Yes and no. They just built a new bigger and better Freeman. I have been going to the old Freeman since I was a little kid in the early '70s.
Yeah, I've been applying for jobs at the State Health Department, but considering they've been turning down ppl with PhD's, I don't think I've got much of a chance to work there... Now I'm looking into teaching at a private or charter school. And after that, I'd rather keep my part time job to pay rent and find a second part time job to pay for the rest of my bills.
lost_elephant Yea, I went to the one on I45 and filled out an application. I'm wondering how long I should wait before I start pestering them on a daily basis. I figure a week is good before hearing anything...after that...all hell breaks loose and the phones will be ringing non stop. .. Yeah, I just needed to vent a little, I was having a bad day.
Well, my question is how often does a major corporate company rescind offers after they've given them to soon to be college grads. Not including something like Enron, I'm hoping to see if there's being any personal experience from this and the reasons why it happened. Also, if this did happen to somebody, what kind of actions did they take.
I'm not to sure about the whole protocol on job offers, but I do think they are supposed to at least give you a deadline to accept/decline.
Yeah, I've done that. What I want to know is if there's any people out there that have accepted an offer from a major company while still in college and then have that offer retract. So far, most people's I've talked (professor, friends etc) to say that I pretty much have nothing to worry about, what I want to know is that if something can go wrong, what can. Also, if they give u a signing bonus, but then decides to not hire you, do you get to keep the bonus?
If any of you have ever wanted to work in television stations, most of them have an opening for something called a "production assistant" regularly. They don't require any experience and they normally hire college students. I think it pays minumum wage to about $7.50/hr...not big bucks, but it's a job. Basically all you have to do is sort scripts for the anchors, producer, director and the audio guys and run the telepromptor. Some stations will even allow you to work on writing for the show. They tend to have either very early hours (start time 3-4am-ish for morning shows) or very late hours (start time around 4pm if there's a 6pm show, start time 7pm for just a 10pm show). The postings are normally for the weekend shows or morning shows. It's a good job if you don't have a lot of time to work...or you just want to get into the wonderful world of TV! One warning: the stations will do a criminal background check on you to be sure you haven't tried to stalk any of the on-air talent!
I wouldn't worry too much. Companies that don't honor there hiring commitments get shut out of the recruiting process of major universities. This relationship is such a big deal that some companies will lay people off in order to honor their hiring commitments.
the only thing you should worry about is a merger or sale of the company you intend to work for because that can change the job picture of a firm quickly. A friend of mine had a job offer from Bank One last year that disappeared when they were bought out by J.P. Morgan. So you shouldn't worry too much, but just keep that in mind.
