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What did you do to get your foot in the door?
Posted on 1/27/15 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 1/27/15 at 5:59 pm
What did you do to get in your field fresh out of school?
Did you know someone who knew someone? Just caught a break/employer desperate? Volunteer? (
) Entry level-then moved up? Took some job semi related and moved on? Intern?
I'm about to finish my Bachelor's, CS, and will probably go to Grad school which is probably a year and a half out at least, but I'm still freaking out because I haven't had a real job for very long...I did retail 2 1/2 years but I couldn't take being in a shitty situation every single day any longer. I was offered a internship at Regions this summer in Birmingham that I'm considering and I'm still applying to others.
Did you know someone who knew someone? Just caught a break/employer desperate? Volunteer? (
) Entry level-then moved up? Took some job semi related and moved on? Intern? I'm about to finish my Bachelor's, CS, and will probably go to Grad school which is probably a year and a half out at least, but I'm still freaking out because I haven't had a real job for very long...I did retail 2 1/2 years but I couldn't take being in a shitty situation every single day any longer. I was offered a internship at Regions this summer in Birmingham that I'm considering and I'm still applying to others.
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Posted on 1/27/15 at 5:59 pm to JordonfortheJ
spelled Jordan correctly
Posted on 1/27/15 at 5:59 pm to JordonfortheJ
I didn't use my teeth
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:00 pm to TH03
Beat me to it
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:00 pm to JordonfortheJ
Internships and networked as much as possible.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:01 pm to JordonfortheJ
"Who You Know" wins every time. Socializing with people in your field, employers, etc. is far better than scanning monster.com.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:03 pm to JordonfortheJ
Knew somebody and moved on up
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:03 pm to JordonfortheJ
Started a thread like this and took the OT's advice to heart. Smartest group of people I know.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:03 pm to ALT F4
Alter 
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:04 pm to JordonfortheJ
My friend told me he had a telemarketing job I could do while I was looking for other jobs and I did it for a few months before I got promoted and started mKing bank
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:05 pm to JordonfortheJ
Started at the very bottom in a small market and worked my arse off. I try my best to rise above the "lazy millenial" label that my generation got slapped with.
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:05 pm to JordonfortheJ
Cs? I hope you don't mean classical studies
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:05 pm to djangochained
People like y'all make it hard for us regular folk.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:05 pm to JordonfortheJ
Moved across the country; took a job that nobody wanted.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:07 pm to JordonfortheJ
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I was offered a internship at Regions this summer in Birmingham that I'm considering and I'm still applying to others.
Beggers can't be choosers. If you don't get another internship offer by the time your Regions offer lapses, take the Regions position. Most employers are just looking for the lowest risk possible, and you lower your risk to them by cutting your teeth elsewhere.
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I did retail 2 1/2 years but I couldn't take being in a shitty situation every single day any longer.
Retail sucks as do most jobs students do while in College. It's still much easier to explain working than not working in an interview.
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:13 pm to JordonfortheJ
Any moron can get into public accounting, you don't do anything meaningful for the first 5 years
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:14 pm to JordonfortheJ
Know people. If you don't, get to know them.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:14 pm to DrSteveBrule
Work in your field. Whatever it takes.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:16 pm to yellowfin
Who said anything about accounting?
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:17 pm to JordonfortheJ
If you're computer science, may want to spell it out
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