Advice for getting an entry-level job out of college.

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Midnight Moth: Sep 14, 2007; What the hell, dude??
I'm like, right here.

Peven Stan posted:

So I submitted a resume and a recruiter for the organization got in contact with me. After forwarding my resume to the hiring department's manager the response was that they were enthusiastic and would like to schedule a phone interview. I inform them I was free later that evening (they are in Seattle and I am in the midwest, so it would be in their late afternoon and the rest of the day wednesday as I do not have class then). They thank me and I never got a call back. Am I pretty much toast?

Almost the exact same thing happened to me twice. Both times they changed their minds and decided not to hire someone after all. Send them an e-mail saying you're still interested and here's your number but I wouldn't get your hopes up.

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Midnight Moth: Sep 14, 2007; What the hell, dude??
I'm like, right here.

Initio posted:

NACE did a study about this the other month (http://www.naceweb.org/Press/Releases/60_Percent_of_Paid_Interns_Got_Job_Offers.aspx?referal=pressroom&menuid=278)

Basically doing an unpaid internship just isn't worth the time. To summarize:
People who did paid internships got a job offer out of school about 60% of the time.
People who did unpaid internships only got that offer 37% of the time.
People who had no internship got an offer 36% of the time.

That's interesting. I wonder why the hell they went with the headline "60% of paid interns get job offers" rather than the far more interesting/alarming "unpaid internships are a complete waste of time, don't do it". To be honest, I've never even seen a paid internship listing. If it were paid it was listed as a regular job.

Even more interesting is that even with paid experience you're still only getting a job offer out of school 60% of the time. God that's pretty pathetic.

Midnight Moth fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Sep 4, 2012

# ¿ Sep 4, 2012 18:54

Midnight Moth: Sep 14, 2007; What the hell, dude??
I'm like, right here.

Jedi Knight Luigi posted:

From one English major to another, let me tell you, the most you can hope for at this stage in your life is $30k with benefits. That's the very most you can hope for.

This guy is right.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2012 23:26

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