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From: pete@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Pete Hsi )
Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
Subject: Recruitment ads by big companies
Keywords: recruitment, ads, job hunting
Message-ID: <1967@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Date: 30 Apr 89 00:39:02 GMT
Organization: Univ of Maryland Baltimore County
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This is my first posting to this newsgroup and I'm not entirely sure if the
subject is appropriate. But here goes:

I'm just about to graduate from college and, like zillions of other
soon-to-be-graduates, am looking for job. I've so far send out dozens of
resumes and I'm using all of resources available to me. This includes full page
ads in IEEE publications (_Potentials_ to be exact).

Which brings me to my question:

Am I being really naive to respond to one of those general recruitment ads that
do not specifically solicit to fill a particular position?

I don't really expect to be offered a position but if I was, I'm wondering what
kind of job it will be.  I've already been burnt once by a big-time high-tech
firm while I was a co-op student so you can figure I'm a bit apprehensive about
responding.  (The company I was working at put out a similiar ad and the
full-time employees ridiculed it when I showed it to them.)

On the other hand, these ads may be legitimate in their search for qualified
candiates so I don't want to cheat myself out of an opportunity.

Any thoughts, comments, or insight on recruitment ads like those?

Thanks
--Pete Hsi
Univ of Maryland Baltimore County
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