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Summer Jobs for Comp. Sci Students?

Posted by Cliff on from the pocket-money-for-the-warmer-months dept.

sparty asks: "Does anyone have any tips for a Computer Science student looking for a summer job? I've tried a few of the larger job sites (such as monster.com), along with some "summer job" sites. The former seem not to have many summer jobs, and the latter seem not to have many comp sci-type jobs--they seem to have a lot more 'work at camp' or work-at-the-amusement-park-type jobs. I've put up a page with my resume, and I've tried submitting it to a few sites. I am willing to travel for the summer, but I don't know what might be available in other areas. Is there another avenue I should be exploring?"

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  1. It's a bit late now by Lish · · Score: 3
    Most, if not all, summer internship positions will have been filled by now. Especially with the slim pickings there were this year. You will probably have to settle for what you can find locally. Next year start looking in December or January, February at the very latest.

    That said: other than through your campus career-services office, the best way to find a summer CS job is to call/write/email companies you are interested in directly. Make actual, nice-looking, printed copies of your resume. Write a cover letter specific for each company. Take the time to track down who at a company is the right person to send it to. Monster.com et al are for full time and contract work really. Why would a company look there for students, when they can look where the students are (campuses)?

    Incidentally, I'm surprised Ask Slashdot posted this with the resume-page link. The post is a fairly blatant "hire me". It could have gotten the same helpful answers without being advertising.


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  2. Amusement Parks by jon_adair · · Score: 3

    ... work-at-the-amusement-park-type jobs.

    Look for a job in the monkey exhibit. Being able to ignore their constant screaming and dodge the excrement they throw at you will probably prepare you better for your career than a summer of making coffee and copies.

  3. Some ideas... by cmowire · · Score: 3

    Your campus *should* have various recruiting events. Mine does, both through the college of engineering and through the local ACM chapter. If you have an IEEE or ACM chapter, join it.

    You also should figure out where you would REALLY like to work and apply there directly. Be agressive about it, but not annoying. I got one internship by convincing them that they should hire an intern for the summer.

    Unfortunately, you have 2 things working against you for this summer. First, people are having harder times finding employment. There are less internships out there this year than there were last year.

    Second, you are starting late. You should have started several months ago to search for internships.

    But good luck, otherwise.

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