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job search

5 articles tagged “job search”.

MMeera Krishnan

The Season Ended and You Are Not Placed: A Six-Month Plan That Actually Works

Every year a large number of capable final-year students finish the placement season without an offer, and the advice they get is either panic or platitude. This is the practical version — what to do in month one, what to build, where the jobs actually are, and how long it realistically takes.

20 Aug 202610 min read

TTara Nair

Job Portals for Freshers: How to Use Naukri, LinkedIn and Instahyre Without Wasting Six Months

Most freshers use job portals the way you would use a lottery — apply to everything, hope something lands. There is a version that works, and it involves fewer applications, a differently written profile, and understanding what recruiters actually see on their side of the screen.

20 Aug 202610 min read

AAarav Mehta

After the Interview: Follow-Ups, Feedback, and What Rejection Actually Means

The hours and weeks after an interview are the part of the process nobody prepares for — whether to send a thank-you note, how long to wait, what to do with silence, and how to extract something useful from a rejection instead of just absorbing it.

20 Aug 20269 min read

TTara Nair

How to Ask for a Referral on LinkedIn Without Getting Ignored

Referrals now decide which fresher applications get read at all — and most students either never ask or ask in a way that guarantees silence. Here is exactly how to find the right person, what to write, and what to do when they don't reply.

13 Aug 20269 min read

AAnika Bose

The Fresher Resume That Actually Gets Callbacks: A Line-by-Line Rebuild

Most fresher resumes are rejected in under ten seconds, not because the student is weak but because the page is built wrong. Here is how I rebuild one, line by line, into something a recruiter can say yes to.

6 Aug 202610 min read