I agree with Need Citation.
Experience in the profession outweighs almost anything.
A nice rack doesn't hurt either.
I agree with Need Citation.
Experience in the profession outweighs almost anything.
A nice rack doesn't hurt either.
class of 2011 wrote:
I'm getting a B.S. in civil engineering in California, but about a hundred of those resumes and cover letters were sent to out-of-state employers.
Look for state gov't jobs-- in CA and elsewhere. Civil engineering is never the best of engineering degrees, but if you can get a state job you'll end up with a decent, stable salary and great benefits...
4runner wrote:
class of 2011 wrote:I'm getting a B.S. in civil engineering in California, but about a hundred of those resumes and cover letters were sent to out-of-state employers.
Look for state gov't jobs-- in CA and elsewhere. Civil engineering is never the best of engineering degrees, but if you can get a state job you'll end up with a decent, stable salary and great benefits...
Civil engineering is a great degree if you are in a specialized field like structural or geotechnical engineering. The orignal poster needs to look where in parts of the counttry with new construction and growth. Try the southeast and Texas, and maybe look into the transportation engineering field since a lot of stimulus money went into road and bridge projects.
Quick update:
I was offered two part-time jobs over the past week. The good news is that neither of them are too stressful, both of them have flexible hours, and both of them pay more than minimum wage. The bad news is that neither of them are engineering related.
That being said, I'll pick the job with the least commute. Oh well, I guess some work is better than no work.
Need citation wrote:I would rather hire someone in their 40s-50s than the recent grads I've seen.
That's a funny comment that tends to come from the most entitled underachieving generation in the country's history. What do the boomers have to be proud of? The 1970's through the 90's?
Mr. Price wrote:
That's a funny comment that tends to come from the most entitled underachieving generation in the country's history. What do the boomers have to be proud of? The 1970's through the 90's?
...types the guy posting on an internet message board
Many of us Baby boomers will not be retiring for a while Yet.
I turn 57 next month.
In the last 40 years I have been a Dairy Farmer,Chicken Farmer,Silviculturist,Miner,Airline worker and a Motor Mechanic.
Next month I start training as a Nurse.
Never been unemployed.Never Been Sacked. Never likely to Be.
Reason is that I'm prepared to do Anything to earn a Living.
Or you can go where the Jobs are.
http://www.engineeringjobs.net.au/jobs.nsf/jobs-By-Discipline
I just got a full time job offer. It's a sales job and has nothing to do with my major, but I'm happy.
Anyway, I didn't even get an interview for an engineering job despite applying to dozens of those companies, researching them, and meeting their employees in person. But that's expected, considering that the construction industry is on life support now.
The baby boomers will not be retiring any time soon. The cost of living will increase violently over the next decade, forcing millions of would-be retirees to continue working for the rest of their lives.
The overwhelming majority of boomers have not saved enough to retire regardless of the recent stock market decline and the housing bubble bust, although those two events will cause the few that were on track to retire to rethink whether they should continue working a few more years. As boomers keep working, there are no vacancies for others to move up to make room for entry level college grads.
The job market might improve from very bad to merely bad, but it doesn't look good for job seekers over the next 5-10 years.