Archive for September, 2010
Job vs. Grad School
If you read my last post I talked about how I was excited for a break in school work and to finally put some time into my job search. Well, as I should have known, that break in school work never came. 🙁 Because I don’t really have anything new to update you on about my job […]
Homecoming weekend and mounds of stuff to do.
Homecoming is this weekend. What are all of you doing? There are a bunch of events going on, for example theres the pep rally and then there’s something at the Goats Head. It should be a fun weekend, except I have tons and tons and tonssss of work to do. This week is my catch up week. […]
Midterms and Job Searching
Since the WPI Career Fair was just last week, I’m still thinking about jobs and what I want to do after graduation. I’ve looked into a few companies and even got an interview for October break!! I have a whole list of companies I want to look into and people I need to contact. Unfortunately […]
Job Search- Playing the probability game
Hey Guys, A lot of people ask me a common question, “How do I get a job?”. Whether it’s someone looking for an on-campus job or a professional internship, I give the same answer- it’s all about playing the probability game. My theory is simply, the more you apply, the more chances you will have at getting […]
Career Fair Aftermath
So I was actually pleasantly surprised by how well this Career Fair went for me. I’ve felt like in the past you’d talk to a company and they’d all have the same speech “I guess I can take your resume, but apply online and keep checking out website” and that was it. But this time […]
Career Fair…!
Hey all, I had the most exciting career fair yet on Wednesday. Though I spent only a couple of hours in the fair and talked to a few copmanies, I got good response from them. One of the most exciting things was getting called by Exxon at 10PM that night for an interview. I interview […]
Career ops mission: Fall Career Fair
The first career operations mission of junior year, code named Fall Career Fair will begin 15th September at thirteen hundred hours in Harrington Auditorium. I am armed with a page long resume which has been tested for accuracy at Resumazing this week. I have marked target companies and will being close combat for interviews in a […]
The Career Fair is September 15th!!
So it’s that time of year again and the Fall Career Fair is just around the corner. (It’s hard to believe that it’s less than a week away!) I feel like I’m just finally starting to settle back into the WPI routine and already I have to start thinking about what I want to do after graduation. Thinking […]
Preparing for the upcoming Career Fair.
As you all know, our annual Fall Career Fair is coming up next week on the 15th. This career fair is the biggest one that is held at WPI. The companies that come to these offer full-time, part-time, summer interships and co-op positions. So if you are interested in any of the things I mentioned […]
