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So, today begins my ‘official’ job hunt.

I will be graduating in a few months with my B.Sc. in Computer Science, with a Minor in Mathematics, with a good chunk of Physics in there. I am hoping to get a job either as an SEO, or as a programmer utilizing my talents in Java (SE or EE) or Ruby on Rails. I think I have a lot to offer employers, so we will see how it goes.

So far, I have a Monster.ca account created with my resume on it, and I have applied to a few jobs through it. I’ve even fired off a request to the Canadian Forces to see if they have anything suited to my education. There don’t seem to be tons of openings so far for entry-level jobs though - most listings I am finding on job sites require a minimum of 3-5+ years of experience.

The main problem I am trying to overcome is a lack of professional related job experience - since I am fresh out of school, I only have a coop and a consulting gig to place on my resume. While I have held a number of other jobs over the summers while I was in school, none of them are related. Should I put them on my resume?

Most of my resume information is available on my as well. If anyone knows of any openings that could use a bright, talented, and flexible CS grad with a good knowledge of a bunch of different disciplines (SEO, Programming, Web Design, heck… beekeeping, treeplanting, cabinet making, construction and more!), or can suggest any other places to look for jobs, feel free to pass on the information to me, either by commenting or emailing me at . (remove random underscores :p).

Since this is my first serious job hunt, I really appreciate any and all help and tips! I would really appreciate hearing from any recruiters about any suggestions they could make!

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I need to ask the greater community for a bit of help. As many of you know, I am approaching the completion of my time in University. I will be graduating in April with a B.Sc, majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Math. I’ve also taken about half of a minor in physics - that was my first choice for a minor - I would have taken more courses in Physics if they had been offered by my University.

That all said, I am working on preparing my resume to send to a variety of SEO companies around the world. SEO/Web Development is what I want to do. I am interested in it, enjoy it, and pursue it as a hobby.

The problem is, I have no professional SEO experience, nor have I taken any courses in the subject. I do not doubt my own knowledge of the field; I have spent more hours pursuing and learning the science and art of SEO than I spent on my prior hobbies. While I know that there is always more to learn, I think I know as much as any non-professional SEO out there. As good as that may be, I have nothing professional in the industry to put on my resume. I have created a number of websites as a hobby; would they count for much?

My prior job experience, apart from a four month Coop this summer consisted of Treeplanting, Cabinet Making, Beekeeping, and a few other manual labour-type jobs in the summers while I’ve been in school. The summer coop I mentioned took place at Out Front Portable Solutions where I wrote some custom software for them, as well as redesigning their webpage…

I would like some advice from any professional SEOs who could take a second to send me a few pointers as to what I could/should put on my resume - I desperately want a job in the field, but I am not sure how to get my foot in the door. The one thing I do have going for me is that I have a few people I could call on for good references. Of course, so does just about anyone applying in the same market, I’m sure.

Thank you in advance for any and all help you may offer - if you don’t feel comfortable posting here, feel free to email me at !

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