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"It taints your responses and it can make you come across as a negative person and no one wants to hire a negative person, especially not in a market where there are so many choices and it is competitive."

To avoid becoming a jaded college grad on the job hunt, here are expert tips on how grads can stay fresh in the job market.

Make the job hunt a full time job.  Finding a job should be taken as seriously as a normal 9-5 job: it takes time, energy and commitment and grads should focus on it every day, says Michael Vecchio, Solutions Delivery Manager at Seven Step RPO. 

If grads start to feel burnt out, it's important to take a break--but stay productive.

"Use the time to organize your strategy and develop the next game plan, seek advice from connections and stay up-to-date on latest news in industry," says Vecchio. "Then get back to it and keep it active, even when you think you've applied to every listing out there."

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