<p>Now that your college years are upon you it is important to start planning for that inevitable entry into the 'real world', which is likely to contain some of the same economic challenges we are facing today. Start making yourself more marketable now. Not sure how? This great article from the Wall Street Journal includes a timeline for making the most of your next four years:</p>
<p>Dear</a> Class of 2016: Take These Steps in College to Better Prepare for Your Future - WSJ.com</p>
<p>Excellent article. I agree with both the article and the commenter on WSJ who said college is about building character and knowledge, not just finding a career. In this case, you can have your cake and eat it too. Great colleges do both well. And great students know how to take advantage of those opportunities.</p>
<p>What a joke.</p>
<p>I think there’s some good advice in this article, but it shouldn’t be taken as gospel.</p>
<p>The article’s implication that finding a full-time job is something you don’t start working on until the summer after college graduation is unfortunate.</p>
<p>In many career fields, much of the hiring of new graduates occurs through on-campus recruiting during the students’ senior year. Some industries start their recruiting process as early as August (recruiting for people who will start work the following summer).</p>
<p>If you wait until you graduate to look for a job, you could miss out on some good opportunities.</p>
<p>^^totally dependent on what industry you are looking at; many, many industries only hire when they have definite openings…</p>
<p>Which could conceivably be right in May of senior year…(certainly have seen that this year in certain industries)</p>
<p>One should definitely LOOK earlier, but those early interviews may only be informational…gets you on the radar of hiring managers when openings do come up…</p>
<p>Most of those industries which don’t do the bulk of their recruiting during the fall don’t pay well.</p>
<p>Why should someone even bother going to college and burdening themselves with debt if there’s no exit ops?</p>