Harvard vs Yale - major difference in interest in public service jobs

[Anonymous]

I’m hiring for an entry level role with a quasi state org in the north east that is part econ dev that engages with the venture space and we get very interesting applications when we have openings.

We don’t always hire out of undergrad but it’s been eye opening to see the quality and quantity of applications we have received from Harvard class of 24 or class of 25 vs Yale class of 24 or 25

We are getting phi beta kappa Yale grads, kids from all sorts of majors (liberal arts, cs, math, social sciences etc), kids who have written for ydn etc

And we’ve received about 30 resumes from Yale kids

Harvard - 2 and they were horrible resumes.

It seems that either there is a major gap in the employability in Harvard vs yale kids this year and Yale kids are struggling on the market vs Harvard hence applying to me.

Or Yale kids inherently care a heck of lot more about public service esque jobs vs Harvard kids these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m hiring for an entry level role with a quasi state org in the north east that is part econ dev that engages with the venture space and we get very interesting applications when we have openings.

We don’t always hire out of undergrad but it’s been eye opening to see the quality and quantity of applications we have received from Harvard class of 24 or class of 25 vs Yale class of 24 or 25

We are getting phi beta kappa Yale grads, kids from all sorts of majors (liberal arts, cs, math, social sciences etc), kids who have written for ydn etc

And we’ve received about 30 resumes from Yale kids

Harvard - 2 and they were horrible resumes.

It seems that either there is a major gap in the employability in Harvard vs yale kids this year and Yale kids are struggling on the market vs Harvard hence applying to me.

Or Yale kids inherently care a heck of lot more about public service esque jobs vs Harvard kids these days.

Or someone at Yale has honed into your job and it is not on Harvard’s radar. Duh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m hiring for an entry level role with a quasi state org in the north east that is part econ dev that engages with the venture space and we get very interesting applications when we have openings.

We don’t always hire out of undergrad but it’s been eye opening to see the quality and quantity of applications we have received from Harvard class of 24 or class of 25 vs Yale class of 24 or 25

We are getting phi beta kappa Yale grads, kids from all sorts of majors (liberal arts, cs, math, social sciences etc), kids who have written for ydn etc

And we’ve received about 30 resumes from Yale kids

Harvard - 2 and they were horrible resumes.

It seems that either there is a major gap in the employability in Harvard vs yale kids this year and Yale kids are struggling on the market vs Harvard hence applying to me.

Or Yale kids inherently care a heck of lot more about public service esque jobs vs Harvard kids these days.

Or someone at Yale has honed into your job and it is not on Harvard’s radar. Duh.

Exactly. How well was the job marketed at each school? Or maybe it is an awful job and the Harvard kids are smart enough to realize that. Or maybe it is in Hartford and Yale kids are naturally more inclined to work there than Harvard (I know Yale is a global school but kids often tend to be more willing to stay in the state where they went to school after spending four years there).

Some of us are smart enough not to generalize off of one data point and also to wonder if their are other explanations for results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m hiring for an entry level role with a quasi state org in the north east that is part econ dev that engages with the venture space and we get very interesting applications when we have openings.

We don’t always hire out of undergrad but it’s been eye opening to see the quality and quantity of applications we have received from Harvard class of 24 or class of 25 vs Yale class of 24 or 25

We are getting phi beta kappa Yale grads, kids from all sorts of majors (liberal arts, cs, math, social sciences etc), kids who have written for ydn etc

And we’ve received about 30 resumes from Yale kids

Harvard - 2 and they were horrible resumes.

It seems that either there is a major gap in the employability in Harvard vs yale kids this year and Yale kids are struggling on the market vs Harvard hence applying to me.

Or Yale kids inherently care a heck of lot more about public service esque jobs vs Harvard kids these days.

Or someone at Yale has honed into your job and it is not on Harvard’s radar. Duh.

Exactly. How well was the job marketed at each school? Or maybe it is an awful job and the Harvard kids are smart enough to realize that. Or maybe it is in Hartford and Yale kids are naturally more inclined to work there than Harvard (I know Yale is a global school but kids often tend to be more willing to stay in the state where they went to school after spending four years there).

Some of us are smart enough not to generalize off of one data point and also to wonder if their are other explanations for results.

Yale students do not stay in state. There's nothing Connecticut provides for a young person. They leave to New York or Boston.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m hiring for an entry level role with a quasi state org in the north east that is part econ dev that engages with the venture space and we get very interesting applications when we have openings.

We don’t always hire out of undergrad but it’s been eye opening to see the quality and quantity of applications we have received from Harvard class of 24 or class of 25 vs Yale class of 24 or 25

We are getting phi beta kappa Yale grads, kids from all sorts of majors (liberal arts, cs, math, social sciences etc), kids who have written for ydn etc

And we’ve received about 30 resumes from Yale kids

Harvard - 2 and they were horrible resumes.

It seems that either there is a major gap in the employability in Harvard vs yale kids this year and Yale kids are struggling on the market vs Harvard hence applying to me.

Or Yale kids inherently care a heck of lot more about public service esque jobs vs Harvard kids these days.

Or someone at Yale has honed into your job and it is not on Harvard’s radar. Duh.

Exactly. How well was the job marketed at each school? Or maybe it is an awful job and the Harvard kids are smart enough to realize that. Or maybe it is in Hartford and Yale kids are naturally more inclined to work there than Harvard (I know Yale is a global school but kids often tend to be more willing to stay in the state where they went to school after spending four years there).

Some of us are smart enough not to generalize off of one data point and also to wonder if their are other explanations for results.

Yale students do not stay in state. There's nothing Connecticut provides for a young person. They leave to New York or Boston.

I know several who have. Hedge funds in Greenwich/Westport/etc. Working at Yale. I know someone who went to work for an insurance company. UBS and RBS used to have huge facilities in Stamford (not so much anymore). Feeding seals at Mystic Aquarium. Dealing cards at Mohegan Sun.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I think Yale has much more of a public service vibe.

[Anonymous]

It’s pretty late in the circle for 2025 grafs maybe many already have something lined up?

[Anonymous]

I am surprised that a "quasi state org in the north east that is part econ dev that engages with the venture space" is getting any applications at all.

Signed a guy in the venture space

[Anonymous]

Your posting made it onto a job board at Yale. That's great. don't overthink this.

[Anonymous]

Yale ‘02 and we have always been more oriented towards public service-type roles than Harvard. It’s cultural and part of what drew me to Yale over other schools I was admitted to, Harvard included. I can’t articulate it but there is a motto that pops up everywhere at Yale, especially in songs and historic stuff: “For God, For Country, and For Yale”.

Here’s an except from a 1950 issue of the Harvard crimson discussing the differences between the schools- everything in the article rings true of my experience save for some outdated terms (we still had heeling but not wheels), which mentions the phrase:

“The last phrase, probably the most anticlimactic periodic sentence in American literature, is engraved on Gothic walls and Yalemen hearts. "By God, that really means something here," says a professor who switched recently from another college. "I thought it was a gag until I saw it in stone. It is enormously strong as a symbol."”

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1950/11/25/yale-for-god-country-and-success/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yale ‘02 and we have always been more oriented towards public service-type roles than Harvard. It’s cultural and part of what drew me to Yale over other schools I was admitted to, Harvard included. I can’t articulate it but there is a motto that pops up everywhere at Yale, especially in songs and historic stuff: “For God, For Country, and For Yale”.

Here’s an except from a 1950 issue of the Harvard crimson discussing the differences between the schools- everything in the article rings true of my experience save for some outdated terms (we still had heeling but not wheels), which mentions the phrase:

“The last phrase, probably the most anticlimactic periodic sentence in American literature, is engraved on Gothic walls and Yalemen hearts. "By God, that really means something here," says a professor who switched recently from another college. "I thought it was a gag until I saw it in stone. It is enormously strong as a symbol."”

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1950/11/25/yale-for-god-country-and-success/

This is one thing I can't stand about Yale alum. All these unnecessary soliloquies about them; we get it, you went to Yale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale ‘02 and we have always been more oriented towards public service-type roles than Harvard. It’s cultural and part of what drew me to Yale over other schools I was admitted to, Harvard included. I can’t articulate it but there is a motto that pops up everywhere at Yale, especially in songs and historic stuff: “For God, For Country, and For Yale”.

Here’s an except from a 1950 issue of the Harvard crimson discussing the differences between the schools- everything in the article rings true of my experience save for some outdated terms (we still had heeling but not wheels), which mentions the phrase:

“The last phrase, probably the most anticlimactic periodic sentence in American literature, is engraved on Gothic walls and Yalemen hearts. "By God, that really means something here," says a professor who switched recently from another college. "I thought it was a gag until I saw it in stone. It is enormously strong as a symbol."”

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1950/11/25/yale-for-god-country-and-success/

This is one thing I can't stand about Yale alum. All these unnecessary soliloquies about them; we get it, you went to Yale.

Sorry no one asked you what makes your alma mater unique. Maybe you can start a separate thread fishing for compliments about your fellow alumni.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale ‘02 and we have always been more oriented towards public service-type roles than Harvard. It’s cultural and part of what drew me to Yale over other schools I was admitted to, Harvard included. I can’t articulate it but there is a motto that pops up everywhere at Yale, especially in songs and historic stuff: “For God, For Country, and For Yale”.

Here’s an except from a 1950 issue of the Harvard crimson discussing the differences between the schools- everything in the article rings true of my experience save for some outdated terms (we still had heeling but not wheels), which mentions the phrase:

“The last phrase, probably the most anticlimactic periodic sentence in American literature, is engraved on Gothic walls and Yalemen hearts. "By God, that really means something here," says a professor who switched recently from another college. "I thought it was a gag until I saw it in stone. It is enormously strong as a symbol."”

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1950/11/25/yale-for-god-country-and-success/

This is one thing I can't stand about Yale alum. All these unnecessary soliloquies about them; we get it, you went to Yale.

Sorry no one asked you what makes your alma mater unique. Maybe you can start a separate thread fishing for compliments about your fellow alumni.

I don't aspire to. That was the whole point of the comment. My alma mater is mentioned every day here, but I have no interest writing paragraphs about how fantastic it is, rather giving substantive commentary matters more.

[Anonymous]

When are we gonna start talking about football…I’m calling Harvard this fall. Offense is to strong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When are we gonna start talking about football…I’m calling Harvard this fall. Offense is to strong.

Best receiver transferred to Duke.