I graduated...Now what?

Graduation is a time for celebration, right? Well, for many, and myself included, it can also be a very scary time. By the time you graduate college you've spent your whole life up knowing what was coming next. Graduating from college seems to be one of the first times where we truly leave the comforts of the foreseeable future and travel deep into the unknown.

Post-graduation plans usually include looking for a job, but with a major as broad as communication studies it can be hard to know where to start looking. After some scrounging around I found some resources that are helpful to all of us Comm. Studies majors:

• Hire-a-vol Database
• Indeed.com
• CreativeJobsCentral
• UTK Career Center

I suggest looking for jobs on a daily basis. Keep a running list in an excel spreadsheet to help keep track of which jobs you have already applied for and the response you get back from the employers.

Luckily, after much searching and LOTS of no-responses, I finally found a job that I am excited about.

So my advice to you is:

• Don't get discouraged if you don't hear anything back
• Apply for as many jobs as possible, it increases your chances of getting hired
• Don't be afraid to apply for lots of jobs
• Every no brings you that much closer to a yes.
• Network!!

I hope my tips were helpful.... Good luck!!!

- Anna Hall, class of 2012