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I graduated with B.S. EE last May 2011 and unemployed in engineering field. However, I'm currently underemployed in IT for 5 years now... It seems like I'm the only one who is currently unemployed/underemployed with my skills. Looking for engineering work right now.. Am I the only one?
I am an engineer graduate from a top public university in may 2011. I was unemployed for 7 months and I just got a job offer. Don't give up. Persistence is key
Where are you located? You are chronically underemployed, but you may be somewhere where the industry mix isn't really the best for people in your field. You'll have to go where the jobs are.
It's tough out there buddy. Not only are engineering jobs scarce, but you have a lot of competition with people who have a degree and experience. Not to say you should quit, but just keep looking. Took me around 2-3 months to find a job with 5 years experience in the field.
You only say you've graduated. Lots of people graduate. What else did you/can you do?
i've done several research (with a professor) and internship projects. i actually just finished my internship. however, i didn't get an offer for permanent position because no position open that fits my profile.
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Where are you located? You are chronically underemployed, but you may be somewhere where the industry mix isn't really the best for people in your field. You'll have to go where the jobs are.
i'm in the west coast area, and i'm willing to relocate anywhere.
i've done several research (with a professor) and internship projects. i actually just finished my internship. however, i didn't get an offer for permanent position because no position open that fits my profile.
i'm in the west coast area, and i'm willing to relocate anywhere.
Yeah, I'd go to the South, whether we're talking Texas, Alabama, Georgia, or North Carolina.
i've done several research (with a professor) and internship projects. i actually just finished my internship. however, i didn't get an offer for permanent position because no position open that fits my profile.
i'm in the west coast area, and i'm willing to relocate anywhere.
Have you checked the BOEING website?? They have entry level electrical engineer jobs and they are hiring due to some big contracts and having recently won the Air Force tanker project. The majority of the jobs are in the Seattle area -- but some are in a few other locations -- St. Louis, Philadelphia, Charleston SC, southern California and Houston TX. Good luck!
I know an acquaintance of mine was unemployed for 2 years and he had a EE degree from Harvard/Yale/Princeton and a PhD from MIT/Stanford/Berkeley. To be fair though, he didn't work in Electrical Engineering but in a different field and was trying to switch careers but it shows you how hard it is to land a job even with sterling credentials. In case you are wondering, this acquaintance of mine lives in the SF Bay Area, a supposed hotspot for engineering jobs.
Given that industry has very little use for doctorate degree holders and all academic institutions are incredibly reluctant to add faculty that includes folks that change careers it does not surprise me that your acquaintance was unemployed for 2 years.
The surest path to employment from a top flight undergraduate institution is via their efforts to line up on campus recuiters. When I think Harvard/Yale/Princeton I know the best on campus jobs for those schools go to finance / economics grads. While I know there are engineering grads from Harvard (Tracks (http://www.seas.harvard.edu/teaching-learning/undergraduate/engineering-sciences/tracks - broken link)) I also know there are much more industry focused schools... Yale goes so far to suggest a BA in EEfrom their institution is really just a starting point for more academic work in medicine, law or public service: Electrical Engineering | Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science | New Haven CT (http://www.seas.yale.edu/departments-electrical-undergraduate.php - broken link) Princeton has a longer history of contribution to the field, but again for those really attuned to an industry focused career I doubt this is the best place: About Us -*The Department of Electrical Engineering
When people think "electrical engineering dream career path" it generally includes a list heavy on public institutions: Electrical / Electronic / Communications | Rankings | US News Even then, if one is hoping to work for Intel or or some other hard to imagine job the specifics of where one did their internship and what sort of work experience you may have done in the summers are going to be the make or break. Essentially the focused intensity that top employers are looking for is matched by an intensity that makes job changers an impossible quest...
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I know an acquaintance of mine was unemployed for 2 years and he had a EE degree from Harvard/Yale/Princeton and a PhD from MIT/Stanford/Berkeley. To be fair though, he didn't work in Electrical Engineering but in a different field and was trying to switch careers but it shows you how hard it is to land a job even with sterling credentials. In case you are wondering, this acquaintance of mine lives in the SF Bay Area, a supposed hotspot for engineering jobs.
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Career switchers are a whole other ball of wax...
