Many graduating Newhouse students feel as though they need to start applying to jobs at the start of spring semester (or even earlier!). This is usually because of family pressure or because their friends and peers who are enrolled in other SU schools and colleges are doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a great time for a reminder that the communications industry\u2019s hiring timeline is largely completely different than those of other industries<\/u>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By and large, most communications jobs advertised that are being posted now want someone NOW<\/strong>. The only exception is if a job leads says \u201cjob doesn\u2019t begin until June 1,\u201d or otherwise notes that it is for this year\u2019s graduates, which you\u2019ll rarely see in this business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Applying to job openings when you\u2019re not a viable candidate, not only wastes people\u2019s time, it clearly demonstrates you do not understand how this industry works. However, this doesn\u2019t mean job postings are completely useless to this year\u2019s graduating class! If you come across a job posting and you like what you see, the company may be a good fit for your target list (not sure what that is? Come to the CDC\u2019s Job Hunt seminar!). Instead of applying to the job, a tremendously productive use of your time will be to reach out and network with individuals who are currently working there. Visit the companies LinkedIn page and do a filtered search for alumni. Use Careershift to find potential connections too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this industry it\u2019s never a matter of IF there are openings, it\u2019s a matter of WHEN<\/u><\/strong>. The odds of a company of interest having a job opening in June or during the summer are good, so if you invest the time and effort now develop networking relationships and then keep in touch, you will be a \u201cknown candidate\u201d because this industries #1 preferred method of hiring is referral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Being a known candidate means you\u2019re not just another resume sent in via LinkedIn or job posting board, and that someone \u201con the inside\u201d knows and can vouch for you. This advantage is what ends up getting many of our graduates their first (and second. And third\u2026) job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So work smart now during the job search: use job leads as target list leads<\/strong>, then networking leads, and reap the benefit of being a known candidate at all of your companies of interest! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many graduating Newhouse students feel as though they need to start applying to jobs at the start of spring semester (or even earlier!). This is usually because of family pressure or because their friends and peers who are enrolled in other SU schools and colleges are doing so. This is a great time for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[19,31,30],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13646,"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions\/13646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}