[TriLUG] OT: Help in finding companies hiring new Comp Sci Grads

[Jim Ray]

When I got my first real engineering job, I had made the mistake of
sending out bunches of resumes.

Then, I figured out what I wanted to do, who does what I wanted to do
and made a short list of the companies that are the best at what I
wanted to do. Then, I made calls to find out who I needed to meet. It
boiled down to offers from 2 companies after working the 20 prospects
hard.

My feeling as both a former employee and now a employer is that
companies do not want people looking for jobs. Companies want people
that want to do what they do.

Hth,

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Dan Weber
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:36 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: [TriLUG] OT: Help in finding companies hiring new Comp Sci
Grads

I am currently a student at the University of Utah and will be
graduating in
May with a BS in Computer Science.  I am looking for a position in the
computer science field in the Raleigh Durham area.  As my family and I
are
not currently living in the area I am finding it difficult to find
companies
in the area that are hiring.  When searching for summer internships over
the
past couple of years I have found that one of the biggest hurdles was
being
able to find a company looking to hire interns with a limited skill set.
I
feel it is safe to assume that this issue will also come up while
looking
for a full time, permanent, software development position.

I am hoping that there is someone out there that will be able to point
me in
a direction as far as companies in the RDU area that are looking to hire
new
CS graduates this upcoming May.  I am going to be out there the week of
February 3rd for the NCSU career fair, in order to help me find a
position.
That is part of why I am asking for assistance now.  I am hoping to try
to
set up face to face meetings with my potential employers, rather than
having
my interaction be all over the phone

Any and all suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

I would prefer to receive these emails off list, unless others are also
interested in this information.  If that is the case I will send the
information I get, back to the list.

Thank you,

Dan Weber
dan.b.weber at gmail.com
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