Hellobee Boards

I found it in fall of senior year, via a resume drop at a job fair hosted by my university. I graduated in May and my first day of work was July 7th.

How did you find your 1st job in YOUR FIELD?
Sent our resumes and cover letters to all the offices in my field in the area.

How long did it take?
I received an offer within a month. Graduated on a Saturday (I think?) and started my new job the following week.

It took several months because I was supposed to start a job and they couldn't get their paperwork together so I ended up needing something else in the meantime. A professor I was close with heard about an opening and recommended me! After a while they offered me a more permanent position and I declined because the job I originally wanted finally opened up - a neighbor/fellow alumni hooked me up with another alumni who made sure the job finally came through.

I went to a career fair that my school hosted during my senior year and talked to some people at this company and gave them my resume. They called me for a phone interview and then set up an actual interview. I was hired in January, a few months before I was graduating.

It took 3 years. I just kept applying and finally got an interview. I think the only reason I got the interview was that one of the girls who worked there went to the same small university that I did.

Took me a month and a half after graduation. I found my job through one of my professors. I've been working in my field since then!

Stumbled upon my field at a career fair, had two internships related to what I do now, applied to jobs senior year, hired the last week of school!

I applied to jobs during senior year and started 2 weeks after graduation!

I got lucky. My job also gave me my "break" into the industry.

My brother was dating a girl whose step-father was coaching a little league team. They were going to (or won?) the World Series and he wanted to host a party to celebrate. He knew I was a graphic designer & asked my brother to ask me to design an invitation for them.

So I did. And they loved it. And it turns out the girlfriends mom was the director at a rape crisis clinic, and they hired me as their marketing coordinator.

For several years, I worked for them designig annual reports, marketing materials & other projects.

I had the job before I graduated college.

@Mamaof2: I know so many people that would love a job there! I'm an office/desk type of girl myself. I'm super tired of being here though!

As part of a class I had to participate in a "mock" interview. Before the interview I got a bloody nose and was so over it and just went it hoping to get done quickly. However, the interviewer liked how I didn't let it get me down and asked my professor if she could kept my resume and she called me asking if I wanted to interview. I started in a marketing position 1 month after graduation, and 8 years later here I am.

I delayed my graduation by 6 months so that I could do a two co-ops (AKA internship) and I got hired by the company where I did my internship. The graduation delay was completely worth it. I got experience and a full time job out of it. I tell people in the science field to do the co-op to usually secure a job after graduation. I graduated in December and my job started in January. I, also, did undergraduate research so finding the co-op positions was fairly easy for me.

@Chillybear: Yay for co-ops!

I got my first job with my internship about three months after it ended. It was actually a management position and I only lasted a year because it was way too much for me

I started working at the local TV station while I was in college. A sorority sister got me the job there (from that day on, I knew life was not what you know but who you know). I worked there for 2 months after graduation, then my current director got me my next job which was a BIG move. The next job after that was my first money-making job and again, I got it by knowing someone.

Found the opening through our school jobs database, applied, and started right after graduating.