Kara McGuire, Star Tribune personal financial writer, talks about “career exploration” for recent grads in her column “what next?” She writes:

I can’t tell you how many parents have contacted me in the past year with concerns about their recent graduate, who left college with hefty debt and no job. Not wanting to meddle, but eager for Junior to leave the nest, they search for ways to help their kid on the sly, because their alma mater doesn’t seem to be doing much … some in the career counseling field think colleges are failing to teach students how to conduct an effective job search and sell themselves in a competitive marketplace.

Here are some of her tips on how to conduct a job hunt after college.

What are some of the difficulties of finding a job when you’re fresh from college? Did your alma mater help you find a job? Any good ideas on how to attack the hunt?

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