2024 College Graduates, how’s the job market?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^ how many of these kids used connections to land jobs, even via campus recruiting. % URMs? thanks!

All used prior internship or campus recruitment , none used parents. All white and asian.

Why types of jobs? Good feeder/pipeline?

If paralegal at a law firm, I think that’s a bit of a failure to launch properly. Surprised given caliber of school only one MBB….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My English major was employed within a month of graduation at $74k. Truly ignorant to keep knocking liberal arts.

Statistics is not your friend.

Some CS majors are getting jobs that pay more than $74K, but there are those who aren't.

Your kid got a job that pays $74K as an English major (and I have to wonder if they have a grad degree), but the vast majority do not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have worked at one of the big tech companies for the last decade. There are always peaks and valleys when it comes to hiring. Right now we are in a valley. There was a lot of over hiring 3-4 years ago. My company, while not letting people go, has limited hiring through the end of FY. Sometimes one just has to wait things out until the market improves.

tech companies are still hiring kids. My DC just applied to a top tech firm for their highly coveted training program - the company started late, just posting role within last couple of weeks. My kid has a major connection there, thank god - or wouldn’t have made it past the AI Our connection said that the company philosophy is to never cut back on new grad hires, even when laying off other areas

[Anonymous]

Know 5 W&M grads this year and of those one is going directly on to grad school, the other have jobs lined up. Four social science type majors and one business.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:just spoke to my kid who’s about to graduate from what’s considered on this forum as a T10 LAC. He’s got something good lined up, but says there are two camps - those who went to boarding school, who all have jobs, and those who didn’t, where there’s much less success. Read into that what you will.. btw, he’s a public school kid

the question this raises is maybe it’s better to spend the big bucks on boarding school - as those alumni REALLY will help kids who reach out - as opposed to even the best of the best with regards to alumni loyalty - Williams or Lehigh - where it’s pot luck whether or not you’ll get help. Send ur kid to Deerfield or Andover and then UMD lol

Better yet--St. Paul's School or Groton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My English major was employed within a month of graduation at $74k. Truly ignorant to keep knocking liberal arts.

Statistics is not your friend.

Some CS majors are getting jobs that pay more than $74K, but there are those who aren't.

Your kid got a job that pays $74K as an English major (and I have to wonder if they have a grad degree), but the vast majority do not.

No grad degree but admittedly coming from a top school, which helps for both CS and English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My English major was employed within a month of graduation at $74k. Truly ignorant to keep knocking liberal arts.

Statistics is not your friend.

Some CS majors are getting jobs that pay more than $74K, but there are those who aren't.

Your kid got a job that pays $74K as an English major (and I have to wonder if they have a grad degree), but the vast majority do not.

The kid has a degree from a T10.
Selectivity matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My English major was employed within a month of graduation at $74k. Truly ignorant to keep knocking liberal arts.

Statistics is not your friend.

Some CS majors are getting jobs that pay more than $74K, but there are those who aren't.

Your kid got a job that pays $74K as an English major (and I have to wonder if they have a grad degree), but the vast majority do not.

No grad degree but admittedly coming from a top school, which helps for both CS and English.

Type of job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Know 5 W&M grads this year and of those one is going directly on to grad school, the other have jobs lined up. Four social science type majors and one business.

What types of jobs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just spoke to my kid who’s about to graduate from what’s considered on this forum as a T10 LAC. He’s got something good lined up, but says there are two camps - those who went to boarding school, who all have jobs, and those who didn’t, where there’s much less success. Read into that what you will.. btw, he’s a public school kid

the question this raises is maybe it’s better to spend the big bucks on boarding school - as those alumni REALLY will help kids who reach out - as opposed to even the best of the best with regards to alumni loyalty - Williams or Lehigh - where it’s pot luck whether or not you’ll get help. Send ur kid to Deerfield or Andover and then UMD lol

Better yet--St. Paul's School or Groton.

or even better yet — Exeter or Choate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My English major was employed within a month of graduation at $74k. Truly ignorant to keep knocking liberal arts.

Statistics is not your friend.

Some CS majors are getting jobs that pay more than $74K, but there are those who aren't.

Your kid got a job that pays $74K as an English major (and I have to wonder if they have a grad degree), but the vast majority do not.

No grad degree but admittedly coming from a top school, which helps for both CS and English.

Type of job?

Mid-sized consulting firm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s gotta be a good year to apply to any company that manufactures tents, drums, bullhorns, & XXXXL yoga pants.

[Anonymous]

My regular DMV public high school kid at a t50 has a job offer but it's really low paying. Most of his friends think the market sucks and are going to grad school, except for those that are working for Big 4 consulting firms and have had jobs since their last summer internships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have worked at one of the big tech companies for the last decade. There are always peaks and valleys when it comes to hiring. Right now we are in a valley. There was a lot of over hiring 3-4 years ago. My company, while not letting people go, has limited hiring through the end of FY. Sometimes one just has to wait things out until the market improves.

tech companies are still hiring kids. My DC just applied to a top tech firm for their highly coveted training program - the company started late, just posting role within last couple of weeks. My kid has a major connection there, thank god - or wouldn’t have made it past the AI Our connection said that the company philosophy is to never cut back on new grad hires, even when laying off other areas

So it comes down to who you know and not what you know.

[Anonymous]

Sadly, it often does. It’s easier to apply to jobs now but they get so many applications that companies often give preference to kids someone can vouch for.