Panda Express anyone? February 4, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Job Hunt , trackbackAlternate title: “You know it’s going to be a good job fair when the best company there is Panda Express.”
Today I went to the UCI Career Fair 2004. After deciding not to talk to Mervyns or the Navy, I went to talk to the two technical companies there (excepting Boeing, but last time they told me they don’t want CS majors). I first talked to Linksys (now part of Cisco). They told me they were looking for someone to work in their networking support department (do they even have any other departments?). They wanted extensive networking knowledge and will test it if you get an interview. Sort-of a problem since I’m taking the class now, so I won’t have a complete knowledge of networking. But we’ll see… I don’t think they’ll call me since my resume doesn’t mention that I’ve taken a networking class or that I have any experience. I’ll remedy the situation for the next interview. I wouldn’t particularly mind a job with them–it’s in Irvine, I can get some experience working with customers, and learn about networking. It would be an interesting job, though I don’t know if I could stand it for too long.
Next, I waited in line to talk to Western Digital, but they told the person in front of me that they aren’t interested in CS majors so I gave up.
So all I got out of this job fair was a ruler, pen, and a “maybe, but probably not” offer from Linksys. Come back tomorrow for the ACM Career Expo. A inside source told me “It’s the smallest it’s ever been.” Yay!
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better watch what you say - it could be your next employer!!