The matter in summary Students at NTNU in Trondheim, especially those studying IT, must apply for a summer job for 2025 already this autumn. This creates stress and frustration among the students, who believe it is too early to apply. United IT associations work to ensure that the deadline for applying for a summer job is set later in the year. Certain companies have ongoing admissions, which creates additional challenges for students. There are also concerns that contracts may be broken and that students may be left without a job. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – I think it is very awkward that we have to apply in August to get a job in July next year. That’s what Ola Mente Vassbotn (21) says. Together with 20-year-old Jørgen Teksmo Grønn, they are studying computer science in their third year at NTNU in Trondheim. They are among the students who must secure a summer job for 2025 already just after the summer. Because the competition among companies that want to secure the best students is already underway. – If you don’t land someone now, the chances of you getting a summer job are close to zero. It’s super idiotic. Jørgen Teksmo Grønn is already well underway with the search process for a summer job. Photo: Rebekka Skeie / news They themselves are well underway with the search process. – I have been to three interviews and I have applied for eight jobs so far, says Teksmo Grønn. He believes it is an advantage to have a bit more competence and more to show when applying for a summer job. – If it were up to me, you should be able to start applying in January, says Mente Vassbotn. Ola Mente Vassbotn (21) thinks it will be difficult to get a job straight after studies if you don’t get a relevant summer job. Photo: Rebekka Skeie / news What do you think about applying for a summer job before 1 October? Way too early! I like it, it’s nice to be done with it I don’t stress about the summer job, it will work out in the end Show result More challenges – It will be a sort of arms race for the good students. This means that you do not catch everyone, and that it becomes challenging for many students. That’s what coordinator of the United IT Associations (FIF), Hanne Alexandersdatter Hugem, says. Through the “Summer job case”, they are working to ensure that the deadline for applying for a summer job is set later in the year. One of the first matters for FIF was therefore to establish “1. the October deadline”. It is a challenge that companies sign students before the application deadline has expired, says coordinator in the United IT Associations, Hanne Alexandersdatter Hugem. Photo: private – A goal could have been to get it done after Christmas, but I think that is very difficult without having very positive feedback from the companies and the business world that they also want this. It is not only the deadline that is a problem in a highly competitive market. Several companies also have ongoing admissions, says Hugem. – We see that some companies get away with filling the places before the deadline, even though the announcement has 1 October on the websites. An additional stress factor For those who like to plan well in advance, it can be nice to have an early deadline, say Hanna Kongelf (22) and Kristoffer Krogh Wetterhus (24). But the computer technology students have mixed feelings about the October 1 deadline. – When you get it out of the way, you can concentrate on more important things, such as your studies, smiles Kongelf, and continues: – But the calendar becomes a bit full and the day a bit chaotic. I think many people agree that it is stress. Kongelf understands that it can be scary to sign a contract a year in advance. Photo: Rebekka Skeie / news And it’s not just a full calendar that makes the application process stressful, according to the students. – There has also been a lot in the media in the past year about major problems with the market, and that people are being made redundant and contracts are being cancelled. Then you suddenly find yourself without a summer job. – Then I understand that people think it’s a bit scary to have to sign a year in advance. The calendar gets very full when you have to juggle a lot at the start of the school year, say Hanna Kongelf (22) and Kristoffer Krogh Wetterhus (24). Photo: Rebekka Skeie / news First person to arrive Ida Daffinrud is a senior HR business partner at Geodata. She says that they relate to the 1 October deadline in order to secure good students before they get other contracts. But she believes it can be done differently. – I think that we as companies, but also the places of study, should take responsibility for giving students the opportunity to find the best match for them, instead of it being first come, first serve, says Daffinrud. Ida Daffinrud believes that companies and universities must take responsibility for stopping the trend of early application deadlines for summer jobs. Photo: Geodata Daffinrud understands that students are stressed by the deadline, but that they should not be worried that they will not get a job. – I don’t think most students, especially on those lines where the pressure and talk of having already signed a summer job during the autumn is greatest, need to be, she says and continues: – If you do well in your studies and go into a sought-after field of study it will take a lot for you not to get a relevant summer job if that is what you want. Especially if you are in 3rd-4th grade. Published 20.09.2024, at 10.57
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