What Are You Doing Right Now? (458 Viewers)

[Nzoric]

everything's online these days, can't even get an interview!

I suppose it's got to do with my background and applying for something completely unrelated... I don't know. Sigh. My results aren't bad at all, I think Melb Uni is a good uni, I thought you could go anywhere with engineering... bahhhhh

that sucks =/ , i thought you could go anywhere with engineering too. which country do you call home these days?

 

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[Enron]

everything's online these days, can't even get an interview!

I suppose it's got to do with my background and applying for something completely unrelated... I don't know. Sigh. My results aren't bad at all, I think Melb Uni is a good uni, I thought you could go anywhere with engineering... bahhhhh

What are you applying for and how long have you been looking?

 

[Marty]

Almost 100k posts in this thread now biatches!

 

[Nzoric]

how will we celebrate?

my suggestion is alcohol and mocking hustini on skype.

 

[Enron]

Almost 100k posts in this thread now biatches!

How many did we have in the last one?

 

[sallyinzaghi]

@Nzoric (even worse, overseas graduates are supposedly 'highly sought after'.. bullshizzz)
@Gordon Bombay I'm applying for analysts/associates in business consulting firms (management consulting etc), I've graduated in Dec but only seriously applied since Feb (took a half month break in March). I realize that's a lot less than what other people have to go through (how long does it usually take anyway?) but it gets very frustrating not to be even called for an interview. My mates who have contacts get called and they did business (even if from less reputable uni), it sucks none of my parents know anyone in consulting too

 

[Enron]

@Nzoric (even worse, overseas graduates are supposedly 'highly sought after'.. bullshizzz)
@Gordon Bombay I'm applying for analysts/associates in business consulting firms (management consulting etc), I've graduated in Dec but only seriously applied since Feb (took a half month break in March). I realize that's a lot less than what other people have to go through (how long does it usually take anyway?) but it gets very frustrating not to be even called for an interview. My mates who have contacts get called and they did business (even if from less reputable uni), it sucks none of my parents know anyone in consulting too

You could try emailing people at firms you're interested in and see if they would give you a short phone call to discuss how to break into the industry. I've done a little bit of that.

 

[Lapa]

how will we celebrate?

my suggestion is alcohol and mocking hustini on skype.

Alcohol sounds pretty good, it could work.

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I've been trying to figure out what has happened during the last 4 days. Have this strange pic in my head where I'm kissing some random dude in a bar. I have no idea if it really happened. Sounds pretty fucked up to me.

 

[IrishZebra]

Top of the table bitches

 

[swag]

Not really, but these days it's more about being likable and meeting people than it is about knowing a lot and being able to do a job (that's part of it as well, but more emphasis seems to be one personality). With computers and technology employers want people who will add to a team and be self-motivated rather than paper pushers that clock in and clock out.

At least that's my take.

It's also about team fit, which you cannot get from a uni degree. Knowing that you can do the work is only part of the puzzle. The other questions are "Will they do the work?" (i.e., will they be career motivated to excel in it) and "Will they fit the culture of the team?"

Which is why who you know becomes very important, as those relationships are often gates for these other questions.

 

[Enron]

Top of the table bitches

Don't break it.

 

[IrishZebra]

No guarantees,

packing to head back to Wales.

 

[swag]

No guarantees,

packing to head back to Wales.

Be sure to wear protection.

 

[IrishZebra]

I usually do.

 

[Martin]

Be sure to wear protection.

From what?

 

[swag]

'Packing' has rather explicit connotations in my town.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Top of the table bitches

 

[swag]

Sheik and IZ
Sitting on top of the table:
F-A-P-P-I-N-G.

 

[Nzoric]

@Nzoric (even worse, overseas graduates are supposedly 'highly sought after'.. bullshizzz)

it sucks that your situation is like that, i know a few of my friends, they all graduated a few years back, 3 of them work at burger king and one of them in a library. political science majors all three of them

 

[Dostoevsky]

Headache for almost whole day It happens never to me, it's so goddamn annoying.