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Im in my 3rd year too and I am not too worried. As long as you graduate with a reasonable GPA.. I mean come on this shit is so hard I can barely have time to do all of it, let alone do it all well.
 
Originally posted by: JohnCU
Originally posted by: Bignate603
Is the job market for engineers that bad? There's quite a few guys saying here that they can't find a job. Out here in Phoenix I had 3 different offers 5 months before I graduated. Maybe the market is worse in other areas?
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err we can't find EEs to hire, demand is pretty damn high right now so not sure about a bad job market.
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Yeah...power people are really hard to find. Most colleges are concentrated on teaching people about the electronics field. You pretty much have to find it by accidentto realize that itis there. If you get an EE with a concentration on power systems....you should have no problem fining a job.
 
Aero/ME Rutgers Univ - will be a senior this year.

Only thing is... I do not see myself living in New Jersey a year from now with this degree. That's fine with me. I've already got a few target locations.
 
Originally posted by: Bignate603
Originally posted by: tenshodo13
I've been wanting to take Aerospace Engineering as my Major in college. Whats the job market like for it?
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Most aerospace engineers are OLD. The average age in my turbine engines design group is 50+. They all hired on in the 60's and 70's when the cold war was going on, and the post cold war economy didn't need many more so they didn't hire many. Now this wave of people is approaching retirement and they don't have anybody to replace them. In the next 5-10 years you could move up pretty quickly.
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One word: India.
 
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: Bignate603
Originally posted by: tenshodo13
I've been wanting to take Aerospace Engineering as my Major in college. Whats the job market like for it?
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Most aerospace engineers are OLD. The average age in my turbine engines design group is 50+. They all hired on in the 60's and 70's when the cold war was going on, and the post cold war economy didn't need many more so they didn't hire many. Now this wave of people is approaching retirement and they don't have anybody to replace them. In the next 5-10 years you could move up pretty quickly.
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One word: India.
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You can only outsource certain parts of government contracts which are still a huge part of the aerospace industry.
 
Originally posted by: BChico
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Lehigh '06

Work in financial and operational consulting.
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Civil engineering, Lehigh University. Glad to see another from grad South Mountain.
 
Originally posted by: D1gger
Originally posted by: Imp
Civil just graduated June 08.

Now an unemployed apprentice. Better get some internships/co-ops or you're as effed as me.
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Go west young man.

The civil engineering firms I deal with (BC & Alberta) have been crying for people for the last few years.
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Would love to, even applied to a few entry-level/technician jobs there, but then I realized my chances. They probably want experienced, P.eng people out there, and the cost of living has skyrocketed. I'm in one of the worst cities for engineers cause of the oversaturation of engineering graduates and qualified immigrants. If I get desperate, I will try harder to go west though.

Overall, I wouldn't say the demand for engineers is down, it's just down for new grad engineers. There are a lot of positions advertised for those with a license and 10+ years experience.
 
Electrical and Computer Engineer
University of Colorado Masters and Bachelors Finished Dec 07
Work for Emerson Process Management - Micro Motion Inc. on Process Transmitters for Hazardous environments.
 
BSME, 1994 from Northeastern University

However, these days I am the co-owner of a consumer products testing and consulting company, meaning I do more chemistry/accounting/finance/IT/management/etc. than any sort of "engineering".
 
Originally posted by: 440sixpack
BSME, 1994 from Northeastern University

However, these days I am the co-owner of a consumer products testing and consulting company, meaning I do more chemistry/accounting/finance/IT/management/etc. than any sort of "engineering".
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Really??? You guys hiring??? Wanna help out a fellow NU grad😉 Anyways, i wanna start a company....but I do not know if I have the balls to take the risk.....
 
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