Holy Cross Director of Career Development on Why Recent Grads Don’t Need to Take the First Job They Land

Amy Murphy, Director of the Center for Career Development at the College of the Holy Cross, offers practical advice for recent graduates in an article published by GoodCall.

She says graduates shouldn’t feel like they need to take the first job they find if they don’t think it’s a good fit.

“Job searching is more than sending out resumes – spend the summer conducting informational interviews and shadowing,” Murphy tells GoodCall. “Learn from those who are in the field, expand your professional network and from there, identify entry-level job opportunities – and, suddenly you’re a known entity and not just another name in a database.”

Read the entire piece on the GoodCall website.