Graduates searching for a job in the current market scenario
The job market is tough and it’s even tougher for fresh graduates to get suitable jobs in the current market. Normally this leads to frustration and depression and most of the students blame it on recession and how bad their luck is.
However there are few students like David Rowe of Cambridge. A law student who got tired of send resumes to companies and searching for jobs via job boards decided to innovate. David Rowe’s idea was to wear a suit and hang a sandwich board around his neck to market himself hoping that someone will notice his talent and give him a job.
University graduate David Rowe walks in London. Photo: REUTERS
“David Rowe, who has built up £20,000 worth of debts since leaving university, said he had sent out hundreds of CVs and offered to work for free but could not find a job.
The 24-year-old history graduate decided he would pound the streets round the Fleet Street area past law firms and investment-banks in a suit with the sandwich board round his neck”. Source Telegraph.co.uk
Lessons that one must learn from David’s innovative attempt
- Accept that the job market is though
- Nothing is going to happen overnight
- Stop cribbing and start doing
- Don’t just get frustrated and depressed with the lack of calls from employers; find innovative ways to approach your target market.
- Think of yourself as a product and identify your target market and find multiple ways to reach your audience
- Prepare yourself very well - you will get one shot make the most of it.
- Have patience
- Cheer for the fact that recession is about to end and very soon things will be back to normal
The moral of the story is that when things are not going the right way, it’s time to be proactive and be prepared to march forward with persistence.
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I'd also recommend leveraging one's current network (i.e. colleagues, friends, alumni, etc.) when searching for new job opportunities.