Whats the timeline like for getting a full-time job?
Timeline 1: GENERALLY SPEAKING Often, engineering and technology students begin their job search during the fall of the senior year of college. Very generally speaking, Companies who have the capabilities to hire large numbers of new graduates will usually begin screening resumes in September and October, often granting interviews between October and January to fill full-time positions in the upcoming year. When we say “large comapnies”, we mean those that have a defined recruitment process (The most common ones that come to Duke can be found on the Career Fair page– they tend to be more recognizable names such as Microsoft, Eaton, Skanska, Google, Cisco and Medtronic to name a few). A good way to see if a company is engaged in such a recruitment schedule is to check out your eRecruiting page and search for companies by name and checking their “interview schedules” and “job openings”. Timeline 2: COMPANY-UNIQUE Now, having said that, this structured timeline is not applicable to all c
