Day 771 of 1000
Kelly went to her first job fair at NCSU last year. She was not wildly excited about the idea as she said none of the other students took it too seriously. Actually, she pretty seriously drug her feet, but in the end she dressed up very professionally, we updated and beautified her resume, and she went. When she went, she was wiped out–it really is hard work to work a big job fair. She said she was a little skeptical, but that changed to outright enthusiasm after she got four interviews and three job offers. This year, she does not need the job fair as badly as last, because she has a standing offer for internship work at the JHU-APL. Still she plans to spend some quality time there.
Kelly’s experience helped Christian a lot. He is pretty fired up. Last summer, he did research, so he was not looking for an internship. This year, he wore his suit to school today, has an armful of updated resumes, and plans to spend several hours working the floor. I am looking forward to hearing how it goes.
How did the job fair turn out for Christian?
Thanks for asking Gene. He thinks it went pretty well, but it is kind of hard to tell before he gets any post fair interviews. He talked to Lincoln Labs, Sandia Labs, Cat, Intel, and a bunch of others. One of the funnest ones was Mentor Graphics. It is the only one from Oregon. They came because they support a program at NCSU. The reason it was so fun, beside the fact it was in Oregon, is that his Aunt (my sister, Jean) has a director level position there and has been at him to take an internship with her group. The even cooler deal is that it would be doing mathematical proofs. I did not even know jobs existed to do that kind of math. I am going to write about it in a bit.