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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid did get a NRIEP placement, which is the college SEAP program. It’s lab dependent on when the offer goes out.[/quote]

The timing might be more than lab-specific.  I have been on the hiring side of this in this past, but not now.

When I was on the hiring side, HR had a pool of resumes, sorted by the stated/planned major, and would announce that the pool was available to view at the HR office.  Each PI could choose to go up and look through the pool to see if any candidates seemed applicable to their project - over maybe a 2 month timefrane.  If a PI found someone suitable, they would tell HR and then HR would then make an offer to the student.

Tip for future applicants:  It is very important to have a section of the resume which lists specific skills, usually programming languages, operating systems, and applications, that one has experience with.  Many PIs are looking for someone who actually will contribute to their project, but obviously this varies from person to person.  Usually, the PIs do not expect a summer hire to bring big ideas, so they are looking for someone with (a) interests in their field and (b) who has at least some useful skills for their project.

A student who brings knowledge, skills, is cooperative, and is diligent often will get a job offer at graduation.  There are a bunch of different programs whereby the government will reimburse employees pursuing advanced degrees in their field.  The government  often also has the option to help pay down student loans as part of a new grad hiring package.

That list might include things such as: ArcGIS, ARM assembly, C programming, C++ programming, Debuggers (gdb, lldb), Fortran, MacOS, Mathematica, Matlab, MS-Visio, Python 3, R, Unix (Linux) including shell programming, and Xcode.  (One also should list SPSS and SAS, but R is gradually displacing both of those because R is both capable and no-cost.). One also ought to list networking skills such as understanding of NetConf, SNMP, TCP/IP, and Wireshark.[/quote]

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