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I went for an interview a few weeks ago. I think it went pretty good. Of course there are going to be some areas I wish I would of said something different, but for the most part it went well.
Anyways, it's been a few weeks so I decided to call them today to see what the outcome was. Their answer was, "We need someone with a little more experience with this program (CAD)."
So, this was my third time getting this answer. I've worked with a company for about 4-5 years in Catia v5. Which the company I was interested in was looking for a detailer in Pro-E. There is little difference between the programs.
It's really frustrating. It just seems like I'll never get a job in the same career I was in. Should I just give up? Where should I go now, sense I can't get a job in the same job field?
Why not put together an electronic portfolio highlighting your work and knowledge base with the versions of CAD that you know. You could have this online with a reference from your resume. You could offer to bring in a disk or powerpoint presentation that shows what you can do.
Pretty much everyone is going to Pro-E. I realize there's little difference, but I'd see if there's a "brush-up" course on Pro-E available either online or through a community college that you could take and put on your resume to help your chances.
If the only thing preventing you from getting a job is because you need more experience in CAD design, I think the logical answer would be to take a CAD course wherever it's offered, which would help you gain the knowledge you're lacking.
If the only thing preventing you from getting a job is because you need more experience in CAD design, I think the logical answer would be to take a CAD course wherever it's offered, which would help you gain the knowledge you're lacking.
You're right; however, I don't have the money to be taking any CAD classes. They usually range from $500-$2000, some are even more than that. I was taking a CAD class in college but they only taught Auto Cad. The only other way to take classes is to really sell yourself to company to have them send you to a CAD training class, and sometimes those can be costly, too (note: that's why I said "sell yourself").
I was able to get Catia v5 training sense my mom worked with a company that offered it. She had to do some talking to get me in, but I took it two different times. I was also working with someone for about six to eight months in Catia before I was offered a contract with an automotive company. I also did take Pro-E and Unigraphics classes, but nothing came from it.
I was just more down not given a chance to work for this company, there are tons more jobs hiring for a design engineer where I used to live. I really want to move back down; however, I'm stuck. I live with my dad now, after both of us lost our jobs. For a while I was getting paid unemployment, but I needed to find a job soon. I just didn't like sitting at home doing nothing. Maybe it's just me and label myself uneducated to find anything other than a design engineer job, because trying to find a better restaurant or other job that will offer 40 hours a week seems hard. He doesn't want me to leave because he'll lose his house.
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