Feel my Aero degree was completely useless...

HPuck35
Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:43:57 +0000

From my son’s experience, it is a frustrating experience looking for a job. He got a job, but it always seemed like you were sending your resume into a resume black hole. Everything in and nothing out. Years ago, the companies would send a letter saying they received your resume and then a letter after that on what action was being taken. Now, most times not even an email!!!

I view college as learning the basics of engineering and “how to learn”. You learn so much more on the job. You’ve got the basics, so you should be able to tackle quite a few types of engineering jobs. Keep sending out your resume.

The biggest deterent to getting a job is a bad GPA. What was yours? Anything less than 3.0 and a lot companies won’t touch you. If it less than 3.0, try the smaller companies that probably won’t have general policies against low GPA applicants (as the company I worked did).