[TriLUG] OT: Help in finding companies hiring new Comp Sci Grads

Scott Lambdin lopaki at gmail.com
Wed Nov 4 11:49:34 EST 2009


EMC is supposed to be hiring people soon.  Storage device companies are
actually more software than hardware these days.  Well, EMC and Netapp.

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote:

> When I got my first real engineering job, I had made the mistake of
> sending out bunches of resumes.
>
> Then, I figured out what I wanted to do, who does what I wanted to do
> and made a short list of the companies that are the best at what I
> wanted to do. Then, I made calls to find out who I needed to meet. It
> boiled down to offers from 2 companies after working the 20 prospects
> hard.
>
> My feeling as both a former employee and now a employer is that
> companies do not want people looking for jobs. Companies want people
> that want to do what they do.
>
> Hth,
>
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Dan Weber
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:36 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: [TriLUG] OT: Help in finding companies hiring new Comp Sci
> Grads
>
> I am currently a student at the University of Utah and will be
> graduating in
> May with a BS in Computer Science.  I am looking for a position in the
> computer science field in the Raleigh Durham area.  As my family and I
> are
> not currently living in the area I am finding it difficult to find
> companies
> in the area that are hiring.  When searching for summer internships over
> the
> past couple of years I have found that one of the biggest hurdles was
> being
> able to find a company looking to hire interns with a limited skill set.
> I
> feel it is safe to assume that this issue will also come up while
> looking
> for a full time, permanent, software development position.
>
> I am hoping that there is someone out there that will be able to point
> me in
> a direction as far as companies in the RDU area that are looking to hire
> new
> CS graduates this upcoming May.  I am going to be out there the week of
> February 3rd for the NCSU career fair, in order to help me find a
> position.
> That is part of why I am asking for assistance now.  I am hoping to try
> to
> set up face to face meetings with my potential employers, rather than
> having
> my interaction be all over the phone
>
> Any and all suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.
>
> I would prefer to receive these emails off list, unless others are also
> interested in this information.  If that is the case I will send the
> information I get, back to the list.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dan Weber
> dan.b.weber at gmail.com
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