{"id":7267,"date":"2018-08-14T10:01:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T14:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Projects\/Internsdc\/?p=7267"},"modified":"2018-08-14T10:01:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T14:01:47","slug":"lack-of-experience-may-cost-college-graduates-job-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/lack-of-experience-may-cost-college-graduates-job-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of Experience May Cost College Graduates Job Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lack of Experience May Cost College Graduates Job Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>College graduates are seeing more job opportunities thanks to a growing U.S. economy. A recent CareerBuilder survey of employers showed an uptick of optimism by employers when it comes to hiring college graduates.&nbsp; However, the survey also showed that graduates are shooting themselves in the foot and costing themselves good career opportunities due to a lack of experience.<\/p>\n<p>According to CareerBuilder:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the majority of employers say academic institutions are adequately preparing students for roles needed in their organization (82 percent), that doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean graduates have the job-seeking skills needed to land the job. Employers said that over the past year, more than half of recent college graduates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t send a thank you note: 37 percent<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t know anything about the company: 35 percent<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t submit a cover letter: 31 percent<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t ask any questions in the interview: 29 percent<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t have professional references: 26 percent<\/li>\n<li>Had poor grammar on their resume: 26 percent<\/li>\n<li>Had unprofessional pictures on their social media profiles: 21 percent<\/li>\n<li>Checked their mobile phone during the interview: 19 percent\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7269 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Projects\/Internsdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2nd-payton-thorton-and-Ted-Cruz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"304\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WISH interns, especially during the longer fall and spring semesters, learn how to ace the job-search process, giving them the edge to secure the best job.&nbsp; WISH offers workshops, networking forums, and various social mixers that give students the experience they will need to not only secure a job, but to empower their career endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for WISH to secure your DC internship today <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internsDC.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.internsDC.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/press.careerbuilder.com\/2018-05-17-College-Hiring-Outlook-Strongest-in-More-than-a-Decade-According-to-New-CareerBuilder-Survey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> to read the CareerBuilder survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lack of Experience May Cost College Graduates Job Opportunities College graduates are seeing more job opportunities thanks to a growing U.S. economy. A recent CareerBuilder survey of employers showed an uptick of optimism by employers when it comes to hiring college graduates.&nbsp; However, the survey also showed that graduates are shooting themselves in the foot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18,28,43],"tags":[56,17,37,57,38],"class_list":["post-7267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dc-culture","category-employment-tips","category-internship-advice","category-internship-tips","tag-capitol-hill","tag-career-tips","tag-dc-culture","tag-dc-internships","tag-young-professionals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}