HI Cecilia, > I am one of those new graduate (at least hope to be June 2003), I am rather > confused by the whole prospect of how to get a job. I find that agencies > more often than not have absolutely no idea about what you are talking about > and therefore more often than not do not recommend you for a position.
I agree it is hard to find a good recruitement agent specialised in IT jobs. And at the end of the day the agent is very much dependent on the IT industry in terms of what is offered and what might be required in the short and long term future. If there is no transparency on this side the trip to recruitement agents might well turn out to be a waste of time. Word > of mouth - well this is a good idea - and I think CSF is a brillant point of > contact. > > But lets bring in another argument - what type of CS graduate is the market > wanting? Are they wanting a more practical, market ready graduate from > Polytech, or a more academic driven student from University? > > Also, I study with some very clever, mature, work experienced people - but > we are all scared of one thing, that because of our age we may just be left > on the pile - and these much desired and scarce jobs will be taken by > younger and commercially less experienced students. It is hard to give an objective picture on that. Companies are very different in their approach of hiring new employees, some are after new ideas, some after proven expertise in a specialised field, some after a more versatile person etc. It would surprise me if one could generalise this issue since there are pros and cons to any argument. At the end it is a competitive market and one has to sell his/her skills. I'm not sure what the average employment period is an IT professional spends in one job at a time. I know that in other cities it is something like 2 to 4 years. From that perspective, and other not mentioned here, the age of the graduate should not matter at all. > I say, develop the CSF job website fully! I fully agree with you on this! In any case good luck to you and your fellow students! Cheers Jens -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Email your messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm
