Jobs and Inspiration for New College Grads

It's that time of year again, when colleges and universities have their commencement ceremonies and those grads who haven't organized their backpacking-across-Europe-experience, and aren't heading off to grad school this fall, and so far have managed not to make any specific employment plans, are wondering what the heck to do.

For starters, head on over to Collegegrad.com to see this year's list of top entry-level employers.

It's quite a diverse list, from Walgreens to Microsoft to the U.S. Army, but at least it's a starting point for brainstorming and/or ruling some organizations completely out.

The site gets its information from the U.S. Department of Labor, which tells you a little something about the eye you need to have as you sift through their lists of Top Jobs and Top Cities (e.g., "top" could mean "most common" rather than "really cool in ways you care about".)

If all of this is more than a little uninspiring, take a break and check out this website that has collected inspiring commencement addresses since 1936.

Entry level doesn't last forever. Every single one of the commencement speakers listed was at an entry level at some point in their lives, and they went on to do extraordinary things.

It's your turn!

 

Heather Mundell
Dream Big Coaching Services
www.dreambigcoaching.com
heather@dreambigcoaching.com