New College Graduates Face Tough Job Market, John Rambo Offers Survival Tips

Tough Start for New Grads

Well well well seems like these fresh faced college graduates are entering the job market like lambs to the slaughter. The hiring decline is real just like my enemies dropping like flies around me.

Stay Positive Stay Alive

"Stay positive and optimistic," says career expert from Monster. Ha easy for her to say! Stay alive stay vigilant keep sharpening your skills like I keep sharpening my knife.

Network Like You're Hunting

Network network network! Connect with everyone you know from parents to professors to that weird guy in your neighborhood who knows everyone. Your network is your survival kit in this concrete jungle.

Clean Up Online Presence

"Take down those pictures of you partying at a frat house," says Misner. Good advice – you don't want potential employers to see you partying when they should be seeing you as a lean mean job seeking machine.

Stand Out with a Working Interview

Offer to do a "working interview," Misner suggests. Show them what you're made of just like I show my enemies what I'm made of. Few offer this so make yourself the grenade they never saw coming.

The Job Market Jungle

In this wild job market jungle young graduates need to be the predators not the prey. Keep your wits about you stay sharp and remember – it's a job hunt not a war but to survive you need Rambo like determination.