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Summary Of The Dirty Little Secrets Of Getting A Dream Job

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The present state of the American economy is one that has improved since the Great Recession, but is still nevertheless an arduous battle-zone for job hunting. Obtaining a job is difficult on its own, getting a good one is even harder, and obtaining one’s own dream job is usually even more difficult. Don Raskin in his book, The Dirty Little Secrets of Getting Your Dream Job, opens up his ideology regarding this subject with a much more optimistic mentality. He argues that the economy is improving and that the market for jobs is indeed getting stronger, but college graduates are in a position where they become underemployed. In this, he moves on to realize that there are realistic things hopeful college graduates can do to get their desired …show more content…

The first step Raskin talks about is internships and how important they are for guaranteeing your postgraduate future at certain companies. Internships, in Raskins eyes, are the keys to making yourself look like an attractive candidate to prospective employers. The author says don’t stop at resources online, but instead to ask potential mentors, teachers, and anyone you know in your help to find an internship. In my personal experience, finding internships has been difficult, and I think it’s important for me to understand that I should be treating my internship hunt like a job hunt and instead of just applying for one internship, I should apply for multiple and reach out to those prospective employers to make myself seem like a better candidate. I think, recently, I’ve become far too obsessed with improving my GPA and focusing on school. In reality, Raskin is actually opening my mind to the idea that I should …show more content…

When I’m applying for jobs or internships, it doesn’t usually come to mind that there are probably hundreds of other applicants looking for a similar job. Raskin argues that in order to be successful at landing a job, you need to have something to catch the eye of the prospective employer who is probably sifting through multiple resumes every hour. This involves having a legitimate and well thought out cover letter, resume, and email letter note. Raskin even breaks down the resume and what he looks for in applicants. The resume is single-handedly the most important part of the application process aside from the interview and what comes after, and he breaks it down step by step in order for you to understand what it is you need to do. He even emphasizes that the interest and activities portion of the resume is an often overlooked but important part that tells the employers about the human being that’s applying for the job. The best part of the book, however, is the little anecdotes of people that Raskin actually interviewed. These anecdotes are sometimes failures, successes, or somewhere in between. Understanding these experiences helped me to understand what this really meant

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