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ClickNSmart is the first student network that provides fun and interactive online meeting & collaboration experiences. Forget about meeting your group-mates at the library or coffee shop and network with them face-to-face. ClickNSmart enables you to do group study or hold meetings online as effective and efficient as if you were to meet with your peers in person. Using ClickNSmart, you can Save Time & Money and Experience More.

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Best Job Search Sites
Job Search sites have gained a lot of popularity among job seekers in recent time.
There are thousands of career sites on the web, but only a few of them are really good.

What you should know:
1.Before you begin your job hunting, you should refer back to your skill, interest, preferences, and personality.

2.Get an idea of what kind of jobs you want to look for.

3. The more specific in your keyword search, the more targeted the resulting information will be.

Below are the 5 best job search sites:
- CalJobs at www.caljobs.ca.gov
- Campus Career center at www.campuscareercenter.com
- Career Builder at www.careerbuilder.com
- Career Resources Center at www.careers.org
- Hoover’s Online Business Network at www.hoovers.com

” Now, It is your chance to be in touch with thousands of career opportunities”

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I want to share and recommend some courses you must absolutely have to take in college before graduation. Employers like to see job applicants with skills gained from the following courses:

1) Interpersonal Communication
Many colleges and universities offer this course under Speech & Communication department and other colleges include this course in the business administration curriculum. By taking interpersonal communication course, you can gain “soft communication skill” that many employers look for. Those of you who major in science and engineering major, you may think that this course is a waste of time, but this course will give you a competitive edge over other science and engineering graduates who have only “hard science engineering skill”, but cannot communicate effectively in a group setting. Other major also need interpersonal communication course as well. Being able to communicate effectively with your colleague, your manager and your boss is very important in the following cases: asking for a pay raise, work in a team, giving a presentation during company’s meeting, etc.

2) Basic/ Principle of Accounting
Almost all colleges and universities offer this basic accounting course. This course is important for your personal and career. For your personal life, this course will teach you how to budget your money and expenses so that you can control your financial future. For your career, this course will teach you how to evaluate your company’s financial health. If you can read financial statements of your company before you actually work for the company, then you will know whether it’s a “Healthy” company or not. What I mean is that you better know if your company will soon go bankrupt or will layoffs many people anytime soon because they don’t have enough money.
Of course, you want to work for “Healthy” company in order to build your career with the company. Those of you “would-be entrepreneur”, you absolutely need this course because the top reason of most failed start-ups is due to financial mismanagement (i.e. not enough money/cash to operate)

3) Introduction to Statistic
Almost all universities and colleges offer a course in statistic. This course not only will teach you quantitative skill you need for the job, but also it will be useful if you work in many areas such as: finance (financial forecasting), marketing (market research), engineering, operations management, computer science, and also “Gambling” as well. No doubt that in the finance area, forecasting methods are all derived from statistics; in the marketing area, you will use statistical knowledge to interpret market research data; if you’re a professional gambler, no doubt that you have to master statistics.

Taking all three courses above will give you a good combination of the following skills: Soft skill (Interpersonal Communication), Quantitative skill (Introductory Statistics), and Business skill (Basic Accounting). If you master all these 3 skills in addition to your major courses, then you will have a competitive advantage to get a job by the time you graduate from college.

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So, you’re have a 4.0 G.P.A during all your university career. Now that you’re almost graduating, What’s next?

Above is the typical questions that we often ask to a 4.0 students; we’re so excited to know “What’s Next?” for these bright students. After graduation, students usually have only 2 options:

A) Get a Job

B) Go to Graduate school

If you choose option A, then people will say “Welcome to the Real World”. Getting a job is not just about being smart. but it is about a combination of the following: smart, networking, and persistence. If you decide to get a job afer graduation, then at least 1 year before your graduation date, start creating a job resume, network with people, contact as many people you know and let them know that you are looking for a job after graduation, and last but not least go to your school’s career center website and go to career fairs to look for any job openings. 4.0 students usually pick the company/ industry they would like to work, and research and find out as much as possible about the best possible companies in the industry, instead of just blindly sending out resume to any job opening. They understand that working for a “WRONG” company may means a “Career Suicide” for them. However, regardless whether or not you’re a 4.0 students, you should still follow this good practice.

If you choose option B, which is to go to graduate school directly after finishing your undergraduate education. Many 4.0 students fall into this category since usually professors offer them PhD or Master education directly after graduation. Some schools even pays for graduate education. If this sounds like you, then one think you need to carefully consider is whether or not the extra graduate education will help you to move your career forward. Grad school should not be a way for avoiding the “Real World” if you don’t know what else to do after graduation; this is the wrong motivation going to grad school. However, graduate school (e.g. MBA or J.D or M.D) is what you need to achieve your dream career, then you’re on the right track. 4.0 students prepares this at least 1 year in advance before graduation to do the followings:

-research the grad schools they would like to get into (and possibly visit the campus);

- take any graduate admission tests (GMAT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT, etc);

- ask for recommendations letter; and

- write an application essay.

Again regardless whether or not you’re a 4.0 student, you can follow the practice above to increase your chance in getting admitted into graduate school of your dream.

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job searching strategy, getting into top grad school of your dreams and admission tips, check the following:

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Good luck for your next journey.

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Many people talk about whether or not it is important to get a 4.0 G.P.A in school. While getting a 4.0 G.P.A at school and being recognized as a valedictorian (highest honor) on the graduation ceremony, can be self-rewarding; however, in the school of real world, it is generally not required.

What do I mean by getting a 4.0 G.P.A at the school of real world?

School of real world is the environment in which we are all living after we leave school (after graduation). At this environment, we work to fulfill our daily needs. All of us went to school to become successful in the real world; a success in the real world setting is what I meant by getting a 4.0 G.P.A in the school of real world.

Several distinction between REAL WORLD vs School:

1) Grade Report Vs. Credit Report

In school (universities/college), we students are judged (by other students, professors and our parents) as smart or not by our grade report; however, in real world, we are judged (by our bankers that lends us money and other people we interact with during the course of our life) by our credit report. If we have good credit history then we can easily borrow money from the bank to buy cars, houses, etc. Success (4.0 G.P.A) in real world often directly related to a good credit history

2) There is no professors/ teachers and no classroom in the school of real world

People learn from past mistakes and learn from their colleagues/mentors (or even their parents) in order to be successful in the school of real world. Do not expect other people teach you on a regular basis like what our professors do usually in the classroom. The exams are usually events in your life that requires decision making process. The homework is personal development process to get better and gain more knowledge day-by-day.

3) Real World is very competitive

Universities will not terminate students unless students severely violate the universities regulations. Real world terminates people all the time (even with no apparent reason sometimes). For example, we see many people get terminated from their jobs due to the economic downturn, which has nothing to do at all with the persons ‘work’ performance.

4) 4.0 G.P.A at school Vs. 4.0 G.P.A in Real world

Many people know that 4.0 G.P.A at school means getting all A’s in all classes. However, 4.0 in real world means being successful (however people define success is). Some people may define success as making lots of money; some people define success as fulfilling their dreams/goals; others may define success differently.

There are many books out there that teaches you about how to become successful in the real world; however, below I have tips gathered from many advices from my mentor, parents and previous employers who are all getting a 4.0 in the real world:

1) Learn from your past mistakes and do not repeat in the same mistake in the future;

2) Read many newspapers to get updated about what’s going on in the world;

3) Get a work experience and gain some hands-on practical knowledge;

4) Find a mentor and ask for guidance and advices;

5) Network and build connection through joining organizations and other means of networking;

6) Commitment to a continuing education (your education should not stop after you graduate; many successful people continually keep up and polish their knowledge and skill sets to stay competitive in the marketplace);

7) Lastly, HAVE FUN in whatever you do (this makes you a productive person);

Good luck and let’s work hard together to get a 4.0 G.P.A in the school of real world.

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