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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]but many HR systems screen automatically for currently employed.[/b] He has got the chance to sell himself to employers now because he’s part of the college hiring apparatus — when he is cold applying to jobs how will he spin his tale of wow? Cover letter ;P [/quote]

I work in the Financial service sector, data science and software development division.  There are 30 engineers in the group and 16 of them graduated college early.  Half of those that graduated from college early took a gap year to travel around the world before jumping into a meat grinder known as professional jobs.  They are 25 years old or younger.  Apparently that didn't hurt them with their professional careers.  They are very sharp and productive.  I asked them how they were able to get hired at this great company and there is a common theme among all of them.  They got hired through referrals by people they met on software forums, software meetup groups, and technology conferences.  None of them had ever submitted resumes through HR.  Sending resumes to HR is a foreign concept to them.

OP's kid seems to fit that mold so he will have no problem getting a job after taking the gap year to travel and refuel himself.  [/quote]

That job market is over have you not been paying attention to tech?

Yes I’m sure OP done is familiar with Blind and Hacker News  :roll: [/quote]

You're such a fear monger.  I work in the tech sector and I think I know this space.  The tech sector is not as bad as you think it is.  In other words, recent grads are not going to get 150K salary with 50K signing bonus but there are plenty of  100K - 110K salary jobs.  In the cyber security tech sector, we're still hiring and still in very high demand.  In the DMV, there are plenty of tech job openings, especially in the gov. contractors space.[/quote]

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