For recent graduates, getting your job search moving in a positive direction can be a difficult task.

Most recruiters tend to only fill jobs that require candidates that have at least several years of work experience so you might not get much help from them.

For entry level positions, you might be competing with not only other recent graduates but with people with a few years of experience as well who might also be suitable for the job.

One of the best ways to get your job search moving positively is through networking.

Sure, you could email your resume off to dozens or hundreds of companies like everyone else does but remember that it takes one tenth the time to delete your email as it did for you to write it.

When hiring managers get bombarded with resumes they tend to delete them and treat them like spam.

There are better ways to utilize your time to get in touch with people who can positively influence your job search:

1. Speak with friends, family members and others who you know and let them know you are looking for a job. One of them might know someone who can help you.

2. Make a list of companies you'd be interested to work for and call (on the phone, not through email) the manager of the particular area of interest and ask to meet with them for 20 minutes to learn more about their company and job. It could lead to something more.

3. Attend networking events, trade shows or conferences that relate to your industry or field or expertise where you are likely to meet people who can positively influence your job search.

4. Scour industry-specific Internet job websites for jobs. Also search specific company websites to see what jobs they have available. Remember that when it comes to entry level positions, companies tend to like to fill these positions on their own.

Carl Mueller

My name is Carl Mueller and I'd like to thank you for learning a bit more about me!

I feel that I have numerous relevant experiences during my career that come in useful when helping people with their careers:

I know what it?s like to work internationally, having worked overseas (in New Zealand, from 1994-1998).

I've survived several corporate downsizings while many of my colleagues were being laid off.

I have also experienced being laid off twice myself during corporate downsizings.

I know what it?s like to be self-employed.

I've helped many people find better jobs. I started to work as a professional recruiter in 2000 first as an Information Technology (IT) recruiter and then in general recruitment across many industries including IT, manufacturing and marketing. Since this time, I have helped many people find their dream career and it?s a great feeling.

I experienced one of the slowest hiring periods in recent memory especially during the general hiring slowdown that followed the Y2K frenzy in 1999, the bursting of the dot com bubble in early 2000, and then the employment market bottoming out following September 11, 2001.

These were certainly not great times to be a job searcher in most industries nor was it a particularly good time to be a recruiter.

Following this, I began running the day to day operations of an Internet-based company in early 2003 that focused on developing online software and subscription-based websites for consumers. It was then that I fully realized the power, usefulness and potential of the Internet which really spurred me to set up my own website which you can view in my Personal URL section below this bio.

I?m also a Platinum Ezine Articles Expert as recognized by EzineArticles.com, one of the most visited websites on the Internet. This special designation is earned by having consistently high-quality articles published and viewed on their website. All of my submissions are related to helping you find your dream career and many of my articles get reproduced on other websites by their webmasters.

Good luck with your career and I hope I have been of assistance to you!