I am a recent target school graduate with a high GPA (3.9) and strong extracurriculars but due to a series of unfortunate events, I missed the major OCR recruiting cycle. I would like to get employed ASAP and wanted to know if it is still possible to get a FT offer at a good firm?
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Same situation, it sucks. Wish I had words of encouragement, but as I am unemployed, not much I can offer. Good luck.
Yes.
Yes, check out Doostang and Indeed.com daily for job postings.
Use the job postings on LinkedIn, thats where I found mine. And you know all the postings are legit
thanks for the suggestions. Anyone have any other sites with job postings that might be useful?
If you went to a target, then there should be a solid alumni base in whatever industry you want. Use it.
Omg. im in the exact same situation as you are now (same GPA/also target/missed recruitment.... did you manage to get a job? if so, how?
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