subject: 3 Useful Tips After College Graduation [print this page] One of the things you must do after college is to find a job as quickly as possible so that you do not have to go back to your parent's home to live there again. Although it is possible that you may want to enter graduate school immediately after graduation, the challenge of finding some work and truly moving to your own place is too enticing for some to pass up. Here are some tips that you may find useful at this part of your life, Post College and welcome to the real world:
- Fix up your resume. You should be floating around your resume to your intended line of work. And though having a college degree is great, most human resource people will also look for things you did during college that was character forming. Having a job while in college shows that you are willing to listen and are a team player. Being an officer in a Greek letter society or an organization shows your leadership skills. Volunteer work portrays you as someone who has a heart or a cause to believe in. These other skills, apart from your transcript of records, can make an impression and hopefully get you a job, better yet, your dream job.
- Keep things inexpensive. When moving to your new place, keep things simple, or minimal if you want to be correct about it. Do not splurge and buy items for your apartment with money that you do not have. Find the cheapest washing machine available and get it. Perhaps the cheapest washing machine available is a hand me down from your parents. Grab it and say thank you as you take it with you to your new place. Go online and look at good deals which may be from online auction websites or actual garage sales within your area. You may purchase items the moment you have a job.
- Make a budget and stick to it. A good rule of thumb is that you should save at least 20% of what you have. Your rent and utilities should cover 30% of your monthly income, another 30% should go to food and gasoline, and the remaining 10% should be used for purchasing clothes such as office wear and other miscellaneous expenses. By keeping to a budget, you learn fiscal discipline. You also learn to save money for a rainy day. It may take some getting used to but it is a life lesson worth mastering, especially at this stage of your life.
