Question

1. Summarize the efforts you have taken thus far to build an employment record that will lead to job offers after graduation

2. Describe one way you have competitive advantage over another, If you do not have a competitive advantage, descibe actions you can take to obtain one.

3. Describe two ways as a student you can use your status to build you network?

4.Descibe two ways that you can use alliances to obtain a job. How can you information systems to build, maintain, and operate such alliances?

Answer 1

1. The efforts made include a good academic record and especially good scores in the field of employment that I want to target. Thus if I want to target finance jobs then I need to have good economics and business studies scores. Also good extra curricular activities is a must also. This will lead to an attractive resume.

2. Having excellent communicative skills can set a candidate apart from the crowd and this enables a competitive advantage over other candidates. This is not something that all candidates possess and will ensure cracking interviews.

3. Social networking is the best way to build a network and also partcipating in workshops would also be a way to form a professional network. That is interact with people across colleges.

4. Obtaining a job through alliances can be through word of mouth by asking someone known in a company to forward your CV and then promote it. Also connecting with a variety of people through linkedin also allows a wider network. The formation of such alliances is something that happens over time and this can be built upon to obtain a job.