Current Events > How soon after college did you get a job?

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Although I applied to a few jobs, I was mostly thrilled after graduation at the prospect of having entire days free to focus on drawing and reading. I ended up being employed a little over a month later.
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had a job offer after I got awarded my degree but before the graduation ceremony
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I interned for about 6 months. I was hired full time after I graduated. I did take 2 weeks off to go to Europe though
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Graduated in December and I had an internship that I was still working even after graduating that lasted until April.

Then got accepted for a full time job somewhere in I think early July.

Started the job in August
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lol i dropped out of college to go work at my current job
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about 6 months.

And this was in 2008/2009 just after the market crash
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Had a job about 2 months before graduation
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Took like 2 months
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graduated in may 2016

started applying for jobs in june

accepted a job offer in june
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5 months and it was hell

I applied late though. Like two weeks before leaving school
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What majors yall in
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I dropped out of college for a job.
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Two months.

graduated in may, got a job in august but didnt start until october
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3 months. Very depressed during that time.
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I already had a job and I had progressed too far in a different field to ever get much use out of my Bachelor's and Master's.
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I got a job immediately after college but it was a shitty liquor store job. I made the most of it and ended up managing three stores, but the pay ceiling was pretty low. I was only making about $15. My plan was to get on board with a distributor as a salesman, but an opportunity to put my construction skills to work in structural mechanics popped up and I've been doing that ever since.

My university still calls me up asking for alumni donations. My answer is the same every time. "I'll come deliver the first dollar I ever make with that university degree in person."
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2 months
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I had a tentative offer letter about a month after graduation, then another couple of months of background check, doctor visit, etc. before I started
all in all about 5 months which was perfect since it meant I was able to enjoy my "last" summer
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Worked part time (as a city employed security guard lol) through undergrad and masters.

Got a job in my career immediately upon the completion of my masters
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r4X0r posted...

I got a job immediately after college but it was a shitty liquor store job. I made the most of it and ended up managing three stores, but the pay ceiling was pretty low. I was only making about $15. My plan was to get on board with a distributor as a salesman, but an opportunity to put my construction skills to work in structural mechanics popped up and I've been doing that ever since.

My university still calls me up asking for alumni donations. My answer is the same every time. "I'll come deliver the first dollar I ever make with that university degree in person."

You're from NJ right? Did you go to Rutgers?

Sucks that your story is so common in NY and NJ. It's now going to get worst in NY because free college further devalues my degrees and increases the tax burden. Fucking shit state. At least NJ is trying to legalize weed.
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took five months, then two offers at the same time which i pit against one another.
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Darkman124 posted...

took five months, then two offers at the same time which i pit against one another.

This exactly

Both were in the DMV tho
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DoctorVader posted...

r4X0r posted...

I got a job immediately after college but it was a shitty liquor store job. I made the most of it and ended up managing three stores, but the pay ceiling was pretty low. I was only making about $15. My plan was to get on board with a distributor as a salesman, but an opportunity to put my construction skills to work in structural mechanics popped up and I've been doing that ever since.

My university still calls me up asking for alumni donations. My answer is the same every time. "I'll come deliver the first dollar I ever make with that university degree in person."

You're from NJ right? Did you go to Rutgers?

Sucks that your story is so common in NY and NJ. It's now going to get worst in NY because free college further devalues my degrees and increases the tax burden. Fucking shit state. At least NJ is trying to legalize weed.

Close, I went to Montclair State University. I'm also a bit older than most here, I graduated in 2008 which was an absolute shit time for recent college grads. The recession had just decimated the job market and the demand for a 22 year old with a degree was basically nill. So I ended up with a shit job, but a shit job is better than no job.
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MacadamianNut3 posted...

Darkman124 posted...

took five months, then two offers at the same time which i pit against one another.

This exactly

Both were in the DMV tho

in my case, one was govt and one was a university-affiliated research center

so there was not a lot of leverage to be had; when i told the UARC what my govt offer was (+ padding) they laughed at me and said 'our offer will be higher'
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r4X0r posted...

Close, I went to Montclair State University. I'm also a bit older than most here, I graduated in 2008 which was an absolute shit time for recent college grads. The recession had just decimated the job market and the demand for a 22 year old with a degree was basically nill. So I ended up with a shit job, but a shit job is better than no job.

Yeah, I think we're the same age. I'm 31. People suffered back then and now my younger family and the families of friends are going through similar shit. It never really got better tbh. Many left the state and are now situated far and wide.
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DoctorVader posted...

r4X0r posted...

Close, I went to Montclair State University. I'm also a bit older than most here, I graduated in 2008 which was an absolute shit time for recent college grads. The recession had just decimated the job market and the demand for a 22 year old with a degree was basically nill. So I ended up with a shit job, but a shit job is better than no job.

Yeah, I think we're the same age. I'm 31. People suffered back then and now my younger family and the families of friends are going through similar shit. It never really got better tbh. Many left the state and are now situated far and wide.

i graduated undergrad at the same time, and found the decision to go to grad school a very easy one

esp considering i was able to swing a fellowship, so it paid better than the actual jobs i could have gotten
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After undergrad I didn't really have a legit job for a year. But I was also just a bum not really looking because I knew I was going back to grad school.

At grad school I actually had a job offer, several, before graduating and I still haven't actually finished my thesis.

4 months.
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DoctorVader posted...

r4X0r posted...

Close, I went to Montclair State University. I'm also a bit older than most here, I graduated in 2008 which was an absolute shit time for recent college grads. The recession had just decimated the job market and the demand for a 22 year old with a degree was basically nill. So I ended up with a shit job, but a shit job is better than no job.

Yeah, I think we're the same age. I'm 31. People suffered back then and now my younger family and the families of friends are going through similar shit. It never really got better tbh. Many left the state and are now situated far and wide.

Two thirds of the people I associated with in my early 20s no longer live in New Jersey in my early 30s, and the ones that are still here either inherited houses or work for the government on some level- because if you live in the state of New Jersey and DON'T work for the government, frankly you're a huge sucker. Your family is coughing up ~$10,000 every year in property taxes to fund other people's retirements. I'm probably going to be in eastern Texas before 2019 rolls around.
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Had a job while in college. And i hated college so i dropped out
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Landed the position in spring of my senior year, started ~ 2 weeks after graduation, and still here after about 2 1/2 years.
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Started interning and was later hired a full year and a half before I graduated. Turns out the degree wasn't even a requirement...
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Im curious what major you guys went
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SONIC_305 posted...

Im curious what major you guys went

I was going for Computer Networking

but i wasn't doing the homework and i was failing classes
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Graduated in May 2009 with my Bach in CS. Got a job in May 2010. Probably would have gotten one sooner if I relocated instead of only looking in my small country town.
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undergrad -- like 6 months
grad -- 2 days after I graduated
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I got suckered in to a bad job the same week I graduated after having applied that spring. I jumped around jobs for years and didn't get what I consider to be my first real job until three years after graduating.
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Looking at a calendar and trying to remember back:
Graduated Dec. 16, 2004
Had 3 job offers upon graduation. Job offer I accepted I received Jan. 7, 2005.
Start date was February 25, 2005 because of drug tests, background check, interim security clearances, etc.
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