...after graduation? I am starting the process of sending out resumes since I'm finishing grad school soon...and I'm being optimistic about getting a job, but I am curious to see how long it took others.

10/8/2005 9:53:09 AM

actually I was hired by the only organization I applied with...I took a chance, I know, but it worked in my favor.

the hiring process took 6 months, and I probably should mention that I DID complete an internship about a year prior to applying (and graduating)

I've been happily employed in my dream job for the last year and some change

10/8/2005 10:12:45 AM

I would have had a job before I graduated college, but Wake County screwed up my paperwork(said I hadn't turned in a paper even though I did). So I went home for part of the summer, and got a job in Wilson County.

The next summer though I made sure I taught in Wake County and got a job really quickly.

Two years later I am here in Guilford County. I actually had calls from 21 schools from Orange, Durham, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Guilford, and Alamance wanting me.

I guess it all depends on what you are graduating in. Education is easy to find a job.

10/8/2005 10:36:23 AM

graduated in May, started late Sept. which was nice because I had the whole summer to be a bum

10/8/2005 11:16:03 AM

It took me 3 months to get a job after I graduated.

10/8/2005 12:53:13 PM

~2 months

10/8/2005 3:12:02 PM

if i get this job next week, 2 months

10/8/2005 5:22:34 PM

had my interview in july '04 - offer in august '04 - accepted in September '04 - graduated in dec '04

i worked for them full/part time jan '03 -> aug '04 but my job was a completely different department/division and the interview didn't come from the group i was working with - if you aren't networking in college and expect to be handed a job don't be suprised

10/8/2005 5:51:38 PM

Do you mean a "real" job, or a job that was just getting you by?
I graduated in '02. I had jobs just getting me by right after I graduated. My "real" job technically didn't start until August of this year. But I had been training since May '03 until June '05.

10/8/2005 6:09:57 PM

2.5-3 months for a real job

10/8/2005 7:05:42 PM

got my offer about two weeks before graduation

10/8/2005 7:39:16 PM

not sure if your comment was directed at me or not feverred - but yes "real" job

10/8/2005 8:18:23 PM

i graduated last may

still haven't attained a real job

but i'm making ends meet

10/8/2005 8:31:25 PM

about 2 weeks. It was the first "grown up" interview I ever went on!

10/8/2005 8:58:36 PM

My comment was directed at the thread in general.

10/8/2005 11:59:41 PM

received an offer and accepted it a month before graduating

[Edited on October 9, 2005 at 8:03 AM. Reason : .]

10/9/2005 7:52:32 AM

i fucked up my opportunity wih my dream job

10/9/2005 5:14:56 PM

i have my first interview for a real job this thursday. i'm nervous as crap. it's w/ petsmart for their management trainee program.

other than that i don't know where to go. i want to move back home b/c i like being around my family and my bf is just moved there and started work sept 1st. rocky mount doesn't exactly have a large pet industry though.

if anybody knows of anywhere in rm that i should even halfway consider applying to, let me know please. i'll have a BS in animal science this december and i want to work in the pet supply/training/boarding business.

i'm worried

10/10/2005 11:24:33 AM

i got 2 offers about 2 weeks before graduating.

10/10/2005 11:29:52 AM

Got an offer a week before graduation, turned it down at the last minute and it took me 3 more months after that to find a real job.

10/10/2005 12:01:25 PM

I graduated in May, and was working on June 6th. I went to the interview, and had the offer next day.

10/10/2005 12:06:00 PM

I got my job offer 2 weeks after graduation...

10/10/2005 2:51:44 PM

i had a job the day i graduated. it helped that i had already been working for them for 3 years

10/10/2005 4:09:04 PM

got a job a week before finals, started day after my last final. still looking for a job that I like.

10/10/2005 5:27:25 PM

I was interning at the company im working with my last semester

the summer after graduation, they picked me up fulltime

10/10/2005 10:34:21 PM

Had 2 offers 2 weeks before graduation, signed my offer letter shortly after that

10/11/2005 9:45:51 AM

applied oct. 02
interviewed late nov. 02
received offer jan. 03
accepted feb. 03
graduated may 03

10/11/2005 11:40:42 AM

i had a job before i graduated.

10/12/2005 5:24:34 PM

^ same

10/12/2005 7:40:57 PM

signed letter of intent in march of my grad school year, but got that particular offer in january

11/5/2005 9:52:39 AM

started applying Feb '04
started interviewing Apr '04
graduated May '04
accepted offer June '04
started July '04

11/6/2005 12:41:52 PM

job?

11/7/2005 1:42:27 PM

got my offer mid may...moved to St. Louis in late May...stated working mid. June..

11/7/2005 4:42:06 PM

I grad in December - sign this week for the job (in Charlotte though - not NCSU)

11/7/2005 8:23:25 PM

7-8 months

but at least i am finally employed with a decent engineering job

11/8/2005 1:36:14 AM

got my first real job about 3 months after graduating

hated it, and quit after 6 months

[Edited on November 8, 2005 at 10:09 AM. Reason : w]

11/8/2005 10:08:54 AM

I started the Monday after graduation.

11/8/2005 10:58:42 AM

Got hired before graduation.

11/8/2005 11:08:52 AM

I had a job about 1-1/2 months before I graduated, in that time I was working part time until classes were over

11/10/2005 9:55:27 AM

I was hired before Graduation.

11/10/2005 10:59:13 PM

3 months, and my first job sucked

11/11/2005 8:49:15 PM

I was offered a job before graduation from a summer internship...

11/19/2005 7:40:59 AM

5 months but I was only looking at Charlotte

11/20/2005 9:09:34 AM

I graduated in May 2003 and started work at the end of June 2003... got lucky and got a job after only sending out four resumes. Now, I've graduated with my masters' back in June, and haven't found a job yet after moving to Houston at the beginning of October. The job market here is really competitive because of the influx of people into the area from Katrina and Rita.

11/24/2005 5:35:10 AM

9 months but the time off was worth it

11/24/2005 11:22:10 AM

i rode out the rest of my lease working a bullshit job till august came, then it took me 2 weeks to get a job that lasted 3 months, now im looking for a job again.

11/24/2005 4:42:25 PM

Ok, I'm replying to my own thread...
it's two weeks before graduation, and I've been contacted by a place that I figured was a long shot, b/c it's probably the best job I applied to....applied Friday, heard from them today (Monday)...
spent about 30 minutes on the phone with the guy...
wish me luck!

12/5/2005 8:05:49 PM

using connections, it took a week to get flown up for an on-site interview, which was the easiest, but longest interview process ever. There was no phone interview before the onsite, either!

searched for about a month before talking to connection

Connections are the key.

[Edited on December 5, 2005 at 8:20 PM. Reason : gh]

12/5/2005 8:19:29 PM

Ok...I just got a job.
So...a little over a week and a half before graduation, I got an offer...to answer my own question.

And I start training the day after graduation.

[Edited on December 6, 2005 at 11:30 AM. Reason : ,]

12/6/2005 11:28:51 AM

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12/6/2005 3:49:59 PM