Tired of Outrageous Assignments? Four Recommended Solutions

Situation:

We all have had that class where the Professor assigns an outrageous five page research paper about some topic that sounds more like a “subject does not matter” than subject matter. We procrastinate the assignment, pull the all nighter and sometimes we even, thank our lucky stars, pull off an A on the baloney we just turned in. We then go on to the next assignment to BS our way through the classes that don’t matter to us. Sadly, we are missing out on one of the biggest opportunities that no one knows about.

Anyone know where this is?

Problem:

Graduation comes, job hunts start and interview time is now. You now find yourself sitting in an interview, your potential employer asks you, "what sets you apart from the rest of the crowd?" You can say that you have obtained a high GPA (yeah so does everyone else), you can say you are a hard worker (like thats never been said before), oh maybe you can say that you have a high attention to detail. Nope, you are stuck to mediocrity. No job offer, no fro-yo celebration party afterwords for you.

Solutions:

1. Professionally engage in every assignment. Turn in every assignment like you are going to be published by your company. Money is a great incentive, think of each project like it is a voucher for dollar bills.
2. Build a portfolio. YOU ALREADY HAVE TO DO THESE ASSIGNMENTS ANYWAYS! So why not have an agenda behind your school work and start archive building your work so that you can pull examples out of a portfolio, instead of pulling it out of your "backside" in the interview.
3. We need to have a resume building mindset. If we are ever going to cruise past the sea of applicants we need to start weeks, if not months in advance. Look at papers, projects, assignments like gold to my resume builder. Look for keywords in your strengths that you bring to the table such as, research, critical analysis, effective writer, ect...
4. Take control over your education. All it takes is a short talk to your counselor or professors and boom, you are on your way to nailing that interview and celebrating by getting fro-yo. Work with your Professors, the ones who you have had classes with or even, dare I say, meet with new Professors who got their PHD in the field you want to pursue.

Summary: Be Resume Builders

Get the most out of your education. This will give you an added fire inside of you to preform at a higher level. Having a portfolio offers the proof to your pudding.

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