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The One Website All Young Professionals Should Use For Job Hunting

Stuck out of a job? Solution: Go Way Up

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Now that school’s almost through, graduation ain’t new, summer jobs are here too.

Okay, so if you’re a student looking for jobs or internships (especially for the summer), then maybe it’s not such a wonderful time. After all, what was the last posting you read where a few years of relevant experience wasn’t listed among requirements? Where do you start? Well, after seeing that same problem during their college days, Liz Wessel and J.J. Fliegelman created a platform to facilitate students’ job searches.

Nothing can stop me; I’m all the WayUp.

I’ve used WayUp, a digital platform for college students and recent graduates since 2015 to help me expand my search when searching for jobs. The website and mobile app are simple to use; you sign up with your school email or with Facebook, if you have no school email.

Next, you get to fill out a profile with more information about yourself. You list your school, major, grade, skills, interests, experiences, activities, accomplishments and more. Or to make it easier, you can simply upload your resumé with all this information and WayUp will automatically pull it out! I really like that you can make your profile publicly searchable because it gives me a professional page to show up in search results and crowd out my social networking pages should an employer search my name. However, if privacy is important to you, then you can turn this feature off.

After you verify your email, you can fill out applications which brings up another great feature of the site; you only see opportunities that you qualify for based on your specific qualifications. Therefore, a chemistry student won’t waste time applying for a role looking for finance students.

Getting hired shouldn’t have to be a pain.

While I’m not guaranteeing that you won’t feel stressed when waiting to hear back, finding the right opportunities for you shouldn’t feel like the same old failure story you may have had before. If you need help regarding the cover letter, interview, your resumé, networking or success in the workplace (short-term & long-term), then there’s a career advice tab where you can view such information right on WayUp!

Without further ado, I am happily employed as a Campus Representative for WayUp and will be happy to help you sign up. You can follow this link to sign up: <http://bit.ly/1Qhk6iJ>.

Good luck with your job searches and remember, either you’re on the WayUp or you’re on the way down ;).

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