To learn about the skills employers look for and the top ten characteristics employers look for, check out Job Outlook 2001 . You can take initiative to develop these skills in order to demonstrate to potential employers your value as an employee. Also, check out Career Planit , a site that contains wealth of career planning information. So, take steps right now to ensure that you are prepared to enter the job market. Here's what you should do now to make yourself an appealing job candidate.
Employers look to their own student interns first for job candidates.
More than one half of all employers extend job offers to their interns. Join campus organizations and get involved . Employers are eager for new hires who have leadership experience. When you hold an office or chair a committee for an organization, you gain valuable interpersonal skills that you can relate to an employer during the job interview. Get good grades .