<p>urrite gomestar, networking and family connections will get you in...</p>
<p>or just going to all of the info sessions, being completely prepared for the interview, and having a fantastic GPA. It's less about which classes you take, though I'd certainly try to get an econ or business course in there some place.</p>
<p>might I ask what info sessions? like the job fairs or what? what can we do to makeup for a not so fantastic GPA?</p>
<p>employers come to campus for recruitment/info sessions. They're posted on the CareerTrax network thing online.</p>
<p>you can make up for a not so fantastic gpa by having a great interview - though you'll have to be asked to interview first.</p>
<p>previous summer internships at smaller banks would help too if you're ILR</p>
<p>I have a question. If I took a gap year after graduation, would I be risking a chance to have a really good job? I want to study abroad after I graduate for about a year.</p>
<p>just a sidenote:</p>
<p>last year, the lowest starting salary someone ever got in ILR was 12k. The highest someone ever got was like 75k. I think its the same for AEM.</p>
<p>Did they work at McDonalds or what? I'm sure it happens everywhere, but seriously, where do you go to get paid 12k a year?</p>
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<p>I guess it means that the name of your college means nothing these days.</p>
<p>or it's part time and they're doing something else for the other part of their time or they screwed something up while filling out the paper work. I believe minimum full time wage is even more than 12K a year.</p>
<p>Well, the only thing I can think of is maybe getting a job as a teacher/TA/research assistant or something, but even then it seems like you'd get paid more than that. Then again, if you get a $hitty GPA and have bad interview skills, it doesn't matter where you went to college: you still might end up flipping burgers.</p>
<p>Here's some more info:</p>
<p>ILR Full Time Starting Positions for Class of 2005:</p>
<p>Administrative Manager
Analyst
Assistant Financial Analyst
Associate, Institutional
Sales/Marketing
Boycott Coordinator
Business Analyst
Consultant
Corporate Account Manager
Corporate Paralegal
Field Examiner
Guest Service Lead
Human Capital Analyst
Human Resources Analyst
Human Resources Associate
Human Resources Coordinator
Human Resources Representative
Human Resources Site Partner
Human Resources Specialist
Human Resources Supervisor
Human Resources Support Manager
Industrial Relations Representative
Information Analyst
Investment Banker
Investment Banking Analyst
Legal Assistant
Litigation Paralegal
Loan Officer
Management Trainee
Media Relations Coordinator
Navy Pilot
Organizer
Paralegal
Product Assistant
Professional Development Program
Participant
Program Director
Project Supervisor
Public Safety Coordinator
Research Assistant
Research Intern
Teacher
Technical Recruiter
Territory Sales Manager
Traders' Assistant
Vice President</p>
<p>I copied and pasted this from a PDF file I downloaded a while ago...i forgot the website</p>
<p>I'm surprised Archies are the lowest rung on the totem pole, 36,000/yr. I thought they slave away for 5 years , paying 50,000 each year, and they get this news of average salary of 36K</p>
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<p>yeah, I think most of us come from high school with this overly idealized view that once we graduate from the Ivy League we're gonna be sporting BMWs, 8 pairs of Armani suits, and heading off to work as a VP in some Investment Bank in NYC.</p>
<p>But once we actually get to college, and hear other people experiences and actually look at the <em>real</em> salary data for ivy-grads, we get a complete awakening. I just checked MIT's starting salaries, and in all honesty, they're no different from that of Cornell's.</p>
<p>Welcome to the real world, *****es.</p>
<p>Hmmm, what's up with all this sudden interest in ILR?!? I'm glad, though, because hopefully all of these threads will help clarify many people's misconception of what "Industrial & Labor Relations" is all about.</p>
<p>engine is sooooooooooooooo high!!!</p>
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<p>well, from all the **** that they go through, they deserve it. And it's not just Cornell engineers. I know a friend who graduated from Virginia Tech Engineering who's starting salary was 80k a year working as a software developer (as well as several of his fellow graduates).</p>
<p>they dont go to that much work i think? they can just start working after college well as many other professions need a lot of graduate stuff. and even after that their starting salary is terrible.</p>
<p>How high a starting salary do you expect from an undergrad education?</p>
<p>not bad. i would have assumed more grads would be in financial services.</p>