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Old 03-24-2010, 11:42 PM
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God, Job search is demoralising

Wow, so I'm graduating this year, which is good news! Unfortunately, with that comes with the pressure of finding a job to bridge the gap between a Bachelor's and an MBA.

It seems like every other day, someone has an interview or a job offer. A kid in my German class, a sophomore, got an internship in Germany over the summer. It's like all these kids have great networks that seem to work for them, whereas mine is almost nonexistent. I've only got a couple relatives (on the West Coast, a bit far to relocate) and missed out badly on internships the last two summers. The couple of folks that I frequently contact can't really seem to help me much in my career direction. As for friends and classmates......well let's just say this. The number of close friends I've made in the past 3 years at school can be counted on one hand.

I have reasonably solid credentials but no where to make it work for me, despite a lengthy search. Alumni directories can only go so far; it's better IMO when you've met face-to-face and known each other for awhile.

I guess this is the price I'm paying for going to the wrong school.......

Any suggestions to jump start the networking? I feel like blindly applying to jobs will be fruitless. I'm not an engineer, not a "techie" (don't ask me to design a website), and don't do sales. That's all that's really out there thesedays, it seems.
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