Find a Job

The best ways to find a job are:

  • Ask for job leads from: friends, family, community members, Career Services staff, faculty
  • Network - make connections, build relationships. Create a Networking Prospects List
  • Target companies you're interested and contact them directly; call them, knock on their door, visit their website and connect with individuals working with those companies
  • Attend Career Fairs and any other opportunities where you can meet with company representatives
  • Look on Beaver JobNet – it’s the only website where employers are specifically looking for OSU Students – You!

The least effective ways to find jobs (spend 10-20% of your job search time here)

  • Look for openings on public websites – employers use those sites because they have jobs that are hard to fill and you have thousands of competitors
  • Mailing your resume at random

 

Browse the options to the left for other information on finding a job.