給大學畢業生的五條建議

With a self-starting, entrepreneurial attitude, new college grads can put themselves on the road to career success.

In the coming weeks, many of the nation's college seniors will receive their degrees. For members of the class of 2014 who aren't going on to graduate school, the next step is finding full-time employment.

In a rapidly changing job market that features post-graduation internships and freelance work more and more frequently, some new grads may feel overwhelmed thinking about their career prospects. But Monica Smith, founder and CEO of direct response marketing firm Marketsmith data gathering platform ictus, believes that an entrepreneurial approach to job hunting can set workforce newcomers on the road to success.

Smith offered the following tips for new college graduates who want to apply a self-starting attitude to their careers: [How to Land Your Dream Job]

Know where you want to go. Start working on your personal road map right now. Ask yourself where you want to be in one year, five years and 10 years from today. Define what's important to you. Pitch your plan to anyone who will listen, and before you know it, you'll acquire the interviewing skills you need to put your plan into action.

Learn the art of the pivot. Change can be scary, but it's during transformations that some of the best opportunities present themselves. Don't be afraid of a curveball: Be ready and open to new opportunities that are exciting, fun and potentially difficult.

Read, read and read. The end of college should mark the beginning of a lifetime of learning. Be interesting, be informed, be current, and have a point of view that is modern and educated. Reading can help you make that happen.

Network with everyone. Make contacts among your parents' friends, your neighbors, your community organizations — wherever you can find working adults, network. Go out there and make the connections at any free forum you can find.

Tell a great story. Storytellers make it in this world. Learn to tell a great story of how you grew up, an event that shaped your life, or even a vacation that took you to a new place. People want to hear new perspectives. They want to get a sense of your ability to articulate, and they want to know that you are interesting.主動和上進能夠幫助大學畢業生成功踏入職場。

又是一年一度畢業季，很多高校學生將獲得學位證書。對無意繼續深造的2014級畢業生們來說，接下來就要找工作了。

現如今，就業市場紛繁變化，越來越多的人選擇讀研或是做自由職業，在這種狀況下，許多大學畢業生十分迷茫，搞不清自己的職業方向。直銷公司Marketsmith及數據採集平臺ictus的創始人兼老闆Monica Smith卻認爲，想要成功找到工作，一定要積極主動。

她給畢業生提出了五條寶貴的建議：（如何才能找到你夢想中的工作）

一，要明確方向。現在開始規劃你的人生地圖，問問自己，一年後，五年後，十年後，分別要達到什麼位置。要弄清楚什麼對於你來說纔是最重要的。然後把你的計劃告訴其他人，在不知不覺中，你的面試能力也會得到提高。

二，要懂得“轉換”的藝術。變化可能會有風險，然而最好的機遇都在你尋求改變時出現的。要勇敢地打出“曲線球”（棒球術語）：隨時準備好迎接新的挑戰吧，那可能讓人興奮、感覺有趣，也可能困難重重。

三，讀書，讀書，還是讀書。大學的終點是一生學習的起點。你要學會風趣，見多識廣，跟得上潮流，要能提得出有價值的見解。而讀書能幫你辦到這一切。

四，擴大你的社交網絡。多和父母的朋友、鄰居以及社區組織以及其他任何有過工作經驗的人聊天，走進他們的圈子。或者是通過任何其他渠道與人交流。

五，學會講故事。在這個社會上，會講故事的人很能吃得開。你要能夠生動地講述你的成長經歷、改變你人生的重大事件或者是一次到陌生城市的旅行。人們都喜歡聽故事。他們想要通過你的講述瞭解你的語言能力，想要知道你是一個有趣的人。