My son had an internship and at the end they didn’t offer him the job. A little disappointing, however in the spring they contacted him to see if he’d be back in the area and interested. Apparently the person doing the offering (a tech guy) didn’t really get the process, which I could see as I read the email chain.
I would absolutely ask if there was an opportunity for him after graduation.
@bgbg4us We recommended to our kiddo to ask for letters of recommendation prior to end of internship or any offers. (Not sure if that happened). I would not necessarily ask Why as to no offer but I would recommend letting them know that you would be very interested in applying should a job opportunity become available. That might trigger the conversation as to why.
My kid’s school had fairly strict rules for students and companies. Both of them need to adhere certain ground rules when applying/recruiting/offering/accepting job, if they used the school’s career center. As an example, my kid agreed not to accept another position after she accepted an offer, and the company had to give her X amount of time to make a decision. The companies were also restricted from taking students off campus before certain date in order to allow other companies to have equal opportunity to interview candidates.
I would check with your school career center’s policies.
Where my daughter works, last summer they made offers to interns for after graduation with the conditions that they had x months to agree to the position and if they agreed by an specified earlier date they got a hiring bonus.
One more thought. Very often these offers are not for the same job that the intern did over the summer. Areas that use interns don’t necessarily have full-time positions to fill and some intern programs are not area specific. If you get an offer after an internship, explore the offer like any other - find out who you will be working for, what the job will be, etc.
Civil and architectural engineering double major DD got hired with Dept of Transportation in our state, rating and inspecting bridges. She loves bridges - was in highly selective bridge building class and also was on the school’s competition team. Good salary and benefits.
Was also vying for other jobs which were out of state and with private industry that paid more. She had experience. One job wanted her to fly out to interview a day before her last final and two days before graduation (so it was an impossible time) - lined up a Skype interview, but Skype had technical issues and didn’t work and it was a phone interview. The mistake she/we made was suggesting the Skype interview instead of suggesting an alternative week for them to select an interview date. The goal is to get the in person interview.
In a few years she can see where her personal life and her professional life will take her. In the interim, she is comfortable in the city she will be working from, and has connections with friends and family in-state. She already has some vacation plans with one very good friend that is in a neighboring state - including using vacation time to go to Spain where the friend spent a college semester study abroad.
She was greatly relieved to have a ‘plan’ in place. The person who hired her graduated from her school 5 years ago and just became a P.E. (one part of testing is done at graduation, and after 4 years experience, take the next part of the testing).
A friend went with her and selected an apt (which she saw on-line and it was her first choice). We are helping her move and she has a work start date in a week.
After her info was in the DOT system, she was contacted about a date and time to ‘see the dept’ - it turns out another manager wanted to interview her - she was confused by the contact and checked with her boss. She declined the other interview.
What was good was her boss lined up her interview on campus and sought her out. Nice that he is also an alum.
It turns out DD1 returns to work from maternity leave on the same date as DD2’s first day of work. A big day for our family!