Taking a gap year?
Had a rough recruiting season this past fall. Started late for 2021 and 2022 has already begun for some firms. I looked around WSO and didnt see much information on this topic.
I need some advice with this. I'm working for a small shop in the spring, and am planning to work for a boutique back home for the summer.
Should I take the fall of my senior year off to turn that summer stint into a 6 month internship and re-recruit throughout the whole thing?
How would I even go about networking as of now and explaining that to people? My reason will probably be 1) taking a break after online school for a year or 2) getting surgery on my back (which is actually true) and doing "rehab"
Are there negative connotations to taking a gap year like I've seen with working for free?
Total non issue. Just put your grad date as 2022 instead of something like 2017-2022, so it's not immediately obvious you did 5 years. Network as you usually would - don't mention your gap semester unless asked, in which case the surgery is a good excuse.
Not really a huge benefit to have a 6 month vs 3 month internship unless you're burnt out of school and want to spend a semester at home.
Most important thing for you is to figure out why 2021 didn't go well and fix it for 2022 since that is starting very soon.
Sweet - thanks for the input man.
Couple things that went wrong that I have already fixed: 1) tell me about yourself was absolutely answer sucked, 2) networking was bad as I was too stiff and nervous, 3) superdays that I did have I was too much of a motor-mouth
But the thing is, how do I contact alumni that I've already spoken with? Should I just not pursue the firms that I had final round interviews with again? I think it would be weird if they had an old copy of my resume that said "graduating 2021" instead of 2022.
yep, it would be awkward if a Prospect came to me twice for an internship
If you came off stiff and nervous I wouldn't network with the same people unless you had mentors, or were close in the final round/connected with interviewers but missed technicals or something.
Not really a big deal moving to 2022 though. Pushing back graduation to re-recruit is very common and often a smart move, no one will ding you for that.
Good observations on your interviewing skills and make sure to pin those down this time.
same boat, bump
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