<p>Tons of companies recruit here, the career fair (they have two a year) and they have plenty of companies to choose from. I’d say you have a good shot at a job but I don’t know too well. If you want good employment right out of college my best advice would be to co-op. Its a five year program, you go to school one semester, work one semester, etc. You usually work with 1-2 different companies, some stay with the same company the whole time because of the money. You make about $12-20/hr to start depending on where you are working and experience. You’ll usually get a raise every semester you go back to that company. If you work outside of Atlanta most companies will find (and sometimes pay) for housing. It is a great program and GT is well known for it. They have good repoire with many companies as well. Often you can start working for the same company you co-oped for once you graduate. Companies love this because they can pay you much less than a real employee (but its still good money to me) and basically have a trained and ready employee once you graduate. A friend of mine (CS major) co-oped at Los Alamos National Lab and got a job there right out of undergrad making $80,000 because he had all the security taken care of, background checks, etc. GPA in major classes is somewhat important if you haven’t co-oped but its not going to hurt you too bad if it is still reasonable. </p>
<p>Here is a site about a few of the many companies that recruit GT grads heavily (Microsoft, MIT, HP, LSI).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.career.gatech.edu/employerprofile/view.php[/url]”>http://www.career.gatech.edu/employerprofile/view.php</a></p>
<p>And here is info about the co-op program. I highly recomend doing this, the money is good and the experience is great.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.profpractice.gatech.edu/employers/coop_degree.html[/url]”>http://www.profpractice.gatech.edu/employers/coop_degree.html</a></p>