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From either experience or your knowledge of others, on average how long did it take a recent college graduate (say within the last 5 to 10 years) to land their first job out of graduation?
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I'm looking to get into Media...specifically PR so I can assume I'm on track with being unemployed for 2 months...PR is pretty competitive but then again my mom makes me think not so much...
Do you know any people working with Media and how long it may have taken them?
Many variables like others have mentioned. But it helps to have a marketable in-demand degree (like stem) and live in a major metro area with a healthy economy.
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Okay so let me rephrase it.
Is it strange or uncommon for a college graduate to go unemployed for 2 months after graduation?
My mom thinks something is wrong here but to me I think 2 months since I graduated is kinda expected, especially considering my industry is really competitive.
Did the college student look for a job at the start of their senior year? Did they network then to start making contacts in that field? I had a job offered before I graduated....
If the student waited until after graduation before thinking about it, and took a vacation after it to "unwind" from school... then it might be a while since they missed the "gate opening" and just stood around watching other people race ahead
It isn't so much the field of study to me, it's just that a lot of people I've seen/read about online who have trouble finding a job quickly is just blame it on other things...They did nothing to help that fact from not searching beforehand. Knowing that the competition is there and still not getting a head start on them? That's foolish.
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I'm on track with being unemployed for 2 months...PR is pretty competitive
you're really on track to just not get hired too... why didn't you start looking if you knew PR was competitive while in school? While you had a chance to take extra classes that the company might want you to learn, maybe another certification too? Or while you could use the school's resources/connections better? While you didn't have the stress of being unemployed? I don't believe in there being an agreed upon "unemployed" time length... it's just the amount of effort they put into it. You know the old saying of how it is like 90% prep time and just 10% work time that makes pulling off the work look easy? http://lifedev.net/2011/09/prep-work/
but in your case, what's past has past... just keep looking for a job, not much else you can do :S
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you're really on track to just not get hired too... why didn't you start looking if you knew PR was competitive while in school? While you had a chance to take extra classes that the company might want you to learn, maybe another certification too? Or while you could use the school's resources/connections better? While you didn't have the stress of being unemployed? I don't believe in there being an agreed upon "unemployed" time length... it's just the amount of effort they put into it. You know the old saying of how it is like 90% prep time and just 10% work time that makes pulling off the work look easy? The 90% Prep Work
but in your case, what's past has past... just keep looking for a job, not much else you can do :S
Actually I did do just that. Don't be so quick to presume I'm lazy or foolish.
1. I paid my way through college without any help from my family
2. I had an internship every summer I was in college
3. I was involved in extracurricular activities and held leadership positions in college.
4. I worked 2 jobs during the college school year.
I did in fact start my job search my senior year. It however WAS NOT full throttle like it has been since summer because I worked two jobs, was working on my senior thesis, and still had to study to pass all of my midterms and final exams.
I here you and compeltely agree with your sentiments that college students being proactive, but I can do WITHOUT the judgement because I've worked harder than MOST kids my age in college.
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If you're in the right industry, there are people with offers before they even graduated.
Yeah I'm not in that sort of industry but it's okay, things will comr along. I just wanted to know what is considered normal and abnormal woth unemployment. I'vealways considered 6 months to a year as pushing it.
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