Job Prospects

Treetopleaf
Sat, 31 May 2008 20:55:05 +0000

they both can’t say a bad thing about him or the company



That’s worth an awful lot. I’d take working for a good person over an extra 5K any day. And if this person would mentor you, teach you the ropes and ease your way, you’d be very much better off than the average new hire. It might facilitate your advancement. It almost certainly would give you better job assignments than the no-name new grad. No, these opportunities don’t appear to all, just to a very few.

Write to this person about the kind of work you’d be doing, to show interest and to learn more. Find out what a new grad will make, and enter into salary negotiations with that number in mind.