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+1 for one page. My career center won't even look at your resume if its more than 1 page let alone employers. I also have something personal on my resume that is outside work/education for example, I...
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I am still mad about turning down a job w/ Google 7 years ago :mad:
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I am coming at it from "fresh out of school". "Minimum" is the min he would be willing to do the job for. Suppose he has the choice of an opportunity with a bad ass .com like google, or writing...
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I would definitely go to the upper side of that 55-65k range mentioned. DC is NOT CHEAP. Also check for companies offering locality pay.
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Don't sell yourself short :)
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Here's the sad truth about Google. If you don't have a high GPA and come from well recognized school or have serious entrepreneurial background you won't get past the first few interviews. There will...
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I'll be graduating from school with a B.S. in computer science and math in a month or so and have started applying for jobs. Some of them have been nice enough to accept "I don't know" for salary...
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I'm not shooting for google btw, it was mostly a point of reference.
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If I were to get a job from google, they would pay me WAY more than 50k(from what I hear their engineers carry 75k on the low side and most people in the company seem to see 50-75% in bonuses every...
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Consider what they would offer that would be too low and you would not accept the job. You can use that as a starting point.
If you accept the job and you are being underpaid you can find a new...
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Yup, Google will filter you out immediately if you don't have a 3.5 or above. But don't compare yourself to the top players unless that's the market you're actually in. Yes, there are companies...
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Make it one page...no one will read more than one page.
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There's nothing wrong with this - worst case, the employer will breeze right past it if they don't care. Best case, however, is you happen upon someone with the same interests, and it's a great way...
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Just put "negotiable". It's not like you have a current salary that they or you have to go by.
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Of course it will vary, depending on the type of company and location. I would suggest using a website like salary.com. Also, contact the placement office at your college to get an idea from them...
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Source?
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Thanks for the advice. I'm more concerned with a higher salary at this point as I do want to pay off my loans as quickly as possible, and I'm sure there will be a day I'll end up not wanting going to...
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I find it hard to believe that starting salaries in DC are less than $60k. In more expensive areas like California and New York, new grads with programing experience start at $70k-$100k plus...
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DC being a very big area with mixture of small/big companies - research might not be very accurate
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I work in NY, which is similar to DC in a lot of ways and have for the last 25 years. Tech is in great demand right now, in fact in high tech areas, there is 1 qualified person for every 10 spots...
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The newspaper isn't the source, their source is the source. Does the paper acknowledge where they pulled that info from. It's not primary research that's for sure.
Did you ever go check out...
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I think their info comes from survey data, I can't to find a link that explictly tells me how they get these numbers.
All I can say is that my job title is not on their list, and my old title is but...
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Sorry, but I wouldn't at the 'minimum' and expect the company to work it's way up. If they can get you for 50k, why give you 60k?
Future employers will factor in your 'previous' salary if you...
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I was at a secondary loan market government sponsored enterprise.
Guess.
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I started at 60k in June 2009 with the same credentials as you in the DC metro area. My offeres varied from 50-65k.
Hope that helps.
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Yea that's where the if comes from =]
And sorry, no hadoop experience to speak of, probably better off looking into those with heavy IS experience iirc.
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Another consideration that I've noticed:
In larger companies with more mature HR processes, pay increases are typically limited to annual cost of living or job promotions or in an attempt to...
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I'd go to a different career center. I never would have guessed you had someone helping you. (no offense, even though it sounds that way)
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Lots of really great advice here! OK, here's my 2¢. I don't have a tech background (I'm in finance), but I've had decent luck with my past job hunts.
Under Education:
Agreed with previous...
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google is partially who you know - If someone already working there says you are a good candidate they'll talk to you (I had a friend working there).
But as others have said - you don't have a...
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Nope all done in Word, with the table features. OP if you want my word document let me know. I can send it over to you.
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Thanks! I would love the word version to use as a template if you could send it to me. This is obviously not the resume you used straight out of school. My point being, I'm really attached to the...
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Well like somebody said it before, everybody has their own opinion for resumes. I just had a bunch of interviews during past 3 months and most of them asked about these cards like who is your...
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It's less on knowing the most languages and more on having a logical mind to be able to solve problems and pick up new languages.
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It's not that I don't know what I "want", its moreso that I don't know what is reasonable to expect, and I don't want to miss out on a job because I asked for some ridiculous salary.
Is using my...
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Your search parameters were incorrect. You are looking for a starting salary(Entry Level), not the National Annual Mean Salary for Software Engineers(Also, note that this probably includes MS and PhD...
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NACE does specific reports just for new grads as you can see in my post.
OOH does not.
My searchES on glassdoor (which you would know if you read the whole thread), were for each of what you...
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This is actually what I ended up with by going to my career center =]
It's funny how many differing points of view there are on resumes. My current mentor at the jefferson lab position actually...
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If you lack actual experience then I would put down school projects that I've had to make up for lack of experience. What I've done is put down one of my semester long projects on my resume, bring my...
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I did go to glassdoor, but they weren't reporting these numbers. What about NACE and OOH however? NACE is the national association of colleges and employers, and this is pretty much what they do. The...
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