<p>If “experts” could reliably predict economic trends, they’d all be billionaires.</p>
<p>It’s cyclical, it’s regional, it’s unpredictable. </p>
<p>It’s not safe to say when civil engineering jobs will pick up, but it is safe to say that they probably will. Heck, all of the students avoiding it in the past few years might result in a major shortage of civil engineers when the economy finally starts to gain some momentum.</p>