<p>So I've had a couple of interviews last semester but no good feedback. Right now I'm concerned as my gpa fell to a 2.9. I had to work during school. I'm confident I will bring up my gpa once May comes. I'm worried I won't have something lined up once I'm finished. This really sucks because I won't qualify to apply to a bunch of places since the cutoff is a 3 gpa. And most big companies are wrapping up their entry level hiring. Any words of advice or what type of strategy I should take? I've been applying through my school's career website since this has been the most effective source, I got my past interviews through there. But this semester I haven't heard back from anyone. I'm really worried.</p>
<p>I don’t really know much about the job market, but if I were in your shoes I would just make sure my GPA was 3.0+ since that is the cutoff for the jobs you want. You have this semester left, so don’t worry too much if your “confident” that it will go up.</p>
<p>Is your major GPA better than your overall GPA by any chance? If so, use that GPA. I’m always hearing that it’s okay to do that.</p>
<p>If your job is causing you to perform bad in school or homework and hurting your CAREER, I’d consider quitting for the last semester to get to 3.0+. I mean after all job is replaceable, but your career is something you’ll be doing most your life. I understand if you need to keep your job and attend school for family support or payment, in that case, good luck to you and just maybe ease up on the sleep.</p>
<p>Sorry, but more bad news. The company I worked for would adverstise calling for a 3.0 min GPA but would get so many resumes that HR would just pass on the ones with something around 3.3 or 3.4 and above.</p>
<p>The good news is that there are many small companies that don’t have such a GPA requirement. My son’s GPA was about 2.9 overall but somewhat better in his major (ME). He also waited until he was out of school to start looking in earnest (which concerned me no end). He got a good job at kind of the top end of the average starting salaries for mechanical engineers out of his school. He did his searching on Monster, Craig’s List, etc. rather than just thur the school’s job fairs (which tended to have the bigger companies with the GPA requirements).</p>
<p>I agree with the previous post that you should dump the term time job and concentrate on your studies. IMHO, term time jobs don’t help make you more attractive as a candidate (unless they are engineering jobs, which usually they are not) and the money you earn pales in comparison to that of even an entry level engineer. The term time job hurts more than it helps.</p>