Graduates are finding that the job opportunities they expected to be waiting for them after years of study are not as plentiful as they had hoped.

The feeling of graduating and not having a job or getting that email from the company you went to for an interview saying "sorry you are not successful this time around" is somthing I'm very familiar with.





I graduated in 2014 and was jobless for months. It can be really depressing and frustrating but I didn't give up. I kept on applying till I eventually got my long awaited response.





It’s important to remember that you have to keep going, don't take job rejections personally, keep applying and applying till you succeed.





To avoid months of unemployment after graduating, here are 4 useful tips:

1. Focus