when you're there, take a job, any job, just to pay the bills while you canvas the area to find a better job. Wait tables, wash dishes, walk dogs, stock shelves at Walmart, any job that allows you to pay the bills and gives you a window during regular working hours with which you can use to interview for a real job. Meanwhile, you should be plastering local companies with your resume, doing lots of networking, and responding to classified ads and other job postings you see. </p>
<p>Trust me, there are PLENTY of these jobs around. You can always find a job at Walmart or McDonalds or companies like that. What's so bad about that? It's just something you do temporarily to keep your head above water until you get the job you really want. </p>
<p>As a case in point, I know a girl who's trying to make it as a Hollywood actress. So she's going down the regular starving artist route, meaning waiting tables, parking cars, and other odd jobs that allow her to attend auditions in hopes of getting her big break. That's how you make it in Hollywood. Most successful actors had to slide by before making it big. Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank was actually homeless for awhile, living in her car, during her early days when she was trying to make it.</p>