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Just putting my feelers out for my son, who's a post-graduation job hunter, and choosing to be close to family.
What is the pool like for young EEs, especially for those who like to focus more on the side of hardware and software engineering?
Thanks!!
Post grad STEM major markets are overly saturated. I advise your son, if he can't find anything in a few months, to look further from home. Unless you have a master of science, it's either going to take several months or getting another job not related to your major. If he has internships or did independent studies, he should have a much easier time with a BS.
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Just putting my feelers out for my son, who's a post-graduation job hunter, and choosing to be close to family.
What is the pool like for young EEs, especially for those who like to focus more on the side of hardware and software engineering?
Thanks!!
Tell your son to look on Indeed. Start with Charlotte. If that doesn't work, then shift to towns/cities outside of Charlotte, for instance, Gastonia, Concord, Rock Hill, Shelby, Hickory.
Hopefully he already has a solid linkedin profile, if not set up one. Then network, network via linkedin, etc. If he's interned, etc, use those contacts and school career placement center. My advice would be to take the best job with best company in the most desirable geographic location. If he has a decent GPA with any internship/co-op work, he will not have a problem finding a job within a few months, anywhere.
Make sure he attends any IEEE events or other technical related conferences, job fairs etc in the area. Also go over to UNCC placement center to see if they'll allow him to use their career placement center (most local companies use UNCC to fill entry level positions). Else, sign up for a UNCC course and son should be allowed to use the UNCC career placement center and attend recruiting events/career fair. Most schools have career fairs in the fall and spring...
If he can't find anything in Charlotte, try Greenville, SC. At one time, it had the largest number of engineers per capita of any city. Still a good bit of automation work too if he wants to get into control systems.
Its no Charlotte, but Greenville has a lot more to offer these days to the post college age than it used to.
He should really focus on skills, if that takes him away from Charlotte, then so be it.
I see a lot of young engineers taking "a job" then a few years down the road they have no marketable skills. If they get let go, if it very hard to find an entry level type job once you have a few years of experience. Don't be afraid to bounce around a bit in the first few years to see what he likes, just have a good reason for each move and focus on skill sets...
He should really focus on skills, if that takes him away from Charlotte, then so be it.
I see a lot of young engineers taking "a job" then a few years down the road they have no marketable skills. If they get let go, if it very hard to find an entry level type job once you have a few years of experience. Don't be afraid to bounce around a bit in the first few years to see what he likes, just have a good reason for each move and focus on skill sets...
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WSOC announced a company coming to Claremont that will be hiring engineers. The OP should check the WSOC website. There is a company with facilities in Kings Mountain & Shelby that hires electrical engineers. Those jobs would show up in searches of Indeed.
He should really focus on skills, if that takes him away from Charlotte, then so be it.
I see a lot of young engineers taking "a job" then a few years down the road they have no marketable skills. If they get let go, if it very hard to find an entry level type job once you have a few years of experience. Don't be afraid to bounce around a bit in the first few years to see what he likes, just have a good reason for each move and focus on skill sets...
Very rarely do electrical engineers land jobs that don't allow for developing marketable skill sets. Whether it's technical sales, project management, etc. Not all EE's need be or desire to be hardware or software designers or developers.
I do agree that bouncing around a bit geographically and/or company every 5-7 years is advisable. Unless you land in a great culture and company...don't leave.
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