@smendoza912: I live in Canada... finished the degree almost 5 years ago now. I was working at a furniture/appliance store throughout university, and got a job at their head office right away (like literally the week after I got the degree). I hated it, but it gave me some much needed office experience. 3 months after that I got the job that I am in today (more related to degree, more money etc.). I got my job by networking and being a bit lucky. I knew a lady - I made a big effort to network w. her (in my last year of uni) and then I asked her if she had any openings and lo and behold there was one... came in for an interview, and then got it. The job has evolved over the past few years but I am in the same office.
@smendoza912: I am an accountant and also received a job prior to graduation
I had a degree in Child and Family Studies/Sociology. I looked forever for a job in non-profit. Never did work out but I got something similar-took two years though. In the mean time I worked retail jobs to make ends meet. I was also in the NJ/NJ area and it was right before/around when everything collapsed. Things seem to be much better now for a lot of fields. Good luck!
Sidenote: I was actively looking. I can't even count the number (hundreds) of resumes/cover letters that i sent.
I took a job with the company I'd interned for and started the week after graduation.
@throughthebarricades: I definitely had luck in getting the job offer as well. I'm scared that my fiance won't have any luck because I took all of it. LOL
@h0ney: High five! Accountants are cool...although I may be biased. ;)
@meetmethere2013: Uh oh--sorry to hear that! What do you do, if you don't mind me asking?
@VAwife: Me too. :)
@JenniferMm: Thank you! Glad you finally found something that worked for you.
@Ellegee: What was your degree in? And congrats! Same thing happened with me, except that I started full-time prior to graduation.
I started searching at the beginning of my final semester of classes. I got my offer on the day before graduation. So I spent about 4 months searching and applied for over 100 positions to get my job.
I started looking for a job before I graduated but didn't find one until 10 months after graduation and I looked every single day until I got that offer. I graduated from college in 1991 and the first job I got was crappy, not at all what I wanted, and the pay was horrific but it was a job! :)
Thanks for posting this! I'm graduating this December and I just started applying for job and am super nervous about getting employed! I feel a lot better seeing that the majority of bees that took the poll got a job within 6 months!
@Mrs.KMM: Thank you for responding! What is your degree in?
@OctBride-2012: What recommendations do you have for those who are currently looking for employment?
@MsSorixo: I'm actually very pleasantly surprised by the results as well! :) An early congrats on graduation--it's such a big accomplishment, isn't it?
I answered your poll wrong... In December I will have graduated 2 years ago. I still don't have a job in my current field. I started searching at the beginning of my final semester and stopped searching when I got an offer... But it's not in my field of study (accounting/business admin).
i had a job prior to graduation. I didnt start until about 3 weeks after graduation because I needed to move back home and get settled.
I'm an accounting major graduating in December and have a job lined up already. I'm not going to be an accountant, but I will be using my accounting knowledge for said job.
I work for a nonprofit organization that serves people with developmental disabilities, and I'm in a position that requires a bachelor's degree. I looked for employment right after graduating (5 years ago) with my BS in psychology and was hired within the month. It might be harder to get hired now, but I think field in general still has a pretty high turnover rate. Burnout and all that.
@smendoza912 Thank you, it's exciting but nerve racking! I feel like everyone I talk to about it wants to know where I'm applying and what I'm going to do>.<
@emthebrave: BA psych degree here. Now what was the name of that organization????
I graduated undergrad 4 years ago and I had a job secured a few weeks before graduation (BA in Psych and BS in Public Health) It was in my field (psych) and paid like crap, but it was something! I quit 6 months later to go to grad school. I started my now (awesome) job in my grad school field in my last semester of grad school.
I voted for my husband, since I'm in grad school and haven't looked for a job. It took him about 3 months to find a job related to his field but not quite, and he got promoted to another job that is exactly what he was studying for his degree after about another 3 months.
i started looking for a job around november of my senior year. graduated in June and got a job at the end of august (started in september). as a nurse, that seemed like a super long time when they say nurses are in demand
I found a job within 2 months and still work for the same company 5 years later...it wasn't degree-related though.
I started looking in March of my senior year, almost had a job lined up at the begining of May and then it fell through. I finally landed my job in August and it is exactly what I majored in. The only problem is that we might lose our funding so I may be unemployed again come January. So, between graduation and employment about 3 months, but I looked for 5.
I was an econ major and found a job in so cal within 6 months of graduation.. not necessarily because I couldnt get hired but I wanted to spend a little time traveling and stuff. That being said my first job was w an actuarial consulting company not necessarily related to econ.. most are math majors. A few things that benefited me: I went to a good school and had a good GPA though I didnt have any work experience beyond tutoring.. What helped me was that at the time I was studying for the actuarial exams so even though I hadn't yet passed it helped the company to know I was intrested..and just had to really sell them on the fact that I was strong in math lol I think back then I actually used my sat score on my resume! Word of advice for people exiting college and triyng to find jobs in the real world.. You need to make yourself stand out somehow so even if its a lame certificate or exam or something it shows the company that you care and will make them choose you over someone else w a similar background.at this pt in your lives there isn't much to make you stand out from the rest so any little bit helps.
@smendoza912: I graduated with highest honors in Biomedical Engineering in May 2009.
It took me about a year and a half to find a job relevant to my degree. Granted, my degree is in English so it's a little bit tough to find a job in that field anyway. Plus, I graduated in 2009 which was an extremely difficult time period during the recession (not that it's easy now, of course). Anyway, I'm now a technical writer for an airline and while it's definitely not what I thought I would be doing with my degree, I do still enjoy my job quite a bit. :)
While I was in college I worked in my field as an assistant. I graduated in January (got married in February, though not relevant) and I landed a job at a different school in May. I was planning on staying on in my current job last year, or trying to move up from being an assistant at the same school, but I ended up at a different school. I was actually offered the position at the school I was already working in but chose to leave for the other job. I worked throughout college in my field, first at a preschool, then as an assistant. I think working the whole time in my field gave me an edge.
I voted other because, while I found a post-grad job within a month, it didn't require a degree, the pay was crap (and not what I was worth), the environment was awful, and they dicked me around for 6 months before they laid me off. :\
@smendoza912: I am also in the accounting industry...it's been a while but I received a job offer in November prior to graduating in August.
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I am already out of college and received an offer for an accountant position prior to graduation, but I'm curious about others who waited until after the diploma to look for employment. My fiance is still in school and will finish about 9 months after our wedding. I have to be honest and say that I'm a little bit worried because of the current state of our economy.
For polling purposes, I'm asking that you answer based on a job that is relevant to the degree that you graduated with. Also, if there are circumstances that may have affected the duration of your job-hunting period, I would love it if you mentioned that in a comment. =) Lastly, please let me know what your degree is in, how actively you searched, and what area you are living in now.
I look forward to your answers! =)