<p>ahhh... i have been trying to find a job for like months... this so frustrating....</p>
<p>i graduated this winter, interned at samsung (in korea), graduated from ivy </p>
<p>...i know i made a similar topic before...i guess only difference is that my gpa went up a little after last semester.... but this is so frustrating....</p>
<p>im going to be speaking w/ Samsung america (different division from the one i interned in , so they will interview me)... if that doesn't work, i really dunno what im gonna do... </p>
<p>is my stat really that horrible? my friends are working in BMW (Germany), Edison w/ 65000, and what-not...i know they had GPAs better than me, but .... im really depressed....</p>
<p>ivy is not really well known for their engineering no? but IMO the majority of people take about 3 months after graduation before they find jobs</p>
<p>hazmot/interviews but no offers... well... all of them were 1st round campus interviews anyway... only 1 second-round interview from Fortune top 50 company.... but got rejected.</p>
<p>pearlygate/ my school is well reputed in engineering (i guess this kinda gives what school im from). I had a choice between UC Berkeley and my school and i ultimately chose my school...</p>
<p>What other advice have you sought? Say from some current engineers who could critigue your resume and interview performance. I think this is less about your GPA and credentials than your "interview process". What resources have you been using? This is not uncommon and you can easily make corrections to present yourself more effectively.<br>
I am sure others on CC can offer you more on this. Don't lose confidence.</p>
<p>I agree... 3.1 from that ivy school for engineering is really not bad at all.. in fact, I think it's above average compared to other engineering students.</p>
<p>sheed30/ yea. i wasn't particularly looking for top 50 fortune companies..it just happened that the company i had a second round interview with was within top 50....</p>
<p>I agree with Sheed30. An Ivy degree doesn't mean you get an Ivy job. Ask for less salary and get a job and get more experience for a better job.</p>
<p>Yeah, my GPA was lower than yours and I didn't have that hard a time getting a job. I think there might be something else going on here, particularly if you are getting a lot of interviews but no offers. Find someone knowledgeable who will stage a mock interview with you and critique your performance.</p>
<p>If you want to work in the Fortune 500 and they won't hire you, then get a job somewhere else. You're not bound to your first job out of college for life, and a Fortune 500 company will probably look more kindly on someone with solid work experience in the field at a smaller company than at a greenhorn kid who thinks s/he deserves a job at a big company because s/he came from an Ivy. Being unemployed for a long period of time is shooting yourself in the foot...then, you have to explain to potential employers why you weren't being productive during that time.</p>
<p>i had almost the same GPA when I graduated college. I'm guessing you went to Cornell, which means your gpa is probably above average there. I went to Michigan, a 3.1 was about top 30-40%, so your gpa is not the issue. And I know folks who graduated with me with a 2.4 who got multiple job offers. Do mock interviews, your school should offer it, and have them videotape you during interviews. No matter how good you think your interviewing skills are, you can get better. Also make stories for those behavioral questions. (ie. leadership, convincing others, group work, creative solution)</p>
<p>What jessiehl said is definitely true, and I know it's frustrating, since just graduating from a tough engineering program is difficult, and you have a pretty good gpa. When I graduated I felt like I deserved a great job, but everything starts over when you start working. But, you will soon realize that the skills you learned at Cornell will serve you well in the long term.</p>
<p>You may want to look at some other fields with lower starting salaries that may interest you. Your Cornell Engineering degree is marketable in many industries.</p>
<p>PRACTICE INTERVIEW SKILLS!!! Try and remember every question asked to you in an interview and create the correct response for it. Practice these responses thoroughly. Have a career center counselor give you mock interviews and be able to respond to each question confidently and with good verbiage (if this means improve your english skills, then work on that). People want to hire a person they like! You must sell yourself, not just give acceptable or mediocre responses to questions.</p>
<p>Make a list of 50 companies you want to work for and apply to their online databases. Apply to every relevant job in your career center website. What you want to have is multiple offers, not a single offer.</p>