I got contaced by a senior HR rep at a major hardware manufacturer, who had heard of my previous company's aquisition and layoffs. She and I had worked together in a couple of previous companies, and knew of my situation, when she contacted me and notified me of an opening for a senior systems engineer that needed to be filled, and gave me the name of the hiring manager. I had previously worked with him during contracts with Microsoft, Intel and Starbucks. The rest was just formalities, filling out paperwork and going through the process.
Company held a job fair that I attended. Got an interview 2 weeks later.
@Francesca I completely agree; I was one of those students. Fortunately, many schools also have good resources for alumni. Of course, now I live 2000 miles away from my college and none of their alumni resources are geographically relevant.
Francesca Vanderwall - 13 years ago
It all started through a college career fair. Granted, I was hired in 2007 and have held multiple positions in the company since then, but I think students aren't taking advantages of the resources available to them while they are still in school.
I actually applied for another position and was asked to build and create a program in 6 weeks instead. It has been very successful the way it has been run.
I got contaced by a senior HR rep at a major hardware manufacturer, who had heard of my previous company's aquisition and layoffs. She and I had worked together in a couple of previous companies, and knew of my situation, when she contacted me and notified me of an opening for a senior systems engineer that needed to be filled, and gave me the name of the hiring manager. I had previously worked with him during contracts with Microsoft, Intel and Starbucks. The rest was just formalities, filling out paperwork and going through the process.
Company held a job fair that I attended. Got an interview 2 weeks later.
@Francesca I completely agree; I was one of those students. Fortunately, many schools also have good resources for alumni. Of course, now I live 2000 miles away from my college and none of their alumni resources are geographically relevant.
It all started through a college career fair. Granted, I was hired in 2007 and have held multiple positions in the company since then, but I think students aren't taking advantages of the resources available to them while they are still in school.
I actually applied for another position and was asked to build and create a program in 6 weeks instead. It has been very successful the way it has been run.
Got my job the "standard" way. I think being referred though is the best for the new employee and the company.