KingShark wrote:
Thanks Tarheel2016. Why do you say that 'UNC has not historically had high placements (for many different reasons)'? I thought UNC would have strong associations with Tech companies in the RTP area.
In addition, can you name the Tech companies that are recruiting this year?
I meant to say primarily on the West Coast. You bring up a good point that RTP has quite a few tech companies, and indeed they do recruit at UNC. But West Coast numbers are growing exponentially last couple of years.
Some of the tech companies recruiting on campus include Dell, IBM, Amazon, Cisco, Red Hat, Red Ventures, HP, Microsoft, eBay, Google, Adobe, and more. Some come on campus and others recruit on our job boards but don't do live info sessions. (not familiar with very many RTP companies, sorry!)
angelfire213 wrote:
Do you know much about marketing there? Are people able to get work outside the traditional CPG - P&G etc roles. What's your social life like? I heard someone say that as a single person it is not always the best place to meet people if you are thinking about settling down soon
Most of the Tech firms listed above are hiring for Marketing. All the big healthcare conglomerates recruit for marketing/brand management here as well. There are also a couple financial services companies looking for marketing. So I think there's a nice mix outside of CPGs. I will say all the powerhouse CPG's recruit here. (I'm also personally focused on Marketing within Tech)
Re: social life. Well I'm married, and the first semester of school is so intense that you don't have lots of time for fraternizing. However, people here do love to party, and we would have at least 1-2 solid nights out a week last semester. I think that number will grow as we enter this semester and then expand even more during 2nd year. One thing they do very well here is organize school socials with free beer and food almost weekly. Other than that, Franklin street has plenty of bars of all types to choose from.
If you're looking to settle down and get married, it's definitely happened here before, and I see several romances forming this year as well, but I wouldn't go so far as to say the odds are very high of that happening. It just depends.