With an estimated 2 million technology jobs open and a huge shortage of people to fill them, companies are scurrying to hire. In the Washington, D.C.
Imagine going to work where there's foosball in the lounge and the dress code is "come dressed." This lifestyle, along with other perks, is attracting more and more recent graduates, including University students, to the Silicon Valley. Geraldine Colglazier, a 1998 College graduate, who began her first job at Ernst and Young, a worldwide consulting firm, recently made the move out west. "I had a good experience at E and Y, there was a lot of variety within the e-commerce division that I was in," she said. But despite the advantages of working in a more established firm, Colglazier was looking for something different. Partly because of the amount of travel associated with consulting, she decided to make the switch to Electron Economy, a commerce enabler that works with both traditional companies and e-businesses.
When planning a party, the list of things to do is always overwhelming. Sharad Daswani, a 1995 Commerce School graduate, said he knows how difficult it can be to mail out invitations and keep track of who has returned an RSVP.
A cappella groups long have been a tradition at the University. Singing is what they do best, but it also takes a business-savvy mind to run these groups smoothly. Each a cappella group on Grounds has a business manager who is in charge of all monetary transactions, publicity and promotional matters. Mark Manley, outgoing business manager for the Academical Village People, described his job as being "an accountant for the group.
