Send me your resume. Don't think I have access to the email linked to the BBS anymore, but if you post your email, I can send you an email.
experience > education. Get a lower level job and work your way up, bounce to a new company every 2-3 years if you are being promoted.
Not everyone wants to stay here. Some would like to go back to their countries where their families are.
Maybe pre recession but not now. Plus there are plenty of people who want to live in their native country. Not everyone wants to live in the US .
Utilities: resource manager/resource planning manager, power distributor/controller, trader or power settlements Natural Gas Pipeline/Gas Marketing Company: business developement, facility planner, gas controller, gas scheduler/gas trader, measurement analyst. Project manager, project analyst, cost estimator in either of the above type companies.
Here in Canada every engineering undergrad with a minimum GPA of 2.2-2.7 is offered a 12 to 16 month internship. Really gives them a boost in the marketplace once they graduate, more often than not they get their first break at the company where they interned. Western Canada has a really hot economy right now, especially Alberta, you should try some agencies there.
Graduating in the peak or trough of an economic cycle makes a huge difference. When I graduated Finance undergrad from NYU with a 3.4 GPA in 2002, it took me 9 months to find a full-time job. A year earlier, people with sub-2.7 GPAs didn't have much trouble landing decent jobs in one of the Big 5 or lower-tier bulge bracket firms.
What did you end up doing in the mean time while you were searching? I heard that 6 months of unemployment is almost a death sentence.
Sounds like you've already done some research at places you want to go. I've read walking on site and scheduling something can work, so it'd take some targeted marketing and schmoozing (with the secretary or even someone who works there with a specific email) to increase the chances of a walk in interview. I mean, what do you have to lose? You time playing PS3 in a suit? If you do get a bite, always follow up with a thank you letter regardless of result. You're starting out, so this is as good time as any to build a network. Keep that impression on their minds and maybe they might have something for you even if you can't fit their needs atm.
Sucks bro. I worked at Target for 6 months before I started my first "real" job after graduating. The only thing I had to feel good about for those 6 months was the job at Target was cool and I knew it would be 6 months before I could start the "real" job. Had a co-worker who graduated from OU in engineering. Asked him where he was applying, said everywhere in Oklahoma. Told him to go to Houston and said he would be hired almost immediately. One month later he had a job offer and was gone. Even though NY may be the financial mecca of the world, you may find that other smaller, less desirable cities and such are hiring at a higher rate. I am sure there is probably someone at a bank in a place like Kansas City whose eyes would light up seeing an ivy league graduate applying for a job at their bank. You may have to bite the bullet on this one, but that's what life experiences are all about: the unknown and the impossible.
Wow, talk about a cfans hookup. jzmagic, if you end up getting a job with vj's help, I expect to see a big contribution to the tip jar.
Hmm.. you could always try PricewaterhouseCoopers in NY. They have a group thats part of their International Tax Services called Quantitative Solutions. The national partner is Michael Turgeon. I haven't been in contact with any of those people for a few years but the hours are pretty rough and turnover is pretty crazy so they could be hiring. Good luck.
