AxlBonBach All American 45550 Posts user info edit post |
Old school, so most of you have probably graduated and are out in the workplace
I finished school in May and, even after applying to nearly 30 positions in and around the DC area, I'm still jobless. I'm headed to a temp agency tomorrow, so we'll see whats up there.
SO, for the first relatively normal thread here, i'm wondering how long it took for you to find a job after you graduated? Did you stay there long? did you like it? 7/18/2005 2:03:05 AM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
i've been graduated for 2 years, and have yet to find a job. unless grad school counts 7/18/2005 2:04:16 AM |
udorawala All American 13888 Posts user info edit post |
0 days
my advice to people about to graduate is to start looking a semester (or more) in advance, especially with the current job market 7/18/2005 2:07:28 AM |
AxlBonBach All American 45550 Posts user info edit post |
if i keep getting healthy like i've been doing, i might just go for a commissioning. dunno why. feel like i'm being called to it.
one more year and i'll be working on an MPA and a JD... so i just need something to pay the bills y'know. 7/18/2005 2:29:59 AM |
Breezer95 All American 6304 Posts user info edit post |
I finish school in December... I've landed 3 jobs so far but nobody will fucking hire me NOW because I'm not out yet. Nobody wants to bend their precious little schedules. 7/18/2005 6:20:39 AM |
Weeeees All American 23730 Posts user info edit post |
graduated may 14 interviewed for the job on june 26 (or so) started july 1st, i actually got another job offer on that day as well 7/18/2005 6:57:44 AM |
bigTHEW All American 7330 Posts user info edit post |
I took me 7 months after I graduated in December 2003. It sucked because right before i got my job I was about to go dead broke and had decided to move back home with the parents for awhile until i could rectify my situation. I still work with my first real job out of college and I love it.
I interned with Progress Energy for two summers before getting this job.
I'm kinda of interested in how many people co-oped or interned before getting thier job. 7/18/2005 8:14:34 AM |
MrUniverse All American 26072 Posts user info edit post |
6 months 7/18/2005 8:19:40 AM |
RockItBaby Veteran 347 Posts user info edit post |
i didn't start looking for a job for at least 3 months after i graduated. needed some time to clear my head. then i found one in 2 months after i started looking. got a couple of offers.
my advice: apply to places out of the area (if you are willing to move). employers like to see that you have some flexibility. 7/18/2005 8:27:18 AM |
RockItBaby Veteran 347 Posts user info edit post |
oh & i never interned or co-oped. thought about it though. had a part-time job all through school. i think the internship/co-op would have been better for experience in my field. definitely recommended. 7/18/2005 8:29:18 AM |
lucyinthesky All American 11614 Posts user info edit post |
I graduated in May and found a job a week before graduation. A position at my internship opened up. Unfortunately, it's a short-term contract, so come September there is NO TELLING just what I could be doing. We'll see what happens.
A temp job is good just out of school-- it gives you a lot of flexibility. 7/18/2005 8:35:16 AM |
Sweden All American 12294 Posts user info edit post |
Lakeland Cultural Arts Center 7/18/2005 8:36:34 AM |
Armabond1 All American 7039 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "my advice to people about to graduate is to start looking a semester (or more) in advance, especially with the current job market " |
Best advice you can give. I graduated last May and didn't start looking until the day after graduation (I was really burned out). I had a job in August. All of those monster resumes I sent out didn't do shit, probobly because I had lousy cover letters. I took the first thing that came my way, and now I'm looking to go back to grad school :-D
I interned at Glaxo in RTP for 3 summers.
In three weeks it'll be my first whole year at a real job. Now thats good resume material
[Edited on July 18, 2005 at 8:46 AM. Reason : ed]7/18/2005 8:38:58 AM |
lucyinthesky All American 11614 Posts user info edit post |
Littleton Skat-Thru
Are there even jobs at Lakeland? That entire region of the state has a terrible unemployment problem. Should be interesting when "Dollywood: Ro-Rap" opens. 7/18/2005 8:39:54 AM |
WolfmanNCSU All American 2226 Posts user info edit post |
My school internship became full time when I graduated from school.
Back in February, I changed to this position I have now. So I have pretty much been working since I graduated. 7/18/2005 9:30:07 AM |
jdman the Dr is in 3848 Posts user info edit post |
2 months, which is about 2 months longer than I was expecting... 7/18/2005 9:34:46 AM |
NCSUsen dc All American 1496 Posts user info edit post |
8 months 7/18/2005 10:12:37 AM |
Armabond1 All American 7039 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Are you a validation engineer? 7/18/2005 10:15:02 AM |
rangelife Suspended 8809 Posts user info edit post |
i had 3 offers before i graduated
i took one of them
took a month off after graduation and then started my job 7/18/2005 10:16:10 AM |
Ihatespida All American 7520 Posts user info edit post |
I primarily waited tables right after I finished for 3 months and did nothing but party it was awesome!! Then I got my first real job and haven't really stopped partying..only now I just have to wake up a bit earlier
[Edited on July 18, 2005 at 10:23 AM. Reason : a] 7/18/2005 10:23:12 AM |
sober46an3 All American 47925 Posts user info edit post |
i graduated may 04.
i started looking for a job mid-february of 04 and i would recommend starting to look earlier. i had some people in my classes that already had job offers by december of 03 because they started early, so they had a very relaxing final semester.
the week before i graduated, i had 2 job offers. i took one, and requested not to start until July, so I could have 1.5 months to relax.
i just had my one year anniversery, and I am still very happy here,
[Edited on July 18, 2005 at 10:25 AM. Reason : df] 7/18/2005 10:24:54 AM |
Ihatespida All American 7520 Posts user info edit post |
yeah I had several job offers when I graduated b/c I started at the beginning of the semester....none of them were in Raleigh though so I waited out until I found something in Raleigh 7/18/2005 10:26:44 AM |
30thAnnZ Suspended 31803 Posts user info edit post |
i got offered a job that was good enough to make me leave early
still don't have a degree, but i will eventually 7/18/2005 10:28:30 AM |
LV2state All American 1619 Posts user info edit post |
I graduated in 2002, it took about 5 months for me to find a job. It was as a geneticist for a pharmacogeneticist in rtp. I stayed there for over 2 years. 7/18/2005 10:36:52 AM |
OmarBadu zidik 25069 Posts user info edit post |
graduated december 2004 - had job offer in july of 2004 - accepted in august of 2004 - talk about senioritis 7/18/2005 10:42:41 AM |
qntmfred retired 40628 Posts user info edit post |
i had a job the day i graduated. i worked at packbackers for 3 years while i was in school. when i graduated i did the company's manager trainee program and a year later i've gotten 2 promotions and will prolly get another in less than a year. laid back, easy job, college environment, potential for bonus up to 1.5x salary, i love it 7/18/2005 10:58:04 AM |
flower All American 1883 Posts user info edit post |
graduated this past december and had a job in april. it is not what I want to be doing for the rest of my life but its a start in the lab field. I work at Labcorp by the way. 7/18/2005 11:04:30 AM |
jdman the Dr is in 3848 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "^^ Are you a validation engineer? " |
yes - they're a couple of us on TWW. You do validation work too?7/18/2005 11:15:44 AM |
MsWuf All American 3258 Posts user info edit post |
0 days ... I started my first job the Monday after graduation...full-time in the athletics dept. Then, I started this gig in January of 05. 7/18/2005 11:54:45 AM |
rjrumfel All American 22996 Posts user info edit post |
im still looking 7/18/2005 11:59:38 AM |
Armabond1 All American 7039 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ Yeah I work in validation as well. It will be a year soon. I really don't like it, but I'm thankful I have a job.
[Edited on July 18, 2005 at 12:11 PM. Reason : ed] 7/18/2005 12:10:43 PM |
jlancas03 All American 9645 Posts user info edit post |
i should start looking 7/18/2005 1:35:18 PM |
DA THRILL All American 1228 Posts user info edit post |
Finished school in August 2003, but I had a full-time job that started on July 14th 2003. Now that I've been employed for 2 years, I am on my second full-time engineering job at an engineering company in Greenville, NC. 7/18/2005 1:36:40 PM |
ncsutiger All American 3443 Posts user info edit post |
Took Jason a year to get this 'real' job. I just talked to my cousin in NY and she graduated last spring and probably won't get a job until next year (teaching). And of course I'm not out yet so I couldn't tell ya
I think if you're single it's definitely something you have to be willing to move for. Jason's company is national so if I get a job offer elsewhere, he has a possibility of being able to transfer. If you have done any video editing, you could apply to the same job =P 7/18/2005 1:39:51 PM |
GKMatt All American 2426 Posts user info edit post |
took me 48 hours to submit a resume, get a callback, have an interview, and recieve an offer 7/18/2005 1:41:32 PM |
sober46an3 All American 47925 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, you really limit yourself when you try to stay in one area. my only real requirement was that i wanted to stay on the east coast. i ended moving 4-5 hours away from raleigh, and i have no regrets.
i miss my old friends, but ive made new ones, and i live in a bigger city, so theres way more to do around here. 7/18/2005 1:42:07 PM |
packguy381 All American 32719 Posts user info edit post |
I had a job right out of graduation, headed straight to the campaign trail 7/18/2005 1:42:11 PM |
Nuoq All American 9014 Posts user info edit post |
oh fuck getting a job i just kept going to school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at least its grad school though. 7/18/2005 1:52:33 PM |
Climberman All American 916 Posts user info edit post |
I had a job immediately after graduating because I was working part-time for my current engineering firm while going to school. I highly recommend doing that because lots of companies hire out of their intern (office scrub) workpool. 7/18/2005 3:03:21 PM |
DjGohan All American 2585 Posts user info edit post |
started the day after my last final exam, its a shitty job though. I wish I would have started looking earlier to find something better. 7/18/2005 5:08:01 PM |
begonias warning: not serious 19578 Posts user info edit post |
I started working at the place I am now part-time the summer before I graduated and started full-time a couple months after I graduated in December.
However, my job ends in December 2006. 7/18/2005 5:08:26 PM |
HaLo All American 14249 Posts user info edit post |
-6 months. Graduated in May 05 had the offer in December 04.
Thank you co-op 7/18/2005 5:42:24 PM |
moonman All American 8685 Posts user info edit post |
I graduated in December and had a job as a writer at a community paper on Jan. 9. Right at six months later, I'm being offered a job as the full-time sports writer at a fairly large daily with a clear path for being the sports editor within a year or two at most. N.C. State's English department surprised me. 7/18/2005 5:51:43 PM |
dakota_man All American 26584 Posts user info edit post |
i graduated on a saturday
had sunday off
and started monday 7/18/2005 5:52:51 PM |
NCSUStinger Duh, Winning 62433 Posts user info edit post |
it took my about 2 months 7/19/2005 12:13:52 AM |
Lowjack All American 10491 Posts user info edit post |
took break for about 2 months, then 1.5 months. will be looking for a new one soon because i work with a bunch of morons right now. 7/19/2005 12:32:18 AM |
FuhCtious All American 11955 Posts user info edit post |
you fucking kids. old school my ass. i graduated back in May of ought five. i firmly decided about looking for a job and got one in about two-three weeks. i got offered two on the same day actually.
i'll be starting year four next month.
[Edited on July 19, 2005 at 5:15 AM. Reason : the o and the 0 need to further away] 7/19/2005 5:15:02 AM |
panthersny All American 9550 Posts user info edit post |
graduated dec 17 2003
moved to blacksburg with my wife and was working as a regional co-manager for winn-dixie while I job hunt.
Started my first real job on march 15 2004 and have been with anteon since
I got an AE and I love my job...doing aviation integration into the navy (F-35, MV-22, MMH-60R/S, UAVs, new H-1s, CH-53HLR)
its great 7/19/2005 5:20:12 AM |
AxlBonBach All American 45550 Posts user info edit post |
anteon?
holy cow they have an office near my house.
[Edited on July 19, 2005 at 5:49 AM. Reason : in NoVa] 7/19/2005 5:49:15 AM |
panthersny All American 9550 Posts user info edit post |
our headquarters are in fairfax...off of jermantown rd I think...is that the one you are thinking about? 7/19/2005 7:23:09 AM |