<p>I am just graduated in electrical engineering.
I have received a full time offer for a good job with a big, top name semiconductor company and a internship offer from a small, quickly growing aerospace company.
Both companies have very recognizable names, are not easy to get into and would look great as a first job out of college.</p>
<p>My dilemma is that the aerospace company seems like a dream job but there is no guarantee that I will receive a full time offer there.
Am I crazy to take the internship(working towards an offer) over full time work in this economy? I fear that if i dont take the internship that my chances of getting in the aerospace company in the future are slim if I took the other job and just kept applying for full time positions(they get 100 application a day per internship alone and I would be working in a different field).</p>
<p>It depends on what will do on the job. I will take the intership with a startup company that designs personal flying cars.
But in general, I think a big aerospace company should offer a full time job to a graduate. If they don’t then they are stingy. Big companies usually offer full time jobs to seniors before they graduate.</p>
<p>I would take the internship. You shouldn’t be afraid to take career risks, especially this early; since you are still young, it is relatively easier (than when you’re older) to switch career fields if the aerospace job doesn’t pan out.
I mean, your title answers the question: “dream job”.</p>
<p>One thing: if money is a serious, pressing concern (and the job pays more), then you would have to consider that factor as well.</p>
<p>Make sure that money is not a factor for you (ie, your parents can support you for a while). If that’s the case, then spend some time talking to the Aerospace recruiter. They can give you a much better idea of the prospects of full employment after the internship. Yes, he/she may have some incentive to lie to you if unscrupulous, but most are fairly honest about it.</p>
<p>It’s not GeoEye, they do space transportation. The company is small too, only about 1800 employees between a couple of sites.</p>
<p>Money is a concern in the back of my mind just because I do have a young family( wife and kid) and the internship is in california(high cost of living). They do pay well for an internship, but we do have to move down there from Utah. </p>
<p>I am confident that I can show that I am worthy of a full time offer, there is still a chance that it wont happen though. I have talked to the recruiter and he was very reluctant to promiss anything. He just said there retention rate has varied from as high as 70% to more recently 40% and the they try and keep anyone that is good.</p>
<p>I do feel this is a dream job because of the work and feel i would take a full time offer in a heartbeat(assuming its not a horrible offer). I’m just trying to settle my mind on whether the gamble is worth it.</p>
<p>With a family to support, I would be inclined to take the more secure route. That said, how long of an internship is this “dream job,” and, more importantly, how much time would you have between learning whether you get a full time offer and the end of the internship. If it’s a one year internship that will inform you of your standing 90+ days before the end of the internship, the risk you’d be taking is manageable, and you would have time to apply elsewhere once you found out you didn’t get the FT offer.</p>
<p>I’m guessing you can’t defer your employment offer for 6 weeks, that would be too easy eh This is really up to you, 40% retention feels a little low for me personally. I’d wonder how much of that is people not wanting to stay on and how many just not getting offers. Because 40% or less retention feels like the range where decisions are made less on merit and more on need/which project you happened to be assigned, which is outside of your control.</p>
<p>If you do choose the internship though, it might be best if you moved out by yourself until you know you got the job.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you are taking all the risk, why not the company. People do internships while they are in school. This dream job company should be offering you a full time job.</p>
<p>You say they offered you two… does that mean it is a total of 24 weeks, and would you know with 18 weeks remaining on the internship? If that is the case, then I would CONSIDER it (but it still would be at a disadvantage because it is still temporary). If that is not the case, then I would pressure them to give you a FT offer now because you already have a FT offer on the table. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.</p>
This is really up to you, 40% retention feels a little low for me personally. I’d wonder how much of that is people not wanting to stay on and how many just not getting offers. Because 40% or less retention feels like the range where decisions are made less on merit and more on need/which project you happened to be assigned, which is outside of your control.</p>