<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><br>Hi,<br><br>I wanted to quickly get this one out, as I know of a number of CIT students whom <br>will be looking for employment as they graduate.<br><br>I have not seen a lot of jobs for new grads, however that maybe because<br>of the sites I have been looking at.<br><br>The big challenge is getting the experience to get you the job which<br>requires experience AND imho figuring out what you may want to do.<br><br>My advice ( Please feel free to ask questions, add comments, etc.. ):<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>1) Go to the Caltech-MIT enterprise forums. <br>IT is FREE to attend for Caltech students.<br>( non-Caltech students iirc cost $10 )<br><br>Printout cards with your info, and a note on it saying you are <br>looking for work. Feel free to ask the
forum organizers<br>if you can put a couple of flyers on the table inside. Meet <br>people and make connections.<br><br>2) Caltech Has a Career fair.. looks like it is only 2x a year,<br>if you missed it, see if you can contact the organizers and<br>get contact info of those who setup booths.<br>( Just by being at CIT they are showing they have<br>openings for CIT students. )<br><a href="http://www.career.caltech.edu/employers/careerfair">http://www.career.caltech.edu/employers/careerfair</a><br>( facebook is one of the companies there often, and<br>has been hiring a lot.. )<br><br>3) There are a LOT of startups around now... if you can live<br>on a tight budget, it's a really good time to find an interesting<br>start up to work for which is well enough funded ( hopefully<br>to pay you enough to cover your rent and expenses )<br>Side note on this, you'll probably want to give yourself<br>a time limit on how long you'll work at any given start up.<br>(
Definitely leave if you are no longer learning anything.. )<br><br>4) Summer internship programs - if you can, get in one.<br>( Google, Apple, and many others have some great <br>internships,.. remember checkout Dan Kegel's<br>internship.. )<br><br>5) Checkout local companies and drop them a line to see<br>if they have any unlisted internships or jobs for recent grads.<br>Hint, Idealabs<br><br>6) Attend groups like SGVLUG and network, and try to<br>introduce yourself to the group "Hi may name is.. and<br>I'll be looking for a job after I graduate.. " or something<br>along those lines.<br>( hint there are a lot of great group meetings out there,<br>many maybe near Santa Monica as there seems to be<br>a movement to make "Silicon Beach" happen.. )<br><br>7) ( This advice from the Geek Hunter, whom we've had<br>present at SGVLUG a couple of times. )<br>Join an open source project and help it on your<br>time, this will give you valued experience.<br>( lots
of open source projects need help,<br>from programming to documentation.. <br>I recommend picking one which would<br>be more relevant to finding work )<br><br>8) If you are so inclined and can afford to, I would <br>encourage you to even make your own start up with <br>your friends. NOW is a great time to do it.<br>Honestly, you will gain a lot of experience, and<br>the cost to creating a start up is a lot less than it used<br>to be.<br><br>9) Consider joining one of the large consulting companies.<br>Honestly you will get some good experience from these<br>jobs, just remember you'll need to come to terms with<br>being able to "look the part" ( i.e. I think most of them<br>still like to see people in suits and ties.. )<br><br>..<br><br>Any more suggestions? Ideas?<br><br>thanks<br>matti<br><br><br><br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div> </div></body></html>