Job Hunting for Recent Grads

March 17th, 2011 - By TheEditor

(MarketWatch) — College grads may find themselves with a slew of career-related questions: Does it make sense to follow an employed significant other to a new city if you don’t have a job? How do you negotiate pay? Is it OK to take an unpaid internship?  To shed some light on these questions, I asked several career experts for their advice for soon-to-be college grads.  Should you follow a boyfriend/girlfriend to a new city if you don’t have a job?  “Love is a beautiful thing. However, being kicked out on the street with no money and no friends is not,” said Jason Levin, district manager for career site Vault.com. “Moving to a new city has a great deal of risk, especially if you are doing that just to be with one person.”  Before making a move, figure out how the bills will get paid, Levin said. “You really have to have the ‘money talk’ on who pays for what until you find a job,” Levin said. “You would hope that your girlfriend/boyfriend would be patient until you find a job. Make sure you have money on the side as well as a clear exit plan, in case things go south.”

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