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Five tips for young job-seekers during a recession

I take great interest in this kind of research and reporting because every semester, college seniors—and some juniors—contact me seeking help with their job searches.

In good times and bad, here are five tips I give them:

Know yourself. Some students feel pressure from parents to pick a job that pays the most right off the bat. But if students manage to land those jobs and the work doesn’t really interest them, they’ll probably find their way out the door within a few years. It’s better for students to use internships and any other real-world experiences they can to figure out which work suits them best. A student went into investment banking on the urging of his father and had a lucrative run—but ultimately he got fed up with the stress, the hours and the politics, so he changed careers.

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