I graduate soon, how does I get job?
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Topic: I graduate soon, how does I get job?
Posted By: Mehs
Subject: I graduate soon, how does I get job?
Date Posted: 08 March 2011 at 10:48pm
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So as some of you may know, I'm moving out of the mid-west and moving to the east coast post graduation. I plan on moving in with my girlfriend of 3 years, whose been living in Boston for 4 years. I am graduating from a relatively small state university with a degree in IT Management, and will no longer be hired by the state of Wisconsin (I think that's a good thing...right?). The fact that I have about 2 months to get interviewed & hired scares the living crap out of me. I have applied for 18 jobs thus far, my qualifications range from overqualified, perfectly qualified, to under qualified for these 18 jobs. I've now hit the point where I will start applying for 2 jobs a day if that is what it takes. My question is, oh great Tippmann Forum T&O; how do I get a job post graduation? Especially when moving to a place where I know only 2 people? Whatever I am doing, it is not working... ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 08 March 2011 at 11:15pm
| MIT needs tech support guys. And before you say anything about being over-qualified for tech support..... EVERYONE starts out in tech support/call desk jobs regardless of their education. |
Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 08 March 2011 at 11:36pm
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I for sure already applied at MIT 1 month ago haha. I suppose I have 1 advantage though, about 3 years of tech support at a university. ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 09 March 2011 at 6:35am
| I have no idea **edited** Im doing when I'm done. Mostly crying and paying my debt atm |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 09 March 2011 at 6:42am
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if you don't go as far as Boston, my Albany based IT company is letting someone go soon and will have to fill the position.
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Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 09 March 2011 at 6:50am
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Keep applying, don't give up. If you're remotely qualified for an open position, you have a chance of picking it up. ------------- 
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 09 March 2011 at 7:30am
This. When I graduated I flooded the market with my resumes. I had over 100 out there and only heard from a handful of them. -------------  |
Tolgak wrote:Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 09 March 2011 at 2:55pm
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I have applied for 8 million jobs. It is getting old. I don't know why I can't get one.
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 09 March 2011 at 2:59pm
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Hope for change.
Pretty soon you too will be winning the future. ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 09 March 2011 at 10:40pm
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 09 March 2011 at 11:05pm
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inb4topic change; I got 1 interview and 1 turn down today. I'm up to 23 applications. Go me? ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 10 March 2011 at 1:00am
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I'm paranoid at this point about college. I transfer to UT in a few months, and I keep thinking things like "What if my grades are too low for law school" and if that's the case "will a bachelor's in business get me anywhere?" I'm also torn between pursuing law, an MBA, or the joint degree. And part of me just wants to quit altogether and become a cop whilst finishing my bachelor's, and then decide if I want to do anything further afterwards.
TL;DR-torn between ambition, realism, patience, and lack of experience in the job market. I feel your pain. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 10 March 2011 at 1:25am
| Ambition is a struggle, but a satisfying one at least. |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 10 March 2011 at 5:43am
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 10 March 2011 at 7:01am
You know, I always feel guilty when people talk about finding work. I got hired for my first job when I returned to a summer job of working custodial at a school. They hired me for IT to work in house alongside an outside consultant- the same consultant who hired me when the school cut me loose. I haven't looked at my resume since I was in college, and have never been on an interview.  I've got a feeling that when the time comes that I'll have to, I'll be woefully unprepared. Good luck. And we're still looking for a helpdesk person. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 10 March 2011 at 7:43am
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I'm going for an interview in Ohio next Wednesday, not excited about it.
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 10 March 2011 at 11:49am
I'll keep the helpdesk position in mind, can I work remotely from Boston?  You certainly are lucky though; I must say I'm a bit jealous, I absolutely despise the interview process. I personally interviewed and hired people myself, so I feel like I have an idea what employers are looking for (except when I ask people if they could be any shape, what they would they be and why..), but the process still drives me crazy. ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 10 March 2011 at 12:25pm
| I didn't even apply or interview for the position I got. I did however apply and interview for an identical position about a month before the one I got opened up. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 10 March 2011 at 1:51pm
That's actually not outside the realm of possibility, unless the boss wants someone to handle in-house inventory during help-desk down time. We had a staff meeting yesterday and talked about a help desk person that we need to filter some of the more low end problems that clients call in with. So that those of us in the field don't have to drop big jobs to handle them. ------------- ? |