Friday, September 19, 2014

Completing Your University Education To Secure A Job

By George Dodson


Among those that who fail to understand that education does not ensure you a good career or job. Many believe this whole-heartedly and only left to be disappointed in the end. One possible instance where your employment can be guaranteed after schools is when you are actually paid by an employer to go to school to someday join his or her team in the company. While there may be those that believe that a diploma makes certain future employment, there are those that dont. Here below are a few factors that you can take into consideration when aiming to get a diploma to guarantee future work.

Shifting demands in the employment industry

One thing that is to be expected within the employment sector is that demand for people changes. At a certain point a company will have a high demand for employees and there are also times when they wont hire any. These shifting demands from companies today makes it hard even for college degree holders as well as professions to take hold of a job.

The competition between skilled and professionals

One obvious requirement with regard to the labor industry today is that a job applicant should be equipped with the right skills rather than the right knowledge. This is most true when it comes to the retail, manual labor, sales and other job sectors that we have today. As technology improves, the need for specialists as well as experts will be lessened as most of the analysis, planning, computations and the other complicated tasks are done by a computer. This only shows that there will be lesser number of jobs that will require technical knowledge but more jobs that require skills.

Self marketing

Another factor that can be of an impact to future employment is your ability to market yourself. Indeed you have the documents to show that you are a college graduate as well as have the long list of experience from previous jobs that you can actually present yourself to your employers? What many people do not know is that interviews can already seal the deal with your employers - or not. In this regard, failing to market yourself properly although you have a good diploma or a good amount of experience will only lead to lesser chances of being chosen.

Terms and conditions of the job

Another factor that could be a deciding factor with regard to getting a job is the terms which you are willing to accept which covers the pay rate, location, load of work and others. A common scene is when an applicant with a good educational background or experience turns down a job because he or she doesn't like the offer or terms. The bad thing about this is that not many jobs can offer terms that would be favorable for you thus you will have to accept regardless of what you have and base everything on your need.

As a final statement, a diploma or a college degree from college will definitely not guarantee a future job - somehow it can give you an edge over other applicants but this won't mean you're sure to get the job. This however should not dishearten you in pursuing your studies. As mentioned above, it still proves to be a good help in getting a job - and along with the few considerations mentioned above in mind, you'll be sure to get that job.




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