<p>While it seems not long ago that my first was heading off to college, now that "first" is heading towards graduation in May.</p>
<p>She is currently home for spring break, and I can feel the anxiousness from her on the pressure to find a job (an extention of the 2007 - "where are you going to college", now in 2011 is "what are you going to do after you graduate?" ) Many of her friends are pharmacy majors who don't seem to understand the concept of "finding job, applying for job, interviewing for job" and the competition that goes along with it - as pharm majors, many of them just seem to "choose" a job once they are done.</p>
<p>Thought we could provide support for each other as our kids go through these last couple of months of college and the job search. </p>
<p>D is a Public Relations major. Has many feathers in her cap in terms of internships, professional affiliations, etc. Great resume. Leaning towards program/non-profit as opposed to agency PR. Applied for a couple of jobs in January, but both needed to be filled immediately (rather than a spring start). Would like to stay in our state (Ohio) but not in our home city, so her focus is in other larger cities - she would love Columbus or Cincy. She is spending spring break at the local coffee shop w/her laptop networking, networking, networking!</p>
<p>Share your 2011 graduate situation. Secured a job? Interviewing? Not doing a thing till they are done? Please also mention their area of study.</p>
<p>Next door neighbor’s son is graduating this spring with a degree in operations mgmt and finance from a top notch business school. Already has a job lined up with Deloitte where he interned.</p>
<p>D1 graduated from a top business school in 2008 with a degree in Marketing and Finance, and a minor in English. She tried on her own to find a job for the first 2 months, but was not having any success. She went back to the career counseling center at her school and they hooked her up with an alum who had her own company in another state. This woman went above and beyond to help D1 find a job using the contacts she had while she lived in our state. She arranged several interviews and spent time on the phone conducting mock interviews with my daughter. Within 3 weeks, she was employed. Career centers at school are a great place to start in a tight economy.</p>
<p>DS, a '11 BS grad, just started his job yesterday. He is graduating in mid-May in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and has been hired at an Environmental Engineering company to work parttime as an “intern” until the end of May, then - provided he is in “good standing”, the job becomes fulltime staff engineer. Bennies and all!!! (yeah!) He spent two years, including full-time in the summers, as a research assistant to an engineering prof, and I worried that he did not have any internship experiences and would have a hard time finding a job. Luckily, seems like it all worked out fine!
DD- an '08 grad, however, has just spent 3 years living and working overseas, and is planning to move back to the states this summer. She is anxious about finding work in her field, and figuring out what comes next, where to work, what type of grad school, etc. I know it’ll all work out, but it makes me a little anxious, too! (Hence, my name…) I always think, if worse comes to worse, either of my kids could live at home and get some type of job in town… ;)</p>
<p>S1 will graduate in May with an aerospace engineering degree (and a minor in math and a minor in CS). He landed a summer job last summer as a software developer for a start-up in San Fran that he found through Stumbleupon (and some aggressive pursuit). They want him back full-time and he just negotiated an employment contract at a starting salary that rivals my current salary, with pretty decent healthcare benefits, PTO and even relocation costs. Happy Days!</p>
