recruiting for full time job during senior year

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<p>does most recruiting take place during the fall or spring semester? i'm an industrial engineer so am looking into some operations/leadership development programs that are have deadlines in a month already. but seriously, are there a more jobs available in the spring? i'm expecting the bulk of the less competitive engineering jobs (e.g. less glamourous, reputable, etc...) to be be available then. is this a correct assumption?</p>

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<p>bump! so i’m not getting much luck so far right now. just using school’s career listings. i have a 3.2 gpa at berkeley engineering. know if it’ll get better later on? should i use monster.com?</p>

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<p>Depends on the schools but in my experience the bulk of the companies come during the Fall. </p>

<p>Use any/every resource you have possible, the Berkley career center, Monster.com and what not.</p>

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<p>A lot of full-time recruiting is done in the fall. However, there will be some in the spring as well. In all honesty I would think that Berkeley should have quite a bit of resources for you to draw on. I can hardly imagine that Monster.com or the like will offer you any better chance, in fact, probably much worse. Nevertheless, it never hurts to throw out a blanket – it just depends how much free time you have to do this. </p>

<p>I’m pretty sure I’ve read something posted by you before about these leadership programs and how to get into one. From an outside perspective I would advise you to take a hard look at your resume, get it critiqued, and look at other people’s in order to gauge the effectiveness of yours compared to theirs. I found that this was really helpful for me to do – I found a university that posts their students resumes online - and I took what I liked best about the ones I saw and came up with mine. My GPA is in line with yours, I’m in IE, and I have had quite a bit of success with the types of jobs you’re looking at. Specifically, if you’re having trouble getting the interview – then you need to really look at your resume and make improvements. If you’re having trouble getting offers after the interview – then you really need to practice your interviewing skills. It really comes down to these two things, Berkeley is only going to get you the opportunity – the rest is up to you.</p>