<p>Wanted to take this opportunity and see what steps students are taking to find work after graduation. Have students ever thought of enlisting with recruiters to improve their odds?</p>
<p>Take every advantage while you are still in school. Meetings with recruiters start in the first semester of senior year. Juniors and sophomores should start looking for summer internships before Christmas break. If you can find something in your field, take it, but don’t be picky. Adjust your standards to match the dire economy.</p>
<p>Mathson has already had interviews for summer internships. It is not too early! At this point check with your college - go to their job fairs and check their listings. My son also says alumni networking is important. He got one interview because people within the company recommended him.</p>
<p>D1 will graduate in May. She had her first job offer last week. She plans on accepting it. What a relief! She has had several internships over the past few years. Her offer came about through networking with the people she met in her internships. Someone who knew her passed her resume to someone who had an opening. That was it!</p>
<p>North, what is your D’s major??? And congrats to her!</p>
<p>S1 graduates this year and has a very good job offer he is likely to accept in the area of his current passion. He can begin in late August 2010 to allow for some time between school and work. He plans on working a year or two and then doing grad school (which I wholeheartedly support), though he has the opportunity to attend a great fully funded top grad program next year. This came out of his work in the community and internationally in a little consulting business he put together. None of this would have happened if he had simply attended classes. Interestingly, no one even asked for a resume or inquired after his GPA. It was the on the job work that did it and personal recommendations.</p>
<p>She is a business major with concentration in marketing and sports management.</p>
<p>Wow, that’s excellent! Those are both areas of interest for my kids so glad to hear at least for “one” a job came forth!</p>
<p>abasket…if your kids are interested make sure they apply for internships. D1 worked with an NHL team this summer and has had other internships within other professional sports teams.</p>
<p>To somewhat echo the advice of the other posters in this thread, internships are a great way to get started. Particularly with the way the economy is now (over 10% unemployment!), an entry-level position 2 or 3 years ago is now going to someone who has 2 or 3 years of work experience. For graduates, the important thing is for them to stay busy. Remember, the first job is always the hardest, so if they can get to work, things will only open up from there.</p>
<p>Certainly recruiters/staffing agencies are one way to go. The more people there are looking for a job for a student, the better chance that student has of finding something that fits. Also, never forget to network. The simplest mention of what your son/daughter is looking for to a friend or co-worker can lead to a chain reaction that ends up in a job.</p>
<p>My oldest daughter graduates in May & has been taking advantage of on-campus recruiting efforts by various companies. She flew to VA & D.C. for final interviews last week and already has one offer. She has more final round interviews over the next few weeks.</p>
<p>S graduates in May. Accepted offer a couple weeks ago. On-campus recruiting combined with internship last summer got his foot in the door. He starts in August, 2010.</p>
<p>Internships are the best! My DD has one now and they’re about to offer her a job. She has been doing one per semester since sophomore year and it’s really been worthwhile. Career centers are really helpful. Some sites she used are [mediabistro.com:</a> jobs, classes, community and news for media professionals](<a href=“http://www.mediabistro.com%5Dmediabistro.com:”>http://www.mediabistro.com), [JournalismJobs.com</a> – The Job Board for Media Professionals](<a href=“http://www.journalismjobs.com%5DJournalismJobs.com”>http://www.journalismjobs.com) and [Making</a> It In The City, Dream Big. Pay The Rent.](<a href=“http://www.makingitinthecity.com%5DMaking”>http://www.makingitinthecity.com).</p>
<p>I agree with sweettea, and btw I love mediabistro as a job board. Really gives specifics about job content and media audience.</p>
<p>Please post the schools these students are being recruited. For parents of High School students this could be great information to see the “real” recruiting in action.</p>
<p>My son is at Carnegie Mellon, they have two big job fair in September - one more tech oriented the other more business. They have two more events in February one more general the other more for the arts professions. They have another event in Sept. as well. They also have network nights in various cities.</p>
<p>They also have tons of advice: [Career</a> Success Guides - Career and Professional Development Center - Carnegie Mellon University](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/students_alumni/successguides/index.html]Career”>http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/students_alumni/successguides/index.html)</p>