Waiting...always waiting...

[shwaip]

So I applied to a couple places for an internship...had a couple e-mails and preliminary interviews (just kinda "Do you fit in?" not "We want to hire you" interviews), and since then (2+ weeks), I've heard nothing. NOTHING.

One of the places told me that I was in the top 10 applicants, and they wanted to interview me, and then they've been completely silent since I replied. I would really like to work at either of these places (Dell or Agilent) - and I'm quite qualified for either of the jobs I applied for, but I really want to hear something. No. Yes. Just something.

I have to make plans for the summer...which happens to be about 4 weeks away at this point. I'll need to find a place to live if I get either job - Austin, TX for the Dell job, Loveland, CO for the Agilent job, and I need to help my brother move from Seattle -> Pittsburgh...and my schedule depends greatly on whether or not I get an internship.

I hate being treated like I'm a piece of meat to be picked over and left behind if I don't taste just right.

[TheBaron]

well if you get the dell job make sure to say whats up when you're in town

[bikerboy]

good luck to you. I know employers can be a big pain in the butt. when my mom was trying to find a job she got responses from employers over a month after she was interviewed. just hang in there.

bikerboy

[primesuspect]

it's probably the mullet :mullet:

[shwaip]

it's probably the mullet :mullet:


If only it were - the mullet story is a good one..."I raised over $300 to support cancer research by..." sounds like a good thing to tell a perspective employer. None of the interviews have been in person, just a phone interview. They have no idea what I look like.

[Justin]

Have you tried follow up calls/emails? My mother is an HR director here in Atlanta and she says that followups are the best way to show professionalism and interest.

[primesuspect]

Nah, I still think it's the mullet :mullet:

[Missileman]

I hate being treated like I'm a piece of meat to be picked over and left behind if I don't taste just right.

Not to sound like a bone head or anything but, "Welcome to the REAL world".

Don't take me wrong cause I'm on your side in this :) and hope the best outcome for you.

Remember, until they hire you, you are just meat to them. A commodity to be used as needed. Business does not care for you or your needs or your feelings. Money and convenience to them is all that counts. The best way to handle stuff like this is like said previously, follow up, express interest, but never even imply that you need an answer from them. This triggers an immediate "don't need this crap" response from them.

Usually I just continue planning like it isn't gonna happen and move to the next plan.

I spent a long time as an engineering program manager on missile programs. It sounds cruel, but this is how it really works.

Good Luck to you !!! :mullet:

[TheSmJ]

It would be perfectly acceptable to call/email both employers and ask them what's up. In fact, two of the 3 jobs I have ever held hired me on because I was so persistent in calling (or so they told me later on).

[redchief]

don't be shy, call and let them know you are still an interested ' piece 'o meat".
sad but true, so lookout for #1, don't step in #2
I'm in austin too, and Dell will work your butt off, but you will learn a lot.

PM me with who you chatting with at Dell, i know a couple of them.

[Camman]

Remember, until they hire you, you are just meat to them. A commodity to be used as needed. Business does not care for you or your needs or your feelings.

I'd say this is just as true AFTER they hire you.... if not even more so!

[FormFactor]

I hate being treated like I'm a piece of meat to be picked over and left behind if I don't taste just right.

Welcome to Corporate America. I know exactly how you feel.

Currently where I live there are around 300 unemployed trying to apply for every tech job that opens up. So those are some tough odds.

At my current job, I hear about some of the people that get interviewed, and why one person was selected over another.

I have seen them (my bosses) turn down 1 person because they put on their resume that they organize and run the local lan party commitee, and hire someone totally incompitent instead. Just because of their notions that gamers are not good techs. :shakehead

I have come to just expect thats just the way corporate america operates, and I get to put up with 30-40 more years of it.

So I wouldn't take it too personally. And maybe fix up your resume, to include only professional stuff. The Mullett story may turn off a hard corporate minion because to him it might say, "this guy isn't serious enough".

Either way. Good luck. Youll nail it eventually.

[Volvo]

Chin Up Shwaip :thumbsup:
Keep sending out your apps, resumes and cover letters. The better jobs are worth every bit of the effort you'll put in compaired to poorer positions. It's a pain and hard on the ego to keep applying and either not hearing back or getting placed somewhere down on the list. Don't loose faith great folder always come through ;)
In my current job I placed 3rd and 8 or 10 weeks later they hired me after one of the others changed their mind after working here a few weeks. Several jobs before this one I was placed 3rd or 4th on the list and 5 weeks later they hired me (at the time I figured no one in their right mind would turn down that position).
Just do your part to the best of your ability :D
And I don't think it's the mullet!
-=Volvo=-
Just folding my way to the top 100

[McBain]

Don't feel bad swhaip....agilent called me for an interview a few days ago....did a phone interview...they all were in agreement I was to fly out and do a formal interview....then they cancelled.


Keep on tryin man....we'll get lucky eventually.