How did you land your first job?

[CuckingFunt]

[bendmz]

can you say "DRAFT CARD"

[Soul_Patch]

Ash...What is you degree in? Is it Masters level or bachelors?

My wife has a masters degree in Counseling Psych from the lake. She got a job with an insurance company about a year ago, doing EAP Counseling over the phone for their EAP Department. Recently was made a Mgr.

They start out in the high 40's i believe, or possibly very low 50's...They are a 24hr operation, and there are shift differentials. She was making about 54k a year working a 3pm to 11pm shift there.

She has a masters degree though, and did quite a bit of work as a volunteer, and intern...then moved to a private practice counseling recent parolee's, hard work for little pay...

They really need people where she is at now, but it is really boring work, not overly rewarding, but for a psyc field, its decent pay.

[Das Texan]

I got my first job after college through a temp agency. The job sucked, I was underpaid and I stayed there way too long.

Then I changed fields, and finally got a good job that I found through career services via my university albeit in a totally unrleated field to my degree.

Of course none of my post grad jobs have been anything related to my actual field of study, though my choice, my current job being somewhat related to my graduate degree of study though in a roundabout way.

[ashbeeigh]

Ash...What is you degree in? Is it Masters level or bachelors?

My wife has a masters degree in Counseling Psych from the lake. She got a job with an insurance company about a year ago, doing EAP Counseling over the phone for their EAP Department. Recently was made a Mgr.

They start out in the high 40's i believe, or possibly very low 50's...They are a 24hr operation, and there are shift differentials. She was making about 54k a year working a 3pm to 11pm shift there.

She has a masters degree though, and did quite a bit of work as a volunteer, and intern...then moved to a private practice counseling recent parolee's, hard work for little pay...

They really need people where she is at now, but it is really boring work, not overly rewarding, but for a psyc field, its decent pay.

From the Lake huh? I looked at their website and they have pretty hard admissions standards. Massive GRE scores, essays, and references Good stuff for her! I'd love to go there, but more for Social Work.

Mine is just a B.A. in Psychology from Texas Lutheran.

[gameFACE]

What did y'all do to land that first job?
I sent resumes and followed up with phone calls. It only took one interview if I remember right. But I had had several interviews at other places that didn't pan out first. I shot the bird at one guy who said my portfolio was a bit bersome to look through.


Was it luck?
I don't think it was luck as much as timing. I finished my degree in December '88, bummed around and traveled a few months and then got a job before the May graduates flooded the market.

I had fun there and didn't really hate anything about it.

[Das Texan]

The lake has tough admission standards?


Since when?

[cherylsteele]

I applied...I was hired.
What is the big deal.
Baskin-Robbins 1982

[ashbeeigh]

The lake has tough admission standards?


Since when?

For Applicants with Bachelor’s Degrees
1. Evidence of a bachelor’s degree in psychology or a closely
related discipline from a regionally accredited ins ution with
a ulative grade point average of 3.50 or 3.75 for last 60
hours or 3.75 for courses in psychology major.
2. At least 18 undergraduate semester hours in psychology
including courses in:
• Statistics
• Research Methods
• Social Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Counseling Skills or Personality Theories
3. Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended,
including junior and community colleges.
4. A combined score of at least 1000 on the Graduate Record
Examination (GRE) Verbal and Quan ative tests.
5. A score of at least 520 on the GRE Psychology subject test
taken within the last five years.
6. Three letters of recommendation from professionals, with
at least one from a former professor who can attest to the
applicant’s promise as a professional psychologist.
7. Pertinent practica, volunteer or work experience.
8. Personal statement of background in psychology, expectations
of doctoral program and professional goals.
9. Satisfactory completion of the on-campus interview process.

The last time I looked I was probably freaking out, so it doesn't look that bad right now. Just taking the subject and general GRE freaked me out.

[ZStomp]

My best friend in High School hooked me up with the job at Bonanza Steak House.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

My best friend in High School hooked me up with the job at Bonanza Steak House.

I miss the vanilla pudding from Bonanza.

[TMTTRIO]

I just graduated a year and a few months ago with my teaching certificate in elementary education and I'm still trying to find a teaching position. In the meantime I'm subs uting for three school districts around town and while I'm there I just let them know I'm a teacher and to please consider me if something comes available. It's so hard to deal with school districts because you can call them and ask them about it and they'll tell you that they don't do anything about the hiring but the schools do all of it. I finally started calling and visiting all the schools to let them know who I am. I've found out from a lot of my friends it's being there at the right time and right spot and so far I haven't been. Also it's good to know people in that business you are applying for. So for now I'm continuing my subbing job. Hopefully something will come up.

[Holt's Cat]

I interviewed.

[The sone]

I miss the vanilla pudding from Bonanza.

I USED TO MAKE THAT!!! ...with "love!"...

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I was 15 and sick of delivering junk mail, so I applied for a job at Kingsley's Chicken (a local fried chicken franchise with great chips). The Indian guy who ran the place took one look at me and said "too tall!" rudely and abruptly. That was it. I was shocked and really quite pissed off. If I knew anything I probably could've sued his arse for discrimination.

Worked out well though as I got a job at The Great Australian Icecreamery a month later. It was me and 13 girls and loads of laughs, although I never went on a date with any of them (I was a late bloomer as far as the girl thing is concerned). great high school job though, and 6 months of saving later I bought a $1200 Yamaha stereo CD/tape/stereo that changed my life forever.

Since then I've been a:
lab technician
hotel porter
electoral officer
taxi driver
electoral officer again
dog's body at a grammar school
civil servant
ESL teacher
civil servant again
grad student

What next?

Das Texan, you work for a wind-powered electricity company?

[Whisky Dog]

Apply like crazy then exactly one week after applying make a courtesy call. Be persistent but polite and use positive language. You should be hired within a few weeks.

[ATRAIN]

First job I got when I was 15, it was handed to me. Almost every professional job i have had was because of connections.

[leemajors]

A couple people that graduated maybe two years before me work at Dell. It seems like a sweet deal.

they've been on a hiring, raise and bonus freeze for quite some time. i knew someone who was the GM somewhere and asked for a job. my current job i knew someone who was on at a temp agency, and she got me in as a temp, and i got hired on permanently a year later.

[ShoogarBear]

Since then I've been a:
dog's body at a grammar school

Please tell me this is some sort of Aussie slang.

[JoeChalupa]

I've been working since I was a kid. From the migrant fields to where I am today. I think it depends on who, what and when.
I have quite a few friends who make real good money and none of them have degrees.
I worked my up at HEB when I moved back down to SA and moved to my current job and things have worked out well.
Working in sales can make you a lot of cash too.
But I'm still working on a degree courtesy of the community colleges.

Good luck!!

[smeagol]

Chemical Bank.

I sent them my CV and they hired me.

[TuckingFwat]

Short skirt and toned legs

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I USED TO MAKE THAT!!! ...with "love!"...

Remind me to smash your knee with a metal pole the next time I see you.

[loveThe23]

Short skirt and toned legs

[dirk4mvp]

my grandad owns a dairy farm. i got up at 2 in the morning during summers and milked cows.....