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Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:11 am
by Anonymous User
My school hosts a job fair in NYC that's exclusive to our students. I just got notified today that I was preselected for 6 of them. However, common TLS wisdom seems to indicate that my GPA and school rank would give me very little shot at these firms (~top 40%ish at a T17). So it's got me questioning whether I was selected only as a filler since they need to interview x # of people, and if so, I really don't want to spend the airfare to go there.
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:13 am
by Grizz
Your school might make you go if selected. Mine does, I'm pretty sure.
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:29 am
by Aston2412
You got preselected. It's not like it was a lottery system.
Go. What do you have to lose? A little bit of time and money. What do you have to gain? Big firm job.
Even if your odds of success are low, the calculus still says to go.
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:41 am
by CanadianWolf
How many other job offers do you have ?
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:41 am
by warumnicht
Aston2412 wrote:You got preselected. It's not like it was a lottery system.
This means there's some interest on their part. Just wow them at the interview.
And because you'll be meeting with 6 firms, I think that more than justifies the airfare. If you only had 1, I'd be much more hesitant.
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:13 pm
by Anonymous User
OP here...
Guess it's probably worth going. Plane tickets are mad expensive
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:17 pm
by Grizz
Anonymous User wrote:OP here...
Guess it's probably worth going. Plane tickets are
mad expensive
How's UCLA brah
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:34 pm
by mths
rad law wrote:Anonymous User wrote:OP here...
Guess it's probably worth going. Plane tickets are
mad expensive
How's UCLA brah
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:37 pm
by 09042014
Dear TSL,
Even though I think I'm not going to get a job, should I make sure I go to as little interviews as possible?
Yours Always,
Wüstenfuchs
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:39 pm
by mths
Desert Fox wrote:Dear TSL,
Even though I think I'm not going to get a job, should I make sure I go to as little interviews as possible?
Yours Always,
Wüstenfuchs
You've finally managed to spell an acronym wrong.
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:40 pm
by 09042014
mths wrote:Desert Fox wrote:Dear TSL,
Even though I think I'm not going to get a job, should I make sure I go to as little interviews as possible?
Yours Always,
Wüstenfuchs
You've finally managed to spell an acronym wrong.
Subtle BJS trolling.
Re: Off-campus job fairs—worth the fuss?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:55 pm
by thesealocust
Desert Fox wrote:mths wrote:Desert Fox wrote:Dear TSL,
Even though I think I'm not going to get a job, should I make sure I go to as little interviews as possible?
Yours Always,
Wüstenfuchs
You've finally managed to spell an acronym wrong.
Subtle BJS trolling.
I narcissistically assume he was referring to me (TheSeaLocust). As such I shall chuckle and modify my world view for nothing, especially since I often deride people for asking questions like "I want a job, should I apply for one or not?"