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There are a lot of successes, and challenges, that lie ahead for graduates.  Many have not been prepared
for the job search process.  NEXT can prepare you for your job search and help you find the
professional job you desire!

All college graduates, who have earned their degree within the past 18 months receive 15% off of our
standard service prices.
"Most colleges are seriously
out of step with the real world
in getting students ready to
become workers in the post
college world."
Source: Time Magazine cover article,
1/24/05
FACT--By 2008, the number of college
graduate job seekers will exceed the
number of available jobs by 25%
Source: Occupational Outlook Survey for College
Graduates 1994-2008
FACT--57% of college grads plan to return home to live with
their family after graduation.
                                                      Source: Newsweek Magazine Poll, 5/1/05
MISSION STATEMENT
The newest crop of college grads will
have more job opportunities than last
year's graduating class…there's also
likely to be a larger pool of applicants
chasing the increased number of job
openings.  

"You'll see an incredible amount of
competition," said Dr. Phil Gardner,
director of the Collegiate Employment
Research Institute at Michigan State
University.
       www.money.cnn.com   May 6, 2004
"You knew what you had to do to
get to this college and to graduate
from it. But the unfortunate, yet truly
exciting thing about your life, is that
there is no core curriculum. The
entire place is an elective. The
paths are infinite and the results
uncertain."                                                  
               
Jon Stewart  William & Mary
Commencement Address  May 2004
Many graduates do not have the
first idea on how to approach a
real-life job search.  They may have
received bits and pieces of advice
from parents and/or college career
counselors, but very few have a
comprehensive understanding of
the hard work it takes to find a job.
         CA Job Journal   June 2004
If you don't yet have a job lined up, you've still
got to get out there and win one...employers
are not going to just hand you a job with top
starting pay.

You still have to market yourself. That includes
stuff like making your résumé stand out, and
responding to dreaded inquiries for which
there are no perfect responses, such as, "Tell
me about yourself.“
                                  Job Search December 2005
Consider that for each available job opening there
may be as many as 100 to 1000 résumés submitted.

If your résumé…fails to establish your value over a
competing individual for the position, or is difficult to
follow, your ability to compete against those 100 to
1000 candidates is greatly diminished.
                                           Career Advice  Sue Nowacki
FACT--The annual number of
college graduates increased 12%
in the last 2 years, however, the
entry-level job market remains
23% below 2000 levels.
               Source: 2004 NACE Annual Survey
"Even parents with successful careers aren't necessarily
expert job hunters (for their children)."
                                                                 Source: Wall Street Journal, 4/19/05
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