What options do I have if I did poorly in high school and college?

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I studied electrical engineering in college. I got denied from sports teams and many extracurricular opportunities in high school. I tried getting into internship, fraternities, engineering clubs in college only to get denied. Now, I can’t find a job anywhere. What do I do? No one will hire me because I lack experience, but I can’t get experience. I can’t get into grad school either.

It’s frustrating to be denied from so many opportunities when I was young, and now that is screwing me over

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Do you have a degree in Electrical engineering from a US college?

If so, you need to connect with Career Services at your college and get them to help you figure this out.

Your experiences in HS are no longer relevant. You are a college graduate- and that means there WILL be opportunities for you, you will need to be aggressive in seeking them out.

Have you had a professional (at your college) look at your resume and help you? Have you had professional help (from your college) do mock interviews? If not- get on that ASAP!

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I’m sorry that you had these frustrating experiences.

But you have a degree! A really good one! You’ll get there.

A few questions:

  1. How much work experience do you have, overall? I’m talking about ANY job, like fast food or lifeguarding or whatever.
  2. When did you graduate?
  3. Have you checked out the engineering resumes subreddit? Their wiki is a goldmine and you should read it and do everything they suggest Reddit - The heart of the internet
  4. How are you paying for life right now?
  5. Have you only applied to engineering jobs, and to jobs in specific geographic regions?
  6. Has your university career center been helpful?

You might have to look outside your field and geographic area. I’m guessing you’re at the point where you need to get a job, any job (unless you have one already). It looks worse to potential employers to be unemployed than to have a job outside your field.

So if engineering jobs across the country aren’t making offers, you’ll need to find something else full-time nearby you in the meantime.

And seriously, that wiki is an amazing resource. And your career center can also be an amazing resource but you’ll have to put in a lot of work yourself.

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Closing as it’s a variation of poster’s previous threads. Asking again won’t elicit different responses

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