Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does the student work during the year? As someone who hires entry-level people, I'm not particularly attentive to what they do during the summer, but someone with no work history, who just attended classes and nothing else would be a red flag. Once the person has a work history, I wouldn't be as concerned, but likely would check in with the previous employer about energy level and willingness to stick with the job.
Most kids don't work during the school year if they are taking a full course load. It doesn't signal anything other than lack of time. Now I would wonder about a kid who had no work/internship history at all and they were graduating from college. Summer in college is a good 3 months so there is lots of time to work/intern then.
NP. Is either of you aware that two summers in a row -- last summer and this summer -- there's been a pandemic?
And despite what DCUM loves to trumpet, no, there are not jobs, even fast food or retail jobs, just lying there waiting for students. Go look at the threads talking about students applying for job after job only to find they never hear a peep because corporate websites are so slammed with applicants right now.
As for the shiny professional internships that look good on resumes, the past two summers my DC and DC's friends have found those mostly dried up due to pandemic concerns. No offices open for regular employees, much less interns. Virtual internships? They supposedly exist but are rarer than hens' teeth.
DC is working at home on a research project for a professor, thank goodness. It's not terribly arduous but it's interesting and DC will be able to write it up to look good on a resume. But this summer and last summer, especially last summer, sucked for many college students re: internships or even basic jobs. And the stuff about "just work at McDonald's, Home Depot, anywhere!" -- easier said than done. Employers aren't very interested in college students when there are so many desperate adults applying for the same jobs and the adults won't disappear when school begins.
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