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I wasn't sure if this was better suited for the college forum or not, but it seems to fit better here.
I'm thinking of tacking an extra semester onto my education for a few reasons, but this means I won't be done with school until December 2016, versus my current plan of graduating in May 2016.
One of my concerns is how this might affect my ability to get a job post-graduation. Is there a rush of entry-level labor hitting the market in May and June, and then a lack of openings come winter? Or is there not enough of a difference to worry about?
From my experience it doesn't matter at all. I also graduated around May of this year and I've had more interviews closer to December than I ever did back in May
It doesn't matter...if you are scheduled to graduate May 2016....begin looking for jobs December 2015/January of 2016
Other than time it doesn't cost anything to apply
guessing 85% of those new college hire jobs get filled up by May...remember its the early bird that gets the worm
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It's a wash. Many employees choose the summer to retire, in our case about a dozen since July, and it may be 2-3 months before a job opening is announced. For new positions many companies have a fiscal year starting 7/1 and cannot announce new positions until after that date. Our budget is being done now for calendar year 2015, so any new positions that get approved would be announced in January.
If you can't get a job consider consulting, or taking on a consulting position to get a full time job. It's what I did for 6 months and then got a full time job and started working permanently.
It doesn't matter...if you are scheduled to graduate May 2016....begin looking for jobs December 2015/January of 2016
Other than time it doesn't cost anything to apply
guessing 85% of those new college hire jobs get filled up by May...remember its the early bird that gets the worm
The only down side is that some places (I wouldn't say all or most) do want you to start and interview right away. I would still look at jobs at career fairs or career fairs on campus but don't get serious until the final semester because some think you maybe be looking now, not a month or semester from now. More: by now, I mean the time you apply.
Probably every field will have a bunch of EL jobs starting in May or June, but in some fields it's worse than others. If you're graduating in December, you may face a couple issues:
(1) If you apply early like September or whenever, companies may not want to wait 3 months for you to start if it's not one of those jobs specifically for someone graduating in May when they expect to wait a long time.
(2) If you're applying pretty close to graduation, you'll have to deal with a lot of hiring delays from mid-late November to early January because of the holidays.
That said, a pretty good portion of my interviews last year came a week or two before people take off for Christmas. So you may not be working right away, but you at least have a shot at interviews.
If you can't get a job consider consulting, or taking on a consulting position to get a full time job. It's what I did for 6 months and then got a full time job and started working permanently.
Not a bad idea. My major subject might not be given to that kind of work, but I'm getting some basic graphic design done and will also be picking up a minor in geospatial analysis, so hopefully that will help to fill in some gaps.
I often confuse the word consulting with contracting, my apologies. Again, consider contract based work for 6 months and then getting a full time position after that work. I received around $20,000 increase in 1.25 years going this route from where I started right after college. And for those who just want to know how low it was in the beginning I'll just I currently earn above 64k.
One of the best decisions I have made my entire life, especially considering my age.
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