Know what you're getting yourself into

Johnson181
Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:10:14 +0000

RaVn - very, very true. I just think it’s foolish to completely write-off a valid way to apply to positions when the OP currently has a very small network to work from.

TheFallenOne - here’s another source for you to “resume-bomb”: nationwide career fairs. I have a friend who attended one in her field in , all on her own (personal initiative) in California, and came back with a ton of new contacts and had 10 interviews set up within a week. It was really impressive, actually; apparently the people there loved the initiative she took and it grew her network massively. I have another friend who did something similar in the past few weeks, and has a handful of interviews right now.

Similarly, are you part of any groups that go in groups to nationwide career fairs? I know in engineering that both SWE and NSBE set up trips each year. Perhaps OBC/AKPsi/DSP have good resources for both career fairs/ job hunting as well?