On 5/9/2011 11:23 AM, Rick Schummer wrote: > This is the biggest and most common mistake made by so many students. They > don't work while they are in school. Some > with say they had to focus on studies, but that is 100% baloney excuse. Many > students are just plain lazy. > > I had close to 2 years of part-time (20-30 hrs a week) real world > programming, tech support, and data entry when I > graduated with my Computer Science degree. I had no trouble finding work when > I graduated. Any student with even one > short internship will be ahead of 80% of the people they compete against for > a job. Working part-time puts you head of > 95% of the competition.
I would definitely agree that the internship and any other experience s/he can get before graduation really gives them an advantage come hiring time after graduation. I don't think anyone could argue that (successfully). -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
