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Pongo Resume Offers Tips to College Grads as They Prepare for the Job Hunt of Their Lives
Pongo Resume Offers “Lucky Seven” Tips to a Successful Career Launch
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass, March 4, 2008 — Pongo Resume, the premier full-service online resume-building resource that provides a suite of online tools to help job seekers market and manage their career lifecycle, today announced a quick guide for today’s college seniors. Pongo would like soon-to-be grads to know that despite all the predictions of economic doom and gloom, their future is not as bleak as they may think. Pongo knows that being equipped with a solid job-search strategy and well-crafted resume is key to making a stress-free transition into the nation’s workforce.
To arm today’s grads with tools they need, here are Pongo’s “Lucky Seven” tips for a smooth transition:
- Decide What You Want to Do. If you’re one of the unsure masses, not quite certain what you want to do, start by looking at where you have excelled in your academic work and your extracurricular activities.
- Decide Where You Want to Live. Where do you intend to live after you receive your degree? Consider that a big city offers more job opportunities, but usually comes with a much higher cost of living than suburban or rural settings. Don’t overextend yourself financially.
- Assess Your Job-Related Skills. Communication and organizational skills are important to an employer. Ask yourself these questions. How well do you communicate, verbally and in writing? Do you perform best by yourself or as part of a project team? Have you consistently completed assignments on time and met deadlines at school or at work? How well do you organize and prioritize your work (be honest)? Know your strengths and weaknesses and seek a workplace culture that aligns with them.
- Start Writing a Resume. Once you know the kind of job you want and the type of company you’d like to work for, begin drafting an objective for your resume. (Visit www.PongoResume.com for help on this one.)
- Take in a Few Job and Career Fairs. Your college or university may hold on-campus career fairs during the spring semester. Check local papers or online postings for any private job and career fairs. Job fairs provide learning opportunities to help you hone your self-marketing skills, which in turn will help you land a job.
- Network Online and Offline. Build, cultivate and grow an online network via LinkedIn, Facebook, or any similar online networking site (and take down any compromising photos or info you don’t want a potential employer to see) Don’t be shy about letting people know about your career intentions post-graduation. You never know if someone you meet might work with someone who knows someone who…you get the idea.
- Practice Your Interviewing Skills. Understand two things. First, it’s not about what the company can do for you, it’s what you can do for the company! In an interview, your job is to communicate – with energy and enthusiasm – the potential value you bring to the company and the reasons you’re qualified to fulfill its needs. Second, a good interview is a give-and-take conversation. You can —and should— ask as many questions as you answer. Asking questions sends a clear message that you want to learn more about the job and company to gain a sense of whether it would be the right move for you.
Pongo’s resume resources have been helping grads win jobs since 2004. Approximately 58% of all Pongo resumes generated have been created by students or people with entry-level experience.
Pongo provides a full spectrum of services and tools that help users create, distribute, organize and track their resume and job search activity. Professional resume writers are on hand to offer advice and guidance throughout the entire online process, along with live support to help users optimize their career documents, manage their job search, land their dream job – and beyond.
Pongo users have the option of a free trial account or, for a minimal monthly or annual fee, they can subscribe to the full-service suite of exclusive career tools and resources. For additional information, visit PongoResume.com.
About Pongo: Pongo Resume is a premier full-service online resume-building resource that provides a suite of tools to help job seekers market and manage their career lifecycle. Pongo generates over 100,000 resumes per month through its 4+ million registered users and has in excess of ½ million unique visitors per month. The company is privately held and headquartered in Northborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.PongoResume.com or call 1-866-486-4660.
Contact: Diane Coffey; Kel & Partners; 508.366.2099, ext.117; Cell: 508.259.9584; diane@kelandpartners.com