I know that unemployment is through the roof and that economic indicators are bad, but I receive at least one employment solicitation per week. The kicker is that they are all for engineers. In fact, my own employer is busily looking for engineers. I sit and listen to my colleague in the next cubical over talking to potential new hires every day!
I joined LinkedIn primarily to stay in touch with friends who may be assigned to far flung areas of the world. But a lot of recruiters have also joined it and mine it for leads. And since most of those recruiters focus on the technical specialty groups within LinkedIn, when they solicit you for employment, it is for a job that's in your area. And they are all busily searching for engineers and designers. It would appear that as hard as Obama has tried to kill the oil industry, it is alive and well - especially overseas. And especially so for engineers with experience who have shown ability to drive projects to completion.
If companies are competing for engineering talent, they will also be hungry for technicians and designers - jobs that don't require an engineering degree but for which you do need technical and math skills.
My advice to young folks heading to college is to take the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) route.
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The company I recently left is in desperate need of experienced engineers. They have more work than they can handle, and they're not alone - their competition is in the same position. I'm glad I became an engineer. I'm fairly certain that I can remain employed - somewhere - even if the economy goes to hell.
WV: slifecu - That's life! See you!
Love being an engineer and doing what I do!
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