<p>dwhite, Yay for your son!</p>
<p>Have him pass his karma on to mine.</p>
<p>eastcoast, wow! so happy for your son too.</p>
<p>woohoo, dwhite! Not sure how I missed this. Any news on job #2? (After ten months of nothing my son had two offers inside of a week, coincidentally about ten miles apart.)</p>
<p>And S1’s situation continues to drag on. He is returning to his job next week - still as an hourly employee. The full-time position is still in limbo. Latest I have heard from my son is that there is some office politics going on between his boss and the person who needs to prepare and submit the job description to HR - and my son is caught in the middle. He has found a place to stay for the summer - with a friend - nominal costs. Hoping he actually has the full-time position by mid-July. I think he is being used and taken advantage of - and he agrees - but this is where he wants to be and he loves what he is doing and it is the first rung on the ladder for his chosen career path - so he is going to stick with it. I do think he has learned quite a bit from this experience - as has S2.</p>
<p>Congrats to Dwhite’s S! Great news. Hang in there Rockville! At least your S is gaining experience and getting some sort of compensation. The “real” job will surely follow. If not with this company… then another. Fingers crossed!</p>
<p>My S started his internship, and has reported that the people are great, but they work they are giving him is rather boring. Maybe it will propel him to look for a full time position!</p>
<p>RVM…at least he is getting really strong relevant experience. Much better than sitting home and trying to figure out how to fill all of every day.</p>
<p>Tell him to keep his ears open and to network as much as possible while he continues to garner experience that will help him get the next step on his ladder, if this place should not work out over the long run.</p>
<p>Let’s hope some of the good job karma strikes for both of our sons.</p>
<p>Hopefully, your sons are actively networking on LinkedIn in addition to their other efforts. They should be following companies and individuals who interest them or could lead to something down the road. They should also join groups in their desired field as well as the group for their alumni association. Recruiters contact my sons daily as they ■■■■■ for new talent on LinkedIn.</p>
<p>Linkedin is a good suggestion. My S just got an email from someone he went to school with who he had done some design work for her club. She noticed on his Linkedin that he had experience in a certain type of design and she wanted to let him know that her company had an opening for a designer if he was interested. She also said she had a friend who worked at an ad agency who was looking for a designer. My S resisted getting a Linkedin account for the first 18 months he was out of school. He now knows that it is a valuable tool.
Good luck to all of the job hunters.</p>
<p>My son has been very active on Linked In and in various career related groups–he has had some nibbles but jobs in his desired field are ridiculously few and far between. He had an on-site interview (after two rounds of telephone interviews) for a dream job last week, and feels that it went well but that they are looking for a skill set he doesn’t have (e.g. he has not negotiated vendor contracts, which would be a part of his job). He is not getting his hopes up. He should hear about this job by the end of the week–prayers, good thoughts, and good karma appreciated!</p>
<p>Boysx3- don’t discount karma. They knew his experience and wanted to interview him on site. My oldest is 3 months into a new job that she would have not even applied for since she had none of the required skills. She applied for another position with the company.</p>
<p>RVM and boysx3 - Sending lots of good thoughts and karma your way!</p>
<p>S1 also used Linkedin, mostly for networking purposes. For example, if he sent his resume to a place of interest, he would search Linkedin to see if there were any connections, and if so, he would contact that person. He did get responses from some of the companies when he didn’t have a “contact” but the responses were far better when he actually had a real “contact”. </p>
<p>The other bit of advice he got was to contact a recruiter/head hunter. Luckily, we knew someone that works with the type of companies S1 was focused on. He was able to give S1 very helpful information and contact names and most importantly, help him try and narrow his search. He mostly places mid-level and up, but was happy to help him regardless. </p>
<p>Best of luck to all and keep us posted.</p>
<p>dwhite, thanks for the recruiter idea. I didn’t realize they would work with new graduates!</p>
<p>boysx3 - I had never thought a recruiter would work with new graduate either but it was a great thing. He told S1 that although they don’t always get paid for new graduate hires, they are always looking to keep their clients happy by providing them with young, talented, kids. He asked S1 to email him his resume, then he sent it off to the people he thought might be interested. </p>
<p>Because we knew him through friends, S1 felt comfortable contacting him. And I felt ok with it too, knowing he is very reputable. Hopefully, you know someone who can refer your son to one. Also, this guy was able to give S1 names of contacts in different cities, so even if your son wants to re-locate and you happen to know someone local, don’t hesitate to ask about that.</p>
<p>A sign of progress - the job that they have been promising S1 - is finally posted on their website! And it is only open until 7/3 afternoon - so it really does seem like they have some legal requirement to post it - but only for a very short time. However, in the job description, they call it similar to an internship - which gives me pause. I sure hope this is a paid position!</p>
<p>Did he get paid before?</p>
<p>Yes - but at an hourly rate - as a part-time student employee. I am expecting this to be more of an adult full-time salaried position - just wondering what that salary might be!</p>
<p>Could wind up being an adult hourly position instead of salaried. Hopefully the wage is decent.</p>
<p>Rvm-keeping my fingers crossed for a positive outcome for your son. Thanks for the update.</p>
<p>RVM: job posting deadline day-thinking about you… Now, not only do my own children’s issues wake me up at 5am, my cyber-friend’s kids are disrupting my beauty sleep!! :)</p>
<p>Hoping your S1 gets some kind of concrete positive news today. Wonder if they will tell him if anyone applied, or inquired about “his” position? Or if they will just make it official today or wait for the holiday to pass?</p>
<p>Wouldn’t that be the best kind of Independence Day for your son to land this position? Thinking of you.</p>
<p>Thanks for the support! I don’t think he will actually have positive confirmation that the job is officially his before next week. He applies, they do a background check, etc. I’d be thrilled if it was sooner, but it seems to be a very slow process. They have verbally told him a salary, not great, but decent, and it is a real salary, as opposed to an hourly wage. He may yet get to say, “Mom, I told you so!”</p>