Tell us - how did you look for a job after completing your studies at the university?

Question

IT education

It would be interesting to read about someone else's experience, as well as what conclusions you made.

I myself have just graduated from the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography. I have two higher degrees - a bachelor's degree (metrology, standardization and certification) and a specialist (laser technology and laser technology), plus I received a reserve lieutenant. Here I think where to go:
1. Go to work in your specialty: a couple of months of searching for a vacancy on a specialist diploma - rotten, either a factory or sales.
2. Go to work not in your specialty: the question is - why did you study, besides, I will always have time, you just need to figure out where.
3. Go to the civil service - flew by because of a close relative.
4. Own business: you need to think.

Answer 1

I recommend talking with the teachers of the university (from the department where he studied).
First, some may themselves work in parallel (or collaborate at the department level) in some company.
Secondly, if they do not work, then they still revolve around this topic, large companies in the city / country that are involved in this should know.
Thirdly, former graduates who are already working in their specialty can go to the department and make inquiries if there are smart guys who can be picked up.
Therefore, since the university is just behind it, and connections / contacts remain, then you need to use them. Find people who are "in the know" and talk. They graduate every year, they should know where people go and what they do after graduation.

Answer 2

No offense. A bit of criticism:
- Normal students find a job in their specialty in the 3rd year, and by the end of the university they are moving up to the bosses.
“Going to work not in your specialty”
- I don’t advise you, then all your life you will work in second-rate jobs that do not require a specialty with poor conditions. You will advance to a petty boss at the most.
"Own business: you need to think"
- You need not only to think, but you also need to have money and partners. It is better not to start your own business without brains, money and partners.
“Going to work in your specialty: a couple of months of searching for a vacancy with a diploma of a specialist is rotten, either a factory or sales.”
- In any case, you need to gain experience, i.e. work in a factory for a couple of years. If you have experience, you can quite easily find a good job in a private office.
Welcome to reality - in order to achieve something, you need to plow.

Answer 3

I found a job, just when I went to the dean's office for help. We have various announcements on the stands on the same floor (posters, various events). Well, at one booth, there was a lonely announcement for a search for a developer in C ++ / Python. I decided to give it a try and it turned out that I called them first and only (!).
In the same place, I constantly see ads to search for 5-year students who are graduating (or graduating, as in your case). Dare :)

Answer 4

Also no offense: why was it necessary to receive as many as 2 diplomas in specialties that are “rotten” for you?
I can say I'm lucky. I decided on a specialty at school, received 1 and get a 2nd diploma in this specialty.
Behind several years of freelancing (I started already from school), work on large projects, my own company (because many clients left from freelancing), leaving this very company and working (potentially) in a large and successful company.
In general, what I understood from all this is that the main thing is experience. Nobody needs diplomas. Whether it is your own company or a good company, you will not need a diploma, but you will need a head on your shoulders and experience.
If I were you, I would think about changing my specialty if it is not interesting or promising for you, and I would do it as quickly as possible.
Good luck!

Answer 5

Why not look for the first specialty? (metrology, standardization and certification)
This specialty is in high demand and is paid very well.

Answer 6

When I graduated from the Polytechnic University (mining and oil faculty), I went to thematic enterprises. I didn't want to work anywhere.
Therefore, I hit freelance, and at the same time I was looking for a job as a web programmer. Found it six months later. I'm still working here :)

Answer 7

> vacancies according to the diploma of a specialist - rotten, either a factory or sales.
I see you are not alone, although my specialty is completely different (:
> Go to work not in your specialty: the question is - why did you study, besides, I always have time, you just need to figure out where. You
will have time to do it, but there is no experience in a new specialty / a little -> the salary is small.And the later the change of specialty is, the more painful it will be.IMHO.

Answer 8

Went to apprenticeship.
I came to the management, said - I want to learn, throw in the most "dirty" work.
On payment, he said that he was ready to work for the future.
Thus, starting with the minimum tasks, I worked my way up.

Answer 9

I spent a couple of months sending out resumes until they called. I lied a little in my resume, but in general I looked like a “young specialist”

Answer 10

And we often have students as interns. Here I went. And I'm not alone. A lot of people have jobs like this now. Looking ahead, with a chance of promotion or not is another question. I am ready to work constantly in one place and have the same responsibilities all the time, if I like the job (I'm a programmer) and they pay decently. It's not critical for me to be the boss. I don't think I'm the only one.

Answer 11

Studied but specialty Designing and Designing of Radio-Electronic Means.
I work with the field of international business development - I do not regret a bit. Salaries in the specialty lose a lot.
I agree - the question "Why did you study" gnaws, but what happened - you can’t escape it :)
At least I learned to communicate with different people, I got a reserve officer ...

Answer 12

I studied "Applied Mathematics and Informatics" - there was a lot of mathematics, but not enough programming. From the 2nd year I realized that I was not interested in either mathematics or condo programming (WinApi, Win32 Console App and others). And I began to make all sorts of websites, it was very interesting, at the beginning of the 5th year I already worked for a part-time week as a webmaster of a site for one of the small-town companies, having worked there for half a year, I came across a vacancy for a webmaster in the then regional NN.RU dealer, this was the start career, then there were several more Internet companies, lived for half a year in Moscow, then again two companies in Nizhny Novgorod, but after Moscow I definitely didn’t like working at NN, at the moment we are working together in our small studio - interesting, this is just what you want to do, and we depend on ourselves and our own boss

Answer 13

Counter-questions:
1. what were the guidelines for admission?
2. Where did you train / write your diploma / earn extra money along the way?
3. How do graduate students live at the university, are there good contracts at the department level?