Originally Posted by Iateurcookie

Pretty much this: You want a good job? Make it easy for someone to hire you. Do their work for them, even during the interview. Volunteer information about yourself, ask them specifics on what they are looking for BEFORE the interview, tailor yourself to fill a role. Do research, work with people in the field (some college professors have been doing their jobs for over 30 years and are crafty SOBs, and many will converse with non-students via email if you're interesting and they get something out of it). Basically, it's not THEIR job to hire you, it's your job to hire yourself, and they just have to sign a few dotted lines to make it official.

Hope this helps you future job hunters.

Originally Posted by Calys Teneb

I wish my grandparents would read this. I've been going to school off and on for about five or six years, but in between I do a lot of contract work at Microsoft or Amazon working on app stores, Kinect, or Xbox. My experience is more valuable to me than focusing on a degree with no experience to back it up.

A degree helps but experience is boss, from what I've seen of this industry, for most positions.

Originally Posted by Levj

I see two groups of people here. Entitlement based people and everyone else. In this economy you should be thrilled anyone is hiring.

Originally Posted by Flourescence

Indeed, I see that your totally on topic insults about grammar while asking questions without proper punctuation, and that your totally relevant one liners are the works of a troll with a very bad sense of humour, but I will continue to humour you, troll.

Originally Posted by Sythest

No offense, but how do companies expect young and fresh minds with requirements like those? It's those type of companies, those that don't even take the time to grant on the job experience and see how it pans out that leave college kids feeling nervous when they graduate. I see what you're saying about companies having a set standard but there are tricks at a great job that you can learn that you would learn in a class room with many other people.

Originally Posted by Berri Bunny

^ Proof of Morello not knowing jack ****.

Originally Posted by Berri Bunny

Oh, I'm sorry, you expected people to care about irrelevant responses?

That's cute.

Originally Posted by Morello

do you even lift