7 Steps To Getting Employed Before Graduation: What You Need To Know Before Leaving School
Getting employed even before leaving school fully can be very satisfying as well as eye-opening in terms of the experience you gain from whatever you choose to do.
A lot of employment after school usually requires you to have certain years of this so-called experience which isn’t always possible.
Consider coming from an environment where employment is not readily available.
For sure, when you graduate from school with all your shining certificates or diplomas, you are in high spirits to go out and make your mark or even become self-independent or have a comfortable level of financial independence.
But what happens if you don’t get this?
So, the question is what do you do in a situation like this?
You see waiting should never be an option for anyone.
The most important thing is for you to have attained a level of understanding for the things or issues that matter, in life.
When you are certain you need no one’s guidance or direction in critical areas of your life, then, you can say you are mature and fully ready to face all that will come your way whether good or bad.
If you are, it means you can think for yourself and invariably this blog will tell you why.
A high percentage of students don’t realize or know the possibility out there until probably after graduation or even know about possible jobs available as against the generally known and almost acceptable “white-collar” jobs.
They think these jobs are the target or at least should be for them.
This isn’t so, please.
Get yourself working today and become an expert at whatever you choose to do.
7 Steps For Getting Employed
1. Think Online Business
Yes, you read that right. Online Business.
This is by far the most satisfying and ideal way to go today.
There are countless ways you can go about having a business online. You just need to do your research properly, find something you know you are passionate about and create a home for yourself, online.
Think, I don’t need to have a ton of money to start this. I don’t have to be so perfect. I just have to have the passion to do this for a long duration of time.
Mind you, this will form the foundation for so many opportunities once you start not to talk of the passive income you will be earning consistently if done properly.
2. Become a Social Media Expert
A lot of people don’t understand the level of work it takes to be called a Social Media Expert.
That big phone you have and probably a laptop you carry around for irrelevant activities can be put to good use.
Say you have time to chat, post, comment, or even share other people’s work, all under the online hub.
Invariably, without your knowing, you are already involved in social media marketing by doing all these activities.
You getting employed just began!
Use your Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and other social media platforms and/or search engines to make money. After all, you are already doing that freely for others why not yourself?
3. Create an Ebook
There is no doubt you may have at some point or even recently, been made to download a digital product for maybe your educational need say assignments or projects as well as entertainment purposes. These products are called digital products which can be in the form of print, audio, or visual.
Some of you have the talent of writing very well and again, it comes down to your interest or passion for whatever you love to do. Take it from me, everyone has a gift to do something. You just need to look deep within.
Don’t be shy, no one is watching you so go ahead and pick up that pen and paper and put it to good use. There is a short article here for you to understand the steps to getting that ebook out there and start living passively.
4. Train others on Your Expertise
Almost like the ebook, you get to share your knowledge thereby earning a living off this as well.
You can easily organize tutorials online these days. If you are an A-student, please you can do this even as a High School student. This doesn’t mean anyone else can’t.
Say you have a talent in graphic design, teaching any subject, report writing, editing, proofreading, storytelling, and the list goes on and on to maybe infinity.
There are lots of people out there looking to know what you know. There are also various platforms where you can easily market your knowledge and thereby get paid for doing just that.
You’re not just getting yourself employed, you are helping someone who needs the help.
YOU DON’T NEED TO WAIT.
5. Learn a Skill Today
The good thing about doing this is that you learn more as you go.
Do you know that communication is a skill? It’s known as one of the basic soft skills to acquire and can be more valuable than that hard skill and I mean the diploma and/or certificate you are working towards getting, right now.
As no one is truly a custodian of knowledge you will come across challenges and this will invariably lead you to improving yourself What about the skill on its own? You get skills too. Teaching skills, research skills, presentation skills, online skills and so much more. You even become more confident too.
6. Save to Start Your Own Business
Starting a business doesn’t have to be so expensive. You are in school now and you probably have people funding you or assisting you financially today. Have you thought of your tomorrow?
Say you leave school, what next?
You see, it’s not okay to be wasteful financially just because you have so much coming your way today. This can easily change tomorrow and if you don’t prepare you will find yourself in a very tight place.
So what do you do to prepare better?
Save as much as you can with a plan to have enough to start up a business when you finish school.
Prepare yourself better for getting employed, NOW!
Planning is very vital for our survival whether we accept it or not.
I always tell people education is good but being street smart is always better. Imagine combining both.
7. Get a Good Mentor
Learning is important. You may be able to start a business now but you require more knowledge as you grow and/or expand.
Getting a mentor is key. Know what you want to do. Research people involved in similar businesses you want to go into to get the very vital knowledge for running things smoothly. It’s good you want to begin but don’t go in blindly.
A mentor is a person with adequate experience and knowledge of what he does. Such a person has undergone a lot of ups and downs and understands the ins and outs of the business. You don’t need to make so many mistakes or run into problems all the time.
I’m not saying you can’t make any but, let it be minimal at the best. Don’t think you know too much or let pride keep you from learning from others.
Conclusion
And there you have it. I truly hope this information on the 7 steps to getting employed even before graduating as a student will be very helpful to you reading it right now. I believe these steps will enrich you to understand the need to think and prepare now, for a better brighter future.
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