kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) (05/26/85)
I promised that I'd summarize the responses to the question the I posted. The question was: > Why are so few entry-level job openings advertised > in the newspapers and posted in this newsgroup? No one suggested that the slow-down in the electronics industry is connected to the lack of entry-level help-wanted ads. Several persons agreed that companies get so many resumes from college graduates that they don't need to advertise entry-level openings. Several persons wrote that the professional journals and societies (ACM, IEEE, STC, etc.) carry the best help-wanted ads. Several persons wrote that entry-level jobs are usually gotten by knowing someone at the company. Another person pointed out that big companies hire for entry level positions by sending out recruiters to colleges. One user wrote that at his company they train their engineers to do technical writing; apparently they've had some bad experi- ences with technical writers not knowing or being able to learn about their software. One person wrote this about entry-level persons: > On our project here at AT&T Technologies, we are microcoding a new > signal processor for the Navy. We liked getting > entry-level people because we are a young group and we need really > gung-ho learners rather than people who are set in their ways (as I am > fast becoming). We've managed to fill all our slots now with > some very good people, and all but two were entry-level. And the reply that I liked best was this (someone guessed my motives for the posting on net.jobs): > We have a technical writing summer job if you're interested...