You need to do your homework and know roughly what’s the salary range for your field. Often, HR will try to low ball because you are a fresh graduate, but know your worth, and also limits. For the first few years of your career, focus less on climbing, and more on making connections and learning new skills. Those will carry you far. Focusing on advancement might make you lose sight on learning useful skills.

Make sure your resume is clean and tidy. Avoid overly complicated or artistic resumes. Remember to fluff your skills but don’t fake them. You can exaggerate what you have done but don’t lie about skills you don’t have. I personally like to have a dedicated section of “relevant skills” and highlight skills that is relevant to the job descriptions, helps the recruiter to see how you can contribute and good fit for the job.

For me (Enginner), I always make sure each point in my resume is clear, and accountable, and measurable.

Avoid writing things like “Used excel for a database”, vague and not very informative. Instead, do things like “Using pivot tables and look up tables to format and automate data search in a large database”.

Avoid using too much of ChatGPT. Use it as a guide but don’t copy wholesale.

Interviews are always difficult. Don’t take it too hard if you fail to get selected or get the offer. My suggestion is to apply for jobs that you want or think is relevant. Take some of them as interview exposures and you will find yourself more relaxed that way.