How does a college student prepare finding a job?

DadTwoGirls
Wed, 11 Jan 2023 17:29:23 +0000

blossom:

Does not need to be an internship with a fancy title. It can be a plain vanilla job.

Very true. I have seen students just in my family have a wide variety of coops, internships, part time jobs, summer jobs, and research experience (sometimes for example there are ways to count a research effort as an upper level course while you are in university, gaining academic credit). In some cases I knew what a daughter was doing, but did not know whether it was a coop or an internship or a part time job (nor am I quite clear on what the difference is). The experience was valuable however it was obtained. Some of it was as “fancy” as cleaning up after cows, but this was still of some value.

Even something like a job as a waiter or waitress or scooping ice cream in a cafeteria has some value. For example this shows the ability to show up on time and be responsible at work. It also shows the ability to work with the public (who are usually pleasant, but not always). Working with the public is useful in a wide variety of jobs.

Also, if a student gets to the point of being a senior in university with no work experience (and no internship or research or coop experience) all is not lost. You get whatever job is available after graduation, gain experience, and work your way up.