It's inevitable that you will search for jobs online through sites like Monster or Careerbuilder, and you should just to have your resume out there because you never know what may result. Your best opportunities for jobs are going to be found through your on campus recruiting resources or career services department. I will keep stressing this over and over, but to help you out if you are applying for jobs online through other more general sites which are not very beneficial to college students here are some pointers.
Do not apply for a job that has more than the position you are applying for in the title of the ad. You should see "Associate Analyst", "Entry-Level Registered Nurse", "Junior Layout Designer", etc. Avoid jobs with titles like the following (taken directly from cbcampus.com entry-level job search, try it out):
"Looking for Entry Level at 25?? Why not be in Management at 30?"
"TIRED OF DOING TWICE THE WORK FOR HALF THE PAY???"
"New Entry Level Openings - Training Provided"
"***Junior Account Executives*** Full Training / Entry Level!"
"Are You Tired of Being Turned Down For Lack Of Experience?"
The sad thing is, these and many more were listed on the very first page of search results. You will soon have a college degree. Do not even think about applying with a company that puts out crap like this. This is the equivalent of email spam in the online job search world. Any title that includes the words, "training provided", is a dead give away. You see, I received training when I was 16 and started my first minimum wage job. If a company needs to sell you on the fact that "training is provided", you have my permission to laugh at them because they are a joke.
Another dead give away for a POS position: using punctuation characters in the title. I am not a ***Business Analyst!!. I am simply a business analyst. However, this would spice up the ol' business card. Avoid job spam. Or joam. Or Spob. Whatever you want to call it.
