<p>Still waiting here. S1 has had several “great” interviews (according to him) but so far, nothing has come through. He has a couple more in the next several weeks, so we continue to hope for good news.</p>
<p>He is feeling a quite stressed by all of this - he is convinced he is the only person graduating without a job. I think a lot of his angst is anger that he let himself get in this position. As discussed earlier in this thread, he was “promised” a job back in the fall with the company where he has interned for 3 years. He “rested on his laurels” and when that job fell through, he had to start this process a few months ago - late in the game. </p>
<p>My son has had 3 phone interviews and 1 skype interview with one company and they’re flying him out to interview in person this week. He’s scheduled for a 4-1/2 hour interview. He’s not sure who else he hasn’t talked to yet, but we’re keeping our fingers (and toes) crossed! He also had been promised a job with a company that he interned with last summer that didn’t materialize. Roll with the punches.</p>
<p>My husband and I are going to his graduation in 1-1/2 weeks and help him move his stuff out and drive his car back home – 14 hours away. At least that’s the plan for today. Who knows what the plan is for tomorrow?</p>
<p>dwhite - he is still waiting. Much like your son’s experience - he has been promised a job - but no written offer in hand as of yet. He has worked for them for 3+ years - all through college. As recently as this week - more assurances that it will happen - July 1 start date - so, we shall see. I accept his position. He is not going to lift a finger to look for another job, as he is fairly confident this will come through. If it does, great. If it falls through, he will have learned a valuable lesson and he will start his job search from square one.</p>
<p>Many of his friends do not have jobs. So at least he does not feel like the only one in limbo. He is coming home at the beginning of June. If he gets the offer, he’ll move back and rent an apartment. If not, he’ll be at home. So, at least he has more of a plan than he did a few weks ago. I’m not thrilled with the situation, but if what he says is accurate, it does sound like this job will come through. In any case, we will know one way or another in the next few weeks.</p>
<p>I felt this crazy last year. As I said before D got the written offer the Friday before graduation and they wanted her to start 10 days after that. We were all stressed and maybe not the best company lol! Here’s hoping those offers get written! D knew that this company wanted her and they kept calling her back for interviews but they had been in a hiring freeze and getting approval was not easy.</p>
<p>We were also 14 hours from her school. Made things even more stressful because we weren’t sure where we were going to move her stuff.</p>
<p>Rvm-your son’s situation sounds promising and a July 1 start date is actually nice. He can come home, unload his college stuff, relax a bit and then head off. Perfect. </p>
<p>Here’s to hoping it works out for him- Sending positive vibes your way.</p>
<p>One co-worker’s son found a pretty good job - Ivy Engineering Graduate was looking but didn’t find something until he heard from a company a few weeks ago and secured a job though not in his major area. Another son graduated in 2012 and tried a semester at grad school and it isn’t working out so well. This guy is also an engineering graduate, good GPA from a good school (a notch below MIT). I don’t think that either kids or parents expected the job hunt to be this hard. I’ve heard of some kids at Northeastern that are having a hard time landing coops too.</p>
<p>The unemployment report ticked down to 7.5% in yesterday’s Labor Department report. The number of new jobs being created is in the “muddle-through” economy levels. They are not terrible and they are not good. If you’re looking for a job, they may very well feel terrible. Some web surveys that I’ve seen have people voting that it’s very, very hard finding jobs. I’m in a part of the country where unemployment is lower than the national average so it doesn’t feel that bad here.</p>
<p>DS has an interview today so, fingers crossed! The job would be in radio and he wants to work in TV, but…at least its a job. His question is, do I take the job even though I don’t really want to work in radio, or do I pass it up and wait for something in TV? I said take the job, gain the experience, then move.</p>
<p>reading along and empathizing with all of you. S2 and S3 both graduate next week…no firm job offers yet, but both seem to have promising irons in the fire so keeping all digits crossed.</p>
<p>Sending good vibes to all the job seekers…and their stressed out parents.</p>
<p>Looking at this thread stressed me out. Our senior D has been looking for a job since the end of Fall quarter. She sent out over 50 resumes/ applications through her career center. Has had dozens of phone interviews. She came home at spring break and had six phone interviews with the last two possibilities. One assigned her a project that was data analysis and a presentation based on the conclusions. Had two more phone interviews and then they did four face to face interviews. They checked her references and then made her wait another week. She was on a layover on her way to Las Vegas when the offer came. Apparently she freaked out, meaning there were tears and jumping for joy. They had her start last Friday even though graduation isn’t until mid-June. They want her to hit the ground running at the end of June so she’ll be going in one afternoon a week. This is her dream job. She is working for a tech company in SF. </p>
<p>Good luck to those still looking. I will think positive thoughts!!</p>
<p>Wow! What a crazy process. This makes me more sympathetic to my son’s choice to wait for the one offer he believes is coming. I’m really glad it worked out for your D - it sounds like the post-college job hunt is a lot more intense than it was back in my day.</p>
<p>This week means today or tomorrow-right?? Hoping, praying, etc for him and you!!</p>
<p>No real news here. S1 is waiting to hear back from 2 places “soon” so I’m also in waiting mode. He is sending out more resumes and is following up on some leads. Hoping for some positive news soon.</p>
<p>S1 has worked part-time and summers for the same entity all through college and they have promised him a job after graduation. So, now it is one week after graduation and he is still working for them, but at his previous hourly rate. They are telling him that they are creating a new full-time position, and it will be his. Flattering, I suppose. But the new position is progressing slowly. Now it has to make its way through HR, be posted for a week on the website, and then S1 has to go through the formality of applying for the job, undergoing a background check and a drug test. He’s royally ****ed that all this is just being explained to him now.</p>
<p>Complicating matters further, he is essentially homeless. He had to vacate the large apartment he shared with two roommates yesterday. He can’t rent his own apartment without an offer letter or two paystubs from the new full-time job, which he does not have yet. He thought he was going to receive the actual offer letter yesterday, but what they gave him just said that he will be employed by them - without stating a salary or position. I am not comfortable co-signing a lease for him until the job is 100% his. I have asked him to find something to sublet for the next few weeks.</p>
<p>He is coming home for a week, and then returning to this job, assuming he finds a temporary place to stay. I have the sense that it will work out eventually, but I am not happy with how this story is unfolding.</p>
<p>Any thoughts? Since he is my eldest, I have not experienced anything like this before. Does this sound reasonable? I don’t know whether to advise him to stay the course or to start looking at other options.</p>
<p>Aaargh! I think the hard part is that you will need to step back and let your son make his own decisions, right or wrong. He’s forged his own relationship with a company that seems to have a lot of red tape – he may need to be more assertive with them, explaining his housing situation. But it also kind of depends on how much he wants to keep working for the same entity. Is there a lot of positive feeling there? or is this just his fall back because he hasn’t been able to find something better?</p>
<p>I don’t know whether this helps or not, but I never cosigned a lease for either of my kids post-college. I let them work all of that out for themselves. Both generally sublet rooms in shared housing, often found via Craigslist, until they had a solid work history and were able to afford to rent apartments on their own. </p>
<p>I think you are right that there is no guarantee for your son of this job. If they have to post for a week before giving the job to him, and HR is involved – there is always the possibility of someone else being given that position. (I have seen it happen). But this may be a life lesson your son has to learn for himself --and the odds probably are that he will get the position. But I agree that he shouldn’t be signing any leases.</p>
<p>He loves what he is doing - this job is the first rung on his chosen career ladder, and he really likes his boss. He likes that he is remaining in the town where he attended college and has many friends. So, there are numerous positives. My biggest issue with this whole situation is that he has not looked for any other job, because of this job that has been promised to him for months. But this promised job continues to dangle just out of reach. I do think this is turning into quite the learning experience. S2 is certainly taking note!</p>
<p>I have been watching for your post. No advice, but fingers crossed that this works out. My S2 was similarly not interested in having too many (usually more than one ;)) irons in the fire.</p>
<p>Where I work, this means that they already have someone for the job and there’s just some legal requirement to post the requisition. Not sure if this is H1-B related.</p>
<p>Ok - that’s interesting. He just found out about the job needing to be posted on the website for a week yesterday, and we had no idea what to make of that step. So, hopefully that is just a legal formality.</p>