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Recent Wes grad, here. I think a lot of the lack-of-visibility is because of the Career Center's complete-and-utter-mindless-focus on placing folks into consul

Recent Wes grad, here. I think a lot of the lack-of-visibility is because of the Career Center's complete-and-utter-mindless-focus on placing folks into consulting, finance, or legal jobs. The Hollywood Mafia we've got operates almost entirely independently of the Career Center; the Film Studies department is practically their own placement agency. Anyway, I'm not sure what the reasons are. I'm around on campus, working, if you want to build something. Lemme know. cmhamill at wes...

philco 15y ago
Sorry you feel that way...I'm part of the career advisory board and hosted about 15 students every year to speak with execs at Bloomberg (on the tech side). I can assure you that if you want to get a job at google, etc, the career center is just as happy to help you and can make inroads there. Would love to talk to you more about this...pcortes at wes....
- necubi 15y ago
  If you look at the list of companies doing on-campus recruiting this year, there was only one (WH Trading) that was even vaguely related to tech/programming. Why is that? Is it because our compsci department is less well known (and smaller) than at other schools? Is it because the CRC doesn't do outreach to tech companies? I've found the CRC really unhelpful in finding tech internships, and I assume it's the same for finding tech jobs. However, I understand it's probably not a priority given that the Econ department, for example, is about 20 times our size.
  - jrlevine 15y ago
    Startups don't have the resources of large companies to invest in on-campus recruiting efforts, and the CRC doesn't have the time/money to bring together a bunch of small companies. It's just easier to bring in the big players and try to employ as many students as you can. That means it's up to you to speak up, use the tools at your disposal (linkedin, wescan) to find the people who are more than willing to help, and to make the opportunity for yourself.
- bendoernberg 15y ago
  As a Peer Career Advisor at the career center (and tech intern this summer in NYC), I can absolutely attest to the fact that the career center is all about helping students achieve whatever their goals are. The fact that finance and consulting are so much more prominent means more students come in asking for help with consulting and finance, but I'm sure we'll be working to encourage people to take a closer look at tech. There are so many opportunities for bright non-programmers, especially designers, that everyone needs to be aware of.
jrlevine 15y ago
Totally agree, but the blame doesn't fully lie with the CRC. The fact is that these banks/consulting firms have a much stronger presence on all campuses, and the CRC is only reacting to that + the student demand that that outreach generates.
- cmhamill 15y ago
  Yeah, of course. I actually didn't even do comp sci at Wes—I was an anthropology major. So, there's that. And (also re: philco below) it's not so much that the CRC won't help you with getting a tech (or CRM/anthro/museum/etc.) job; it's just that the visibility of any public events related to those things is mighty low. Ugh, employment.

philco 15y ago

Sorry you feel that way...I'm part of the career advisory board and hosted about 15 students every year to speak with execs at Bloomberg (on the tech side). I can assure you that if you want to get a job at google, etc, the career center is just as happy to help you and can make inroads there. Would love to talk to you more about this...pcortes at wes....

necubi 15y ago
If you look at the list of companies doing on-campus recruiting this year, there was only one (WH Trading) that was even vaguely related to tech/programming. Why is that? Is it because our compsci department is less well known (and smaller) than at other schools? Is it because the CRC doesn't do outreach to tech companies? I've found the CRC really unhelpful in finding tech internships, and I assume it's the same for finding tech jobs. However, I understand it's probably not a priority given that the Econ department, for example, is about 20 times our size.
- jrlevine 15y ago
  Startups don't have the resources of large companies to invest in on-campus recruiting efforts, and the CRC doesn't have the time/money to bring together a bunch of small companies. It's just easier to bring in the big players and try to employ as many students as you can. That means it's up to you to speak up, use the tools at your disposal (linkedin, wescan) to find the people who are more than willing to help, and to make the opportunity for yourself.
bendoernberg 15y ago
As a Peer Career Advisor at the career center (and tech intern this summer in NYC), I can absolutely attest to the fact that the career center is all about helping students achieve whatever their goals are. The fact that finance and consulting are so much more prominent means more students come in asking for help with consulting and finance, but I'm sure we'll be working to encourage people to take a closer look at tech. There are so many opportunities for bright non-programmers, especially designers, that everyone needs to be aware of.

jrlevine 15y ago

Totally agree, but the blame doesn't fully lie with the CRC. The fact is that these banks/consulting firms have a much stronger presence on all campuses, and the CRC is only reacting to that + the student demand that that outreach generates.

cmhamill 15y ago
Yeah, of course. I actually didn't even do comp sci at Wes—I was an anthropology major. So, there's that. And (also re: philco below) it's not so much that the CRC won't help you with getting a tech (or CRM/anthro/museum/etc.) job; it's just that the visibility of any public events related to those things is mighty low. Ugh, employment.