3 Tips to Making Your Life Semi-Fulfilling After College
Life is tough, especially going from super active campus activities to moderately exciting nights at home when your favorite TV series is on. I could direct you all to a slew of self-help books and inspiring speeches about how to succeed in life, but that wouldn't get someone very far when they are still at home looking for jobs.
1. Internships/Volunteer -Try and create one. Email everyone you can in a field you are interested in and plow ahead. Work to create something meaningful to do with your time. The more you can do something active with your time, then go forward and work. Do something preferably within your field. Manage a website, do something with your time. But get off the couch!
2. Try something you've always wanted to do- If you want to create something to do for yourself. Write that novel you've been dying to write. Start a blog about how to find a job or learn how to play the trombone. Beating the Ice Level on Zelda is probably not a good idea because that doesn't get you out of the house, but you get the gist.
3. Figure out what "networking" means to you-Networking doesn't have to be going to convention centers with a fake smile and a glass of bad fruit punch looking for a job. Using tools such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogger, and even Facebook streamline the process. If you are like me and you to talk to real people, informational interviews are a great way to start. Just start with a Google search with people in your area and go from there. I know not everyone has a famous aunt or godfather twice removed who will get you the dream job, I don't. The important thing is to get your name out there, some how some way. Another option is to find a networking group in your area. Just Google or do a search, ask a local career center. Chances are they'll point you in some good direction.
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