* Find a area you want to live and contact recruiters there. * Don't be afraid to contact Google, Microsoft, or other large employers. * Press the flesh: go t

* Find a area you want to live and contact recruiters there. * Don't be afraid to contact Google, Microsoft, or other large employers. * Press the flesh: go to industry meetups, visit with people who are in the industry, work the old professor network, try to find alumni who might give your resume an extra look. I can NOT stress this enough, by the way. Getting your face in front of someone who can hire you - or who knows someone who can hire you - is basically the best way to get hired. * Get a job this year in college related to your degree. * If you're a coder, put up your favorite non-class codebase on github and have that link in your resume. My controversial opinion: portfolios are a very strong signal that the candidate is to be given at least a phone screen. * Don't take extra classes when you could be networking; applying for jobs; etc.