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<p>I found this interesting report from manpower.com, which conducted a survey of the hardest fo fill jobs. Engineering dropped from first place in 2009 to 8th in 2010 after getting beaten out by skilled trades. </p>

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<p>Based on that, it appears the two best fields for college graduates to go into are nursing and engineering. That doesn’t sound bad…</p>

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<p>It also doesn’t necessarily mean that engineering or nursing got any easier or harder to fill, it only really implies that the ones that beat it this year, for one reason or another, passed those. Either nursing and engineering got easier to fill, the others got harder to fill, or a combination of the two. You would need the actual data this ranking is based on to draw any real concrete conclusions.</p>

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<p>Homer, You have a accounting degree. But you said in one of other posting that you; “did not find accounting interesting”, and that you do not think you could pass the CPA exam…If this true way did you get a BS in accounting for? </p>

<p>Did you get kicked out of an engineering or computer science program in the past? It seem that you hate engineering and computer science.</p>

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<p>did he say that he dropped out of the accounting program?</p>

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<p>Yes… he didn’t like it so he dropped it in favor of something else I believe. I do think he still graduated with SOMETHING. He could clear that up I suppose.</p>

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<p>No, I graduated. I just did not get enough accounting credits to sit for the CPA exam.</p>

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<p>So in this economic time, engineering drops to 8th. Not bad for the so-called worst economic time in decades.</p>

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<p>I don’t know about that. On Monster, there are 300 accounting jobs and 700 nurse positions in NYC. In contrast, there are 2 chemical engineer jobs.</p>

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<p>Didn’t we cover this already? Engineers don’t get jobs from Monster. They just don’t. It rarely happens. Additionally, NYC is far from being a hotbed for engineers. I am actually surprised there are that many on monster for NYC considering those facts. On the other hand, it is the financial capital of the world, so 300 accounting jobs is surprising if not for the recession.</p>

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<p>Just laugh…</p>

<p>Homer has proven that he is not going away, so might as well laugh with him.</p>

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<p>Why don’t you think engineers get jobs from Monster. There were a good number of civil engineer jobs on Monster in NYC. I’m a little biased as I got my job from Monster…</p>

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<p>Homer,</p>

<p>Dice has a better chance of landing engineers than Monster and on top of that, Dice is more geared to I.T. than the other engineering areas.</p>

<p>The other engineering areas usually recruit by way of:</p>

<p>1) A handful of selected recruiters with “ties” to the company (sometimes former employees)
2) Specific engineering area recruiting firms. Yes, there are some recruiting companies that just screen chemical or mechanical engineers.
3) Sometimes a company’s OWN job fair…but it’s almost by invite only.</p>

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<p>Hey Homer, if you have a BS in Accounting…Why not apply to the FBI as a SPECIAL AGENT? [Federal</a> Bureau of Investigation](<a href=“http://www.fbijobs.gov/111.asp]Federal”>http://www.fbijobs.gov/111.asp)</p>

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<p>Homer is right. Engineering dropped to 8th and that is bad news. I am switching to Restaurant & Hotel staff. can anyone recommend a good major for that???</p>

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<p>Because they don’t. As GLOBALTRAVELER mentioned, there are other ways that engineers get jobs. Entry-level engineers get their jobs almost exclusively through their school’s career services and through internships these days. Experienced engineers usually get jobs through the connections they have already developed or through the means mentioned by GLOBALTRAVELER.</p>

<p>And where you got your job is irrelevant, as you are not an engineer. Monster has a lot of good stuff on it, but it is hardly a good indicator of engineering jobs.</p>

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<p>So if someone is an unemployed, experienced engineer with little to no connections, they are out of luck?</p>

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<p>“experienced engineer with little to no connections”</p>

<p>Homer where is the logic? An experienced engineer will have many connections.</p>

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<p>If this describes somebody, they are doing it wrong. The name of the game - any game - is connections. If you are experienced and have no connections, you must have just lived in a hole or not been competent enough at your job to make those valuable connections.</p>

<p>Shoot, I worked as an intern for two 12-week sessions and have about 4 people at that company that would do their best to get me a job if I ever asked or would give me a glowing recommendation for elsewhere if needed. That was after only 24 total weeks of working there.</p>

<p>As a grad student, within my first year I already have made pretty strong connections with one of the companies with which my group works (a top company in my field). When all is said and done, I could likely exploit those for a job as long as I don’t do anything to screw it up.</p>

<p>Again, if you don’t make connections, you are doing it wrong. It’s all about networking, people!</p>