OK mate here it is....
I used to own a recuruiting firm and I still help get people jobs all the time...so i can give a few tips.
1. Not to insult, but a christian liberal arts college that nobody has heard of is NOT exclusive. Ivy league is exclusive. If i see anything that would hurt you, it would be your choice of schooling...but oh, well, as soon as you get your first job...it wont matter as much. But i mention this so you dont go to employers telling them you went to some great school....becuse if you do the next word out of your mouth had better be "Stanford"..so dont use your school as a selling point, it isnt.
If anyone else reads this...the key to a "good school" is one that everyone has heard of and is famillliar with. I went to one of the "university of "enter state here"" schools that has a good footbal team...so everytone knows the school. "the university of pennsylvania" has pull "university of ohio" has pull "brickleman college" does not...unless the person interviewing you went to the same school.
2. Ok now down to the nitty griddy. Finding a good job is a FULL TIME JOB. work it 40 hours a week...not just sending a few reumes over the internet. If you have a great personality...that is what matters. you sounds like a nice enough kid. So, to meet these people and to show them what a nice kid you are....GET ON THE PHONE.
3. Make a list of 50 companies you want to work for. Find out who the PEROSN IN CHARGE is. the person in charge IS NOT HR. HR processes paper work, the decision maker is the department head. find the department head and get him/her on the phone.
4. tell them that you admire their company and would like to meet them in person to see if there is a personality match beteen you and the company. Tell them thet you will send your resume in 5 minutes and follow up the next day to make sure they recieved it.
5. then call back and ask if your qualifications look good. If they do, offer to buy them luch to get to know them personally.
6. if they say they arent hiring, ask who they know who IS hriing.
7. if you get a referral to somone else, make sure you use the referal persons name to get on the phone with the "new" person.
8. call people by their first name...not sir or mr. or mrs. Put yourself on the same professional level as them.
you have to be a salesman is the moral of the story, call around and sell yourself...do any thign you have to do to get infornt of the person.
As a little success story for you...I used this method. I did not have good grades in school, and am not smarter than anyone else. I didnt really have much to offer. But i knew what i wanted to do and i knew where i wanted to do it. So here is my life now... I am 31, i live in tropical paradise (costa rica) i run an international department and a fund for a broker dealer...and i feel half retired. Whne i am not at the country club playing golf... i go to the race trace or to the beach.
have a plan, sell the plan execute the plan.
PM me if you have further questions.
