<p>@ Hope2getrice While your advice is good, right now the economy doesn’t really care how much you partied in school or how well you did. I made all A’s, dean’s list, worked on campus, knew TONS of people and that didn’t help me one bit. I majored in Journalism, and I knew some of the top notch writers/editors at the Washington Post but even they couldn’t come through. My best friend’s dad owns a paper here and offered to help with an internship, but you can tell they’re struggling and I haven’t heard anything back yet (it’s been 3 or 4 months now). </p>
<p>After graduating, I found myself competing with PhD’s and MA for jobs (even in retail, call centers, etc). I guess I’m fortunate not to have a family to take care of, I mean, how can I compete with that?</p>
<p>I’ll say internships help, in some cases you can move up in the company or secure a position (I know a guy that did this at FedEx and now he has an amazing job). It all just depends on the situation and luck, I guess.</p>