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Why College Students Need to Be Entrepreneurial With Their Careers    

students are starting to realize quickly that they can't rely on their college career service centers to help them find employment. Colleges are under more pressure than ever to turn degrees into jobs for their students but something isn't adding up. Over 50 percent of recent grads are either unemployed or underemployed, with an average student loan .
What does this mean for the average college student? For one thing, students can't be average in this employment market. Second, they have to take matters into their own hands and stop relying on career centers to do the heavy lifting for them.
 start their own business. Here are five things every student can do to make the most out of college and be best positioned for success:
1. Attend as many events as possible on and off campus.
If your career center is offering an event on campus, you should go. Typically, they offer alumni speakers, panels or meet and greets that could be extremely valuable to you. From events, you can learn more about your industry and connect with professionals who can help you get jobs.
You should also use sites like www.newageenterprenure.blogspot.com   in order to explore outside events in your city that are relevant to your field. This way, you are getting out there and making connections that you can leverage when you're looking for a job upon graduation.

2. Collect as many experiences as you can before graduation.
This means internships, freelance gigs and apprenticeships. Whatever is going to translate into work experience for you, you should sign up for. By getting your hands dirty in different projects, as different companies, you start to figure out what you want to do and what you don't want to do for a job when you graduate. It will also give you a track record and connections that could potentially turn into jobs.
3. Start your own company.
If you aren't getting internships, then think about creating your own through entrepreneurship. some month back  we asked some student from adeniran ogunsaya college of education , we asked college recruiters about the skills they look for when hiring recent graduates and about a third said "entrepreneurship skills."

Through entrepreneurship, students can learn about how businesses operate, and make additional money to help pay of their loan debt. Who knows, their company could be successful and they won't need to apply for a position upon graduation.