Three Things to Consider After Completing Your Degree

Completing your degree is an exciting time. What felt like a lifetime of scouring through dense textbooks and learning new lingo is now complete, and you finally have the prospect of starting a new job in your chosen field. Yet, entry into the workforce can often be a daunting experience for many graduates, who are left with many questions on what to do next. What sort of things need to be considered upon completion of your studies?

Debt

Starting a new job and beginning to pay off those debts is an exciting, yet disconcerting time. Watching the balance go down in tiny installments can often make people feel as though they will be in debt forever. The best option to overcome the anxiety of having student loans is by researching the best way to pay those debts off while still being able to maintain a perfect credit score. There are services available to available to graduates to help find out if consolidating your student loans help your credit score. Consolidating your loans can help alleviate some of the stress and allow you to see the end to that debt.

Job

For many people, finishing a degree means entering their dream job. For others it can be quite difficult entering an industry with no experience outside of their degree. There are many opportunities available to new graduates to assist with entering their desired field of work. With the option of paid and unpaid internships across many industries, graduates are given a chance to gain the skills to assist with helping them stand out when applying for new jobs. If interning is not something you can see yourself doing, ensuring your resume is up to date and well presented can help you stand out to recruiters in the pile paperwork they may be sifting through when looking for their perfect employee.

Networking

The saying it’s not what you know, but who you know could not be more true when starting a new job, or entering a new industry. Scouring your social networks to find people who work in your desired industry is a great way to start when networking. From there you can gain an insight into the industry you wish to enter and ask for advice on how to achieve your goals. If you have the tenacity, you may also want to email top players within your industry and ask for advice. Cold calling powerful people within the industry and asking how they achieved their goals not only gives an insight into your industry, but also shows initiative. More often than not, that initiative and drive is what employers are looking for in their staff. You can receive some top tips from an insider, while also getting your name out there. You never know, that initiative may even result in that job you’re searching for.

Regardless of your experience level, finishing a degree is an exciting time where you are finally free to start your career. Although it can be intimidating looking at the debt acquired from your course, applying for a job with no experience, or searching for people within your network for advice, ensuring you engage with and consider these three things after completing your degree can go a long way and assist with helping find a business style that suits you best.