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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 06 2010 03:08 GMT
#1
The career services center at UCSD is pretty much a pile of shit, so I figured what better place to ask for advice than TL! On Monday I take the LSAT... and after that I begin the vaunted process of job hunting. I'm planning on taking next year off before entering grad school for two reasons:

1) want to make my resume for grad schools look nicer, since by then I'll (hopefully... if I can find a job) have two years of work experience (I've spent most of this year working for a think tank).

2) hopefully be able to get a salary that pays well enough to give me some money to save to help pay for grad school and stuff.

So, what am I looking for? This is what I need some advice about... For those of you who have jobs or are currently looking for work; how did you go about finding it? I know how to search for think tanks in DC and apply for jobs, but aside from that what else should I be looking for?

I guess I should mention the following:
- my degree is in Political Science
- I plan on doing the following for grad school: law school (emphasis on international law), and/or a MA/PhD in International Relations (or some related field).

I'm looking for a job SOMEWHERE in those fields, or that will give me some sort of valuable/informative experience that I can put on a grad school app. I really can't think of ANYTHING outside of a think tank though... but there has to be more than that, right?

Should I consider working for a law firm? Is that a viable option? I heard that's really bitch work and not productive at all though. Anyways, any help or ideas would be awesome, because my dad is on my ass about needing to start looking for a job but outside of think tanks I have no clue where to start.

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7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
June 06 2010 03:15 GMT
#2
I think you should become the president of ESPORTS
beep boop
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
June 06 2010 03:20 GMT
#3
I wouldn't consider law school unless you can get into one of the best -- or at the very least, if you're considering law school, read this thread

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3301274
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
June 06 2010 03:20 GMT
#4
cia internship

research work with professors

do your own paper and try to get it published
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economist_
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Vietnam719 Posts
June 06 2010 03:24 GMT
#5
Hmm, Political Science, but your dad is right with starting your career outside the think tanks. Working for a research institute/ university can make your records look nicer before you go to grad school. However, I am not sure you will get paid very well
Economics forecast assumes everything, except responsibilities
soudo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
603 Posts
June 06 2010 03:25 GMT
#6
If you're serious about law, you should contemplate interning at a law office as a filing clerk. It sounds like you're not really sure what working for a law firm is like, so I really really recommend interning at a law firm for a little bit. Lawyers have the lowest job satisfaction rates and even after you get your JD, it's not guaranteed you'll find work if you didn't come from a top school. Even if you intern just as a filing clerk or receptionist, the time you spend there shadowing lawyers will give you a good idea of whether or not the job's for you.

But you also mention that you'd like a salary, which will be tough since most law firms can get free labor from actual law students.

Personally, I found all my job/work through my school's job site. I'm really surprised the UCSD career center is as bad as you make it sound to be.
HDstarcraft
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States577 Posts
June 06 2010 03:50 GMT
#7
Why not stick to what you do now? You are obviously doing a great job with the tournaments! Pursue your passion
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cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
June 06 2010 03:53 GMT
#8
CIA if you are 25 yet
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
June 06 2010 03:55 GMT
#9
Doesn't working for a think tank look good?

God haven't heard that term since I used to read spy novels
Random_0
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1163 Posts
June 06 2010 04:03 GMT
#10
I don't really agree with the advice of people above, except for soudo above.

I have a few observations:
1) You're starting to look for a job really late. Almost all firms that have a formal recruitment process have already filled their spots.
2) Unless you have some prior experience or something that makes you stand out in an *outstanding* way, it's not realistic to send in a cold application to the CIA.
3) The #1 way people find jobs is networking. That means, you start talking to everybody you know saying that you're looking for a job. Your friends, particularly the ones that are already working. Your parents and your parents' friends. Your professors or other professionals that you have a good relationship with. That's how I found my first job.
Random_0
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1163 Posts
June 06 2010 04:04 GMT
#11
On June 06 2010 12:55 cgrinker wrote:
Doesn't working for a think tank look good?

God haven't heard that term since I used to read spy novels


I've worked for a think tank before. Their recruitment seasons are long over.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
June 06 2010 04:27 GMT
#12
Duran I have some job advice for you...work in DC. kthx c u soon.
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
June 06 2010 06:02 GMT
#13
On June 06 2010 13:27 LuckyFool wrote:
Duran I have some job advice for you...work in DC. kthx c u soon.


yes
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 06 2010 07:47 GMT
#14
On June 06 2010 12:50 HDstarcraft wrote:
Why not stick to what you do now? You are obviously doing a great job with the tournaments! Pursue your passion


As fun as Starcraft is, it really isn't something I want to do with my life. There are way bigger things I want to be doing, can't be sitting around playing games forever. !
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 06 2010 07:49 GMT
#15
On June 06 2010 12:25 soudo wrote:
Personally, I found all my job/work through my school's job site. I'm really surprised the UCSD career center is as bad as you make it sound to be.


Every time I've gone there, they just tell me to go look at websites. Last year, I asked them about working for a think tank, and the lady I talked to had to ask me what a think tank was. Luckily, I found a job at a think tank without their help >_>!

But, it was just a temporary thing, and I applied for a fellowship there, got in the top 3 out of 300 applicants, but they eventually gave the job to a guy who was a rhodes scholar and had a phd from oxford so fuck my life... I would have been set.

So ya, I know I can try for another think tank job, but was considering something else, something I hadn't thought of before. The CIA would be awesome, I don't think I can do it though T_T !
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