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Absolutely. Go to India, China or Russia, and tell people there you will work for 1/3 of what a US-based employee would accept, they will hire you as an H1-B and send you right over.
I agree that doing an internship could be the best solution.
You can check NewYork.Epliwa.com, there are thousand of internships in IT available in NYC.
Most schools do not hep recent grads and most career services suck anyway according to surveys completed by students. Like my University, all they ask for is money as soon as you graduate and most of their attention is for the current roster of students. Not to mention, the people who work in career services are there by situation and not choice. You ask them their background it is usually something non-related to your major. Clearly that is a problem. How can these Universities fill career services with people who not only want to work their, but is also not at all passionate or involved in the students' interested profession?
While most alumni have access, what that means is you have access to job postings. The career center itself is a joke and that mismatch described above is why. From what I've seen, most colleges just forget about recent grads all together. Their is no assistance other than prep interviews and yeah prep interviews.
Many colleges don't have career fairs for recent grads.
Many colleges don't have career programs period
Many colleges don't have job postings, but rather internships.
Many colleges STILL rely on the old mentality that internships will transition into jobs.
Many colleges do not filter postings which is shocking.
Many colleges reduce help offered after graduation
For example, last bullet point. I explained how my career center sucked ass well here is the kicker. Depending on which school you went...obviously we were provided with professional programs. I participated in something like a mentor program. That is the stuff that recent grads need the most right now. They need inside tips from real life professionals with numerous connections. The guy I was assigned to was a headhunter so lucky me. As soon as I graduated, nope not aloud to participate in that program anymore. Now I could still meet my mentor you know via email, cafe, whatever, but yep only him. I could not walk into my University, attend events, or sign up with another mentor. That is the other side not revealed in the numerous articles. Most students know the career center sucks since they place emphasis on internships and not jobs. The programs that your school provides tend to be better, however as soon as you graduate you get cut off since obviously you are no longer paying for it and those services are not part of career services.
I think this POV is a bit slanted and experience of how good or bad a school's service center is are based on the school. My school had pretty good career services albeit most of that was geared at getting you a job before you graduated (which they are very good at doing).
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