Dream Company Jobs Bristol VA

Summary

• In a tight job market, landing an entry-level position is tough.
• Getting into the company of your dreams takes work.

You know exactly which company you want to work for after graduation, so you've been doing everything you can think of to uncover entry-level opportunities there. You visit your target company's Web site each day to look for job openings, and you've sent your resume to the company's HR department in hopes of nabbing an interview.

These are all great strategies. Chances are, however, you'll need to get a little more creative if you want to land a job at your dream company. Here are five ways to do just that:

Seek Inside Advice

One of the best tactics you can use in any job hunt is informational interviewing -- meeting briefly with people working in your target industry and getting their suggestions for your search. Informational interviewing is even more helpful, not to mention more critical, when you're trying to break into a specific company. So see if you can meet with, or at least talk to (via phone or email), someone who works for your target organization. Perhaps a career counselor at your school can help you identify some alumni employed by the company. Or maybe one of your friends knows someone you can contact at the company. The inside advice you gather through informational interviewing will help you spot opportunities, often before they're ever advertised publicly....