Comments for Lindsey Pollak: Generation Y Career Expert, Gen Y Speaker, Millennial Expert, LinkedIn Spokesperson, Career Expert

Comment on Career Q&A: How to get a job when you have a low GPA by Ai

Ai — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:28:32 +0000

I am a computer science/engineering student at Georgia Tech. I transferred into the school after 1.5 year from Georgia State, and it has been nothing but hell for me because I suffered so many misfortunes due to handling my parents’ mortgage, bankruptcy hearings, cancer treatment, lack of supports, and moving situation at 20 years old. My grade suffered tremendously and my GPA dropped from a 3.8 to a 0.91 GPA. Eventually, I pulled my GPA up to 1.92 after 2 years of struggling with classes and life at this God-Awful school. For those out there who think their GPA is low, well take a look at my life and you should called yours lucky! Because no one have as low of a GPA as I do and lack so much money to eat, but still keep going. Most students will change their major and never want to look back at this point in their miserable life to call themselves a failing engineer. What has been so hard for me is to find an internship and accept the fact that employers will never look twice at how hard you work or your life situation to give you chance to earn your bread and bacon. It will take me 6 years to graduate from undergrad to pull up my GPA with more loans debt, but I guess that’s what I have to do because being a minority in engineering is always super HARD when you lack support compared to rich, privileged, spoiled babies who don’t have to care for their family and have their parents feed them!!!!! If you are in the same situation like me who are trying to get out of your dump, try to do research at your institution before you graduate or work at school to build good recommendation, because the corporate world won’t give half a damn if you don’t have above a 3.0 GPA or work experience before you get out, and chances are, your options for jobs are very limited. If you are in the same situation like me who tried to care for people in your family while you’re in school, learn to say “NO”, because you will save yourself so much trouble later in life by teaching yourself to be selfish and focus on yourself. I regret caring and being a people-pleaser when I should have neglected everyone in order to focus on myself when things get tough. So please, learn to say “NO” when you feel like it, and the same attitude should apply to your job searching if an employer said “NO.” You should ask why, and force them to reconsider, because there is no way you will get a job unless you fight for it and don’t accept a NO from anyone.

Comment on Guest Post: 4 Simple Career Tips for College Grads by Lindsey Pollak

Lindsey Pollak — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:01:25 +0000

@Lori – Thanks for the comment!

Comment on Guest Post: 4 Simple Career Tips for College Grads by Lori Bumgarner

Lori Bumgarner — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:29:12 +0000

As a former college career adviser, I can definitely say that you are absolutely right in #2. It is never too early to start going to your college career center, and you can’t expect to only make one visit. Students should never look at their career centers as placement centers. They are not there to hand you a job on a silver platter. They are there to TEACH you and provide you the skills to find a job because they know that you will have to go through this process more than once (for some several times) throughout your career and lifetime. Thank you Lauren for a great article!

Comment on Why Your College Major Doesn’t Matter by Lindsey Pollak

Lindsey Pollak — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:41:22 +0000

@Jonthon – Tell me more – why do you think this? Would love to hear more of your thoughts. Thanks for the comment.
Lindsey

Comment on How LinkedIn Company Pages Can Help Your Job Search by Lindsey Pollak

Lindsey Pollak — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:40:54 +0000

@Justyna,
Sorry about that – I’ve contacted LinkedIn and they are working on it. Thanks!
Lindsey

Comment on Lurk First (and 4 More Tips on Getting the Most out of LinkedIn Groups) by Sean

Sean — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:33:48 +0000

Thanks for sharing this article. I have to admit I am behind the times when it come to linkedin… I wasn’t even sure what groups were!

Comment on Why Your College Major Doesn’t Matter by Jonthon

Jonthon — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:35:55 +0000

The idea that majors don’t matter is the single greatest lie about collage today.

Comment on How LinkedIn Company Pages Can Help Your Job Search by Justyna

Justyna — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:58:19 +0000

This is a great article! The link for the LinkedIn Blog post does not seem to be working. Is the information available any place else?
Thanks!

Comment on Ask Your Career Questions! Join Lindsey on April 25 for a Twitter Chat with the U.S. Department of Education by Gerry @ Job Hunting

Gerry @ Job Hunting — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:12:31 +0000

Looking forward to reading the summary!

Comment on How LinkedIn Company Pages Can Help Your Job Search by Lindsey Pollak

Lindsey Pollak — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:49:44 +0000

@Lori – I am a huge fan of informational interviews as well. Thank you for the comment!
Lindsey