u/CompetitiveFactor596

New grad asking for advice and going on a mini rant

Hi,

First off, I am glad I found a space that is for women ❤️👸!!!
I just graduated from college about a week ago with civil degree (yayyy!).
In school, I felt like the odd one out because my peers were mostly younger men. I am also a young mom, so I was in a different stage of life and didn’t really connect with them because I was busy being a mom to a baby and figuring out how to navigate that so I didn’t have free time to meet up and study. There was definitely just a disconnect in general lol.
When I got my degree I was so elated that I could get on with life. It felt like I was in that place for at least 25 years 😵😵. It was only 5, but so much had happened!!

Anyway, now I’m on the search for a job and it’s been a couple weeks so far, but I’m not making a ton of progress and don’t have that many connections. I have no idea how to even begin asking someone for a referral. Could any of you all be so kind to give me some advice on how to start networking 😅?

I didn’t think I’d ever be the one coming on Reddit making a post because I’m usually a lurker ,but here I am.

If you got this far thanks for listening to my mini rant

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u/CompetitiveFactor596 — 6 days ago

Graduated- freakin out

I just graduated with my bachelor in civil and I live in the south, for reference.
I didn’t take the time to apply to jobs during the semester because I was sooo busy and a lot of things were going on. I’ve been applying now for a couple weeks through LinkedIn and haven’t heard back from anyone. I got one opinion on my resume and apparently it looks fine, but I’m not gonna lie I’m not a totally stand out student. Only one internship and I didn’t do a lot of networking.
Is there any advice I could get? Am I applying on the right platform? Is there anything I could do better? How many applications should I be putting out? I would be happy to receive any words of wisdom. Thanks

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u/CompetitiveFactor596 — 8 days ago