<p>More and more SW Engineering job are now done in India, for much less.</p>
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<p>Companies used to hire the grads with the theory background and train them on the skills and tools - no more; they want both now.</p>
<p>Our S did two summer interships as well as working in research during his JR & SR years. Employers told him they considered him to have 2 years of experience due to the internships! He was given 3 job offers. Friends with less experience had a lot more trouble attracting job offers.</p>
<p>One nice thing is that most engineering internships have better pay than a lot of other fields and can average > $20/hour; some even include moving expenses. S’s didn’t pay too much but they allowed him to take time off during the internship to travel or fulfill other obligations/plans he had made. We were amazed that the programs allowed such flexibility.</p>
<p>I had two more interviews today, with the same company I’ve already interviewed with twice. Two groups of two men. The first group even came out and told me they were really impressed with me, the second group was a little harder to read but one of them told me afterward as he was leading me out that I had done a really good job. So that’s encouraging. They said I was extremely articulate and that they liked how I knew what I wanted to say and I just said it with no nonsense, and that I had done my research so thoroughly. That seems like a good compliment for the business world.</p>
<p>Son has settled in nicely for his summer job. He’s been offered a TA position to go along with the RA position for the fall and he has to decide fairly soon on that. He’s received calls from headhunters on and off but he hasn’t been sending out any applications. I’ve been watching the boards and things are slow for entry-level jobs in our area - not too surprising.</p>
<p>He finished his self-studying for a CS topic for a defense contracting job but hasn’t contacted their recruiter. He also heard from a friend (they met in college when son was a dual-enrollment student) at a great company in Kendall Square that they have a bunch of openings so he sent his friend his resume. So he’s enjoying his summer with work that isn’t too hard right now with some decisions to make.</p>
<p>He asked me for my opinion and I said that I think that things on the hiring front will be fairly quiet this summer and that companies will be better back into normal hiring this fall if the economists and the Fed are right. If they aren’t, then things won’t be good. The unemployment report this morning basically said that we are continuing sluggish. There are no big catalysts for job growth out there this summer so we’re just muddling on through.</p>
<p>The monthly employment report comes out next Friday.</p>
<p>I have a FOURTH interview with the same company tomorrow. They told me when they called to schedule that they needed to get me in there two more times. I went out and got another suit so I won’t have to wear the same one.</p>
<p>I’m not applying to anything else anymore for the moment, I am getting burnt out. Figured I would let this play out and then get back to work right away if it doesn’t pan out.</p>
<p>Well, you’ve made it through a lot of filters so your odds should be much better now.</p>
<p>Son understands how much work it is looking for a job too.</p>
<p>I like your comment about getting another suit on multiple interviews.</p>
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<p>And this is for an entry level position? No wonder the hiring numbers are low…everybody is in the middle of their 5 interview gauntlet!</p>
<p>Please send up some prayers/cosmic energy for mine who is at a job interview as I type this!</p>
<p>[Older</a> interns signal gloomy labor market | Reuters](<a href=“http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/30/us-usa-economy-interns-idUSTRE75T3FK20110630]Older”>http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/30/us-usa-economy-interns-idUSTRE75T3FK20110630)</p>
<p>Interview today seemed to go really well. It sounds like two different departments are vying for me and they haven’t figured out where I should go and that’s why I’ve interviewed so much. I got to meet the CEO by surprise and they told me that they’d be calling to schedule the last interview with him soon, so it looks like I may get the job. We’ll see!</p>
<p>Best of luck to you, Ema!</p>
<p>Sounds so very promising! I loved reading about your progress through the seemingly grueling interview process.</p>
<p>Look forward to being able to share a similar (positive) story about our job seeking son soon.</p>
<p>The new unemployment claims report came in fairly close to last week (not a great number) but the ADP payroll report indicated double the expected jobs at 157,000 vs 70,000 expected. The ADP report is for private sector jobs so I guess the difference between the two reports may be that the public sector is losing jobs while the private sector gains jobs.</p>
<p>I’ve read that tech jobs are plentiful in Silicon Valley - to the point where companies are offering 1999-style perks for employees. The number of job listings in the Boston area is getting stronger (it was already strong) but companies want skills and experience. There are entry-level jobs but they want skills and experience too.</p>
<p>The service sector was up the most jobs in the ADP report. Manufacturing was decent too. So there are jobs opening up.</p>
<p>Son has solved some interesting problems in his summer job so that’s going well. The skills that he’s learning are in very high demand in this area. His friend at the biotech company has asked a senior manager to bring him in. They are doing a round of experienced engineers first and then staffing up on grads. It would be quite a plum job if he can get it. A friend of mine on the West Coast said that they are in full hiring mode but they want precise skills and they are being quite patient in hiring. Seems to be the story of the day.</p>
<p>Tomorrow is the monthly employment report. In some ways, these reports are self-fulfilling - if companies think that other companies are hiring, then they will hire if their business supports it. If companies think that everyone is cutting jobs, then they will cut as their sales forecasts get cut.</p>
<p>It’s the old conundrum: entry-level jobs available, but for those with experience. </p>
<p>My sophomore in college is still struggling to find an internship since earlier possibilities fell through. Seems the only offers now are for commission-only sales.</p>
<p>I still see emails in my son’s account for internships. I saw one yesterday for IBM in Littleton, MA for 20 hours a week that lasts until the end of the year - kind of a coop/internship. I imagine a student would have to take a bit less than a full course-load to do something like this but the experience would be very valuable.</p>
<p>Hitech jobs are probably plentiful with all the IPOs(Linkedln, twitter…) not sure about other areas.</p>
<p>“The ADP report is for private sector jobs so I guess the difference between the two reports may be that the public sector is losing jobs while the private sector gains jobs.”</p>
<p>All the state budgets which include laying off teachers, firefighters and police might account for the reduction in public sector jobs. State budgets normally use a July 1st fiscal year, so the terminations at the state would take effect on July 1st.</p>
<p>I n 2009 when son ( of 3 ) graduated ,only 25% of graduates had jobs lined up . It took him about a year ,but he finally got hired as an accountant -well paid ,good benefits ,just not what he wanted . It came through an introduction of a friend of my husband . Don’t overlook parent connections ,even a parent you knew back in HS or earlier !</p>
<p>The employment report was miserable this morning. Numbers:
Unemployment %: was 9.1%, consensus estimate 9.0%, actual 9.2%
Nonfarm Payrolls change: May 54,000, May revised 25,000, Consensus June 105,000, Actual June 18,000
Average hourly earnings declined 0.1%
Average workweek dropped 0.1 hours</p>