For a while I thought that this whole ‘economic crisis’, ‘credit crunch’, ‘recession’, ‘downturn’, ’sacking-fest’, or whatever you want to call it was just being blown out of proportion by the media. Then it got a little more serious and I took more note, but figured that, as an engineer, I wouldn’t be hugely affected by it. I mean, everyone needs engineers no matter the state of the economy, right? Right guys?? Then it got even worse. And I went to careers fairs. And I applied to jobs. And I got rejected or ignored. And the number of pessimistic articles about how I shouldn’t graduate this year grew exponentially. A prime example.
What do a large number of articles suggest? Putting off graduation for another year by doing a masters degree. Except I already have one of those and it doesn’t seem to be helping much. Maybe I’ll have to look into a sponsored PhD – except that would be another 3 years of education. Or I could work in a bar. Fun times.
Oh, and I don’t suppose anyone who could potentially be concerned by this will ever find this (unless it miraculously shows up on a Google search – stranger things have happened), but if you’re considering applying to Vetco Gray, the oil and natural gas branch of GE – DON’T! They got back to me relatively quickly after I applied and asked me when I would be available for a telephone interview. I thought “Great! Someone might offer me a job!” So I sent in some dates and… never got a response. A month later, not even a second e-mail. Screw them I say. It’s their loss anyway.
Looks like we’re in the same boat…
Accenture made me laugh when they said next starting date would be October… that is October 2010!
Just Click had a bunch of jobs for engineers last week – might be worth having a look at
Credit Crunch Saludos from Barcelona
Haha, October 2010, that’s very useful isn’t it!
Thanks for the Just Click tip though, I’ll have to have a look when I have some free time. I’m at least not losing too much sleep over it since I just have to consider how few people are studying engineering these days – even if now’s not the best time to be job hunting, I could be in a worse field… *cough*banking*cough*
Hope you’re enjoying your time in Barcelona – your weekends certainly look fun (more fun than mine at the moment!)
ahhhh. no – its not the best time to be graduating. My sister just finished her masters degree and is now here in belize doing an internship. But all things shall come to an end – just got to ride out the storm…..good luck with the job search!!