Fellow fresh grads, what are your strategies in this COVID job crisis?

Hey everyone! I'm a fresh grad who's finding a job right now, and it's taking a toll on my personal health. I think there's a lot of us silently in the same boat, so I was hoping we can help each other out by sharing some of our tips during this period.

I'll start: I've currently invested in a Linkedin Premium to send directed messages to people who are in the roles I want / companies I like. People have been open to sharing, and I've learnt a lot. Try it out!

What else have you tried? :)

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Micheal

19 Jul 2020

Marketing and Management at University of Essex

Hmm Okay, I'm in,

I love digital marketing but I was struggling to find a digital marketing internship while still have to study at my university. I thought I can have digital marketing knowledge by studying some online course and learn on Google and YouTube. However, to get skills and experience, I need to practise. It's almost impossible for me to get a digital marketing internship to practise. Then, I thought out of the box. Eventually, I get an idea that I should create a blog and Facebook page and Facebook group. The subject is to help the foreigner students like me who study at private university get their internship, even unpaid internship.

I think I still cannot help anyone to get their job but me :) I learnt a lot of things and practised a lot such as SEO, WordPress, social media, business analyst, competitor analyst, marketing hack and IT. I got my results to show the employer who I'm working for currently. That was my competitive advantage.

I will illustrate some results here. My website ranks for dozens of keywords at high positions on Google search result, my Facebook page gets 4.4k followers and my Facebook group has 4.2k members, just to name a few. I found my job here.

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Jessica Nathania

17 Jul 2020

Background info: I graduated in Dec 2019 and was working part time till Feb 2020. I'm currently job-hunting and working on side projects.

After watching SeedlyTV's recent episode on Winning The Battle In A Bad Job Market, my main takeaway is that the contribution you make in your role is almost as important as the monetary aspect of employment. If you’re able to make do with a lower starting pay, it’s worth giving the job a shot because you’ll be picking up relevant skills and also contributing to the company. If you’re struggling to land a traineeship job or even an internship, I hope you don’t feel too disheartened. Now is a good time to delve into what you’re really interested in and to upskill yourself before you get a job :) Some examples are taking online courses, growing a digital portfolio, volunteering or pursuing a hobby. There are also courses you can take to learn how to navigate commonly used software in businesses whether it’s Adobe Illustrator, Moz, SEMrush, Salesforce, Microsoft Excel, Python and lots more.

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