Soon to be College Grad--And the Job Hunt

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Maybe this isn't the place to post this (if so, let me know and I'll take it down). Anyways, any of you successful pilots looking to hire a soon-to-be college grad? I'm starting the job hunt and, as everyone knows, the market isn't too hot for recent college grads.
I figured this is a forum where there are plenty of successful people who may be able to point me to their company or someone they know at another company.
I'll graduate in May with a BBA Economics, BBA Finance, and AB Political Science.
Thanks Guys!
 
Well, the pertinent first question would be: What is it you think you want to do?
 
rt4388 said:
Maybe this isn't the place to post this (if so, let me know and I'll take it down). Anyways, any of you successful pilots looking to hire a soon-to-be college grad? I'm starting the job hunt and, as everyone knows, the market isn't too hot for recent college grads.
I figured this is a forum where there are plenty of successful people who may be able to point me to their company or someone they know at another company.
I'll graduate in May with a BBA Economics, BBA Finance, and AB Political Science.
Thanks Guys!
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I need someone to paint the exterior of my house.

As stated in the above post, what do you want to do?
 
Are you trying to work in the business world or get a flying job? I was offered a CFI job right after I got my ticket while in my last semester of school.
 
Naval cadets provided you pass the physical. I say this as you are on a site dealing with flying. You might as well try the best first.
 
What do you have an aptitude for? There's no point at trying to do something you're not very good at.
 
Well, part of me wants to do something flying related, but its more of a recent urge so I think I'm going to stick with the business world for now. Honestly, I'm not quite sure what I want to do. Part of my problem is my Political Science, Economics, and Finance degrees really allow me to do just about anything in the business world so I'm really no different than a college freshmen in terms of how narrow of a scope I have.
What am I interested in? Hmmm... I've taken a number of statistics courses and I've really fallen in love with data analysis, trend analysis, and forecasting. The class that has been most interesting--and most useful to me--has been Econometrics.
This data analysis kick has opened my eyes to the world of programming, which I've learned a little bit about over the previous year. Learning about programming has made me realize how automated everything is and the future of technology and how big of an impact it has on our daily lives. Knowing this, it makes me inclined to get involved with the MIS field and try to really hone in my technical skills in some sort of consulting industry.
However, on the flip side, I really like dealing with people and finding loopholes and workarounds for various problems. I would love to travel/relocate so I'm inclined to get involved with consulting in general or investment banking.
In short, I really have no clue what specific job I want to do. I'm a believer that "everything happens for a reason" so I'm really just tossing resumes out into a bunch of different fields knowing that if I end up somewhere, I'm meant to be there. I know thats not the best job search strategy, but its the most precise one that I can come up with at this point.
 
Maybe look into the path to being an Actuary...it isn't an easy route but the result is a write your own ticket position.
 
Airlines hire guys like you to run the "yield management system" that sets the availability of tickets at a certain price point on a continuously variable basis depending on demand.

That is why a particular fare is there on a particular flight for an instant, "now you see it, now you don't."
 
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Mason said:
Airlines hire guys like you to run the "yield management system" that sets the availability of tickets at a certain price point on a continuously variable basis depending on demand.

That is why a particular fare is there on a particular flight for an instant, "now you see it, now you don't."
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Mason, thats what I thought too. A few weeks ago, at UGA's career fair, I walked up to Delta and before I could even introduce myself the lady says, "Hi, you want to be a flight attendant?" I said, "No mam, I'll be graduating with degrees in Economics, Finance, and Political Science in the Spring and I would like to be on the numbers side of things." She responded, "Well, if you want to do that, you have to be a flight attendant first. We do all of our hiring from within."
So I walked away....
 
Clark1961 said:
Maybe look into the path to being an Actuary...it isn't an easy route but the result is a write your own ticket position.
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Thats not too bad of an idea. I've heard it mentioned before but I'll really look into it soon.
 
rt4388 said:
She responded, "Well, if you want to do that, you have to be a flight attendant first. We do all of our hiring from within."
So I walked away....
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That's true to a point, but plenty of HDQ folks get hired off the street. She was just trying to fill her quota of new FA applicants.
 
rt4388 said:
... I've taken a number of statistics courses and I've really fallen in love with data analysis, trend analysis, and forecasting. The class that has been most interesting--and most useful to me--has been Econometrics.
This data analysis kick has opened my eyes to the world of programming, which I've learned a little bit about over the previous year. Learning about programming has made me realize how automated everything is and the future of technology and how big of an impact it has on our daily lives. Knowing this, it makes me inclined to get involved with the MIS field and try to really hone in my technical skills in some sort of consulting industry.
However, on the flip side, I really like dealing with people and finding loopholes and workarounds for various problems. I would love to travel/relocate so I'm inclined to get involved with consulting in general or investment banking. ...
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"Big data" is a current buzzword and your interests fit the subject very well. Two sides to the coin: (1) companies are amassing data about their customers in unprecedented quantities. Web purchases, customer loyalty cards, etc. But they really don't know what to do with it. (2) It is possible to aggregate data from multiple sources to get even bigger data, but again: What to do with it?

A couple of days reading on the internet will get you comfortable with all the buzz words and give you an idea whether it's an interesting topic for you. Then I'd try for some informational interviews with web players, Google being the most prominent, large retailers like Walmart, Target, Home Depot, .. Don't be afraid to buy a few airplane tickets for this. You are planning the rest of your life. It's important.

OT: If you haven't already done it, read Nate Silver's the signal and the noise. If you enjoy that, try Taleb's Fooled By Randomness. All good stuff if you like forecasting.
 
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