Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 08:58     Subject: Re:2024 grads- job placement
Some university parents seem shy. DC graduated this year from Harvard in econ and went straight into a think tank as a research associate, definitely wouldn't have been achievable without the alumni network.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 08:55     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Math major from top ten university. No job. Mistake was not doing internships. Only research. Looking at grad school for computer science.


Research is good for grad school . Internships better for jobs.


100% accurate.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 08:46     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.


Fascinating. SLAC again


No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 08:41     Subject: Re:2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:DD '24 graduated from HYP with a physics major and...is currently teaching at a boarding school, because she couldn't find work. 4.0 with a lot of research and tech skills but just couldn't get anything. Most of her friends are off to med school or fellowships, so she's feeling a bit distraught. I feel horrible and like I failed to support, but I know she'll figure it out.


DS ‘24 graduated with chem degree and will be teaching hs chemistry at a private school (while getting a paid-for masters from Penn) and I am exceptionally proud. This was his ( and my) first choice! More smart people should go into education
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 08:37     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.


Fascinating. SLAC again
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 08:35     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This thread is discouraging! Don't really understand why entry level market is so tough when unemployment is low.

Unemployment has always been low in my life when people desperately need to work to survive, not because the market is any good. Nowadays for an entry level job, it is not uncommon to fight against 1000 other applicants, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to stand out with the insane amount of early career training and work that students are taking up. I was saddened, but not surprised, to hear that all of DC's freshman friend group has internships this summer, and DC was stressed throughout the entire year trying to get a job.


this doesn't make sense. people always need to work to survive. i wonder if fewer people are retiring due to inflation so perhaps causing a bottleneck in the hiring chain.


AI.
We need less workers at the bottom. The pyramid has changed.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 08:34     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.


This is why blackrock and others have said they are looking for humanities majors.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 08:11     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This thread is discouraging! Don't really understand why entry level market is so tough when unemployment is low.

Unemployment has always been low in my life when people desperately need to work to survive, not because the market is any good. Nowadays for an entry level job, it is not uncommon to fight against 1000 other applicants, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to stand out with the insane amount of early career training and work that students are taking up. I was saddened, but not surprised, to hear that all of DC's freshman friend group has internships this summer, and DC was stressed throughout the entire year trying to get a job.


this doesn't make sense. people always need to work to survive. i wonder if fewer people are retiring due to inflation so perhaps causing a bottleneck in the hiring chain.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 08:01     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
The CS folks should consider heading out to SF. My kid had multiple offers from AI companies…and says firms are poaching employees like crazy. ML background.

Also, surprisingly cheap to rent in SF proper…much cheaper than renting in Palo Alto or Mountain View (all the AI companies are in SF proper so not an issue).
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 07:26     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:This thread is discouraging! Don't really understand why entry level market is so tough when unemployment is low.

Unemployment has always been low in my life when people desperately need to work to survive, not because the market is any good. Nowadays for an entry level job, it is not uncommon to fight against 1000 other applicants, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to stand out with the insane amount of early career training and work that students are taking up. I was saddened, but not surprised, to hear that all of DC's freshman friend group has internships this summer, and DC was stressed throughout the entire year trying to get a job.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 06:53     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 06:49     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
This thread is discouraging! Don't really understand why entry level market is so tough when unemployment is low.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 01:49     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In this climate, the benefits of a school with a very loyal alumni base become very evident. Probably seeing a Princeton or Duke degree paying off for that reason alone right now.

there's someone on this thread with an HYP grad in education work, so not sure how great those alumni are helping.


I was below poster after this post. Kid had senior member of congressional office as alum. Didn't help.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 01:48     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Ivy, perfect grades gap year before law school. Founded group at College. Two Congressional internships, think tank intern, and advocacy group intern. Looking for public policy obviously. Rejected from congressional staff he worked for (was in final 3--tough decision etc.). Rejected today from political group. Has one more think tank (highly prestigious) left. Hoping and praying. Seems bad out there.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2024 00:23     Subject: 2024 grads- job placement
Anonymous wrote:In this climate, the benefits of a school with a very loyal alumni base become very evident. Probably seeing a Princeton or Duke degree paying off for that reason alone right now.

there's someone on this thread with an HYP grad in education work, so not sure how great those alumni are helping.