Quote: (04-17-2018 01:52 PM)Dragan Wrote:
US, UK
Well, apart from best colleges, that are ranked top in the world and are inaccessible for an average guy, that's far from true. I personally saw how fucked up is UK general education system (primary, secondary, high-school) in the UK. It's literally either pay for a private school or be thrown to the one, where you learn how to read and add/subtract/divide/multiply at the age of 12. I believe situation in the US is pretty similar in public school in general in the US. Tons of better education systems throughout the world.
But yes, you should look for some interns or entry-level jobs in Europe. Not only EE, sure it's cheap, but compared to what you earn vs what you get for this money, you will be far better in the Western Europe. Depends on how far can your savings go, but I guess life comfort is your secondary problem, considering you can't land ANY job.
Frankly, I find it pretty weird to not be able to land any job. I saw plenty of entry-level jobs in finance niche both in the US and Europe. Maybe you should just lower your standards? Sure, jobs will always be given on more personal matter (connections) than to strangers from the ad, but there is enough of them to land something. Besides, companies making ads is usually a sign of their desperation - that means they don't have anyone to fill their desired spots and network, as most important is, I believe is less relevant in such cases.
I'm not sure how is it possible, that you are not even able to land an interview - Financial Analyst, Data Scientists, Research Analysts - I found plenty of those just in the US for Juniors. Sure, even for these jobs they will probably have people more experienced and thus you will be their secondary choice, but they are looking for new people - and are willing to train them. Means, you have a shot. Besides, you can always aim for easier positions, like Customer Service for any financial companies and try to leverage your way from there.
Job market is shit. If you want to find anything relevant and you have zero experience in the field, and very little connections, it's literally a nightmare - I'm kind of in the similar phase like you, just haven't graduated yet, but I can see all the struggle ahead of me, how competitive the market is and how many qualified people are heavily underpaid and constantly looking for better opportunities. I frankly thought the situation is better in the US as the job market is literally HUGE, but I guess the world is pretty much equally hard everywhere.
As I said, try to lower your standards, take a shit job, and try to take it from there. Always something, just make sure it doesn't sway too much from your background, and that you are going to still learn or at least be in position to learn later, skills that you can leverage for a better job. Also, if you know a second language at at least B2 level, it surely will be an asset.
Europe is good choice as there always be some companies looking strictly for native speakers to handle some business, but, considering how popular English got, they can easily find non-natives on a C1 level or above, which is in most cases enough, so it would be great to supplement it with other language (German, Dutch, French being in most demand).
Also, I did some recruiting (freelance project) for a client back in the days and as long as I still have tons to learn myself, I am 100% sure last thing you want to do when aiming for a job is just to copy paste your CV and rely on a degree, which in current world, if not from top university in the world, is pretty much useless. Supplement it with some skills - learn advanced excel, learn some programming relevant for Data Scientists. Don't have to be much, but always something, that makes you stand out from hundreds of other inexperienced applicants. Besides, most people actually do copy paste their CV and show nothing besides. Even writing a dope Cover Letter will set you ahead of the competition. I mean, it doesn't have to be actually even that good - just make recruiter remember you somehow - if no chance for in-real life meeting, make a video of yourself and explain why would you like this job, whatever. Make recruiter 'remember you' and not be just another guy.
Oh, and most importantly, read Thomas The Rhymer guide posted above. Gold. Although, I personally find it more suitable for people aiming for those higher level positions, usually with some on-hands experience already. And considering your position, I would straight-away aim to start from the bottom and quickly leverage myself from there.
Tons of choices to be honest and I totally understand the struggle. Yet, still surprised, that you couldn't even land a job, moreso an interview.