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Just want to know if anyone else has experience with or insight into this:

My fiance recieved her bachelors deg from a good public school in Biomedical Engineering.  Problem was she had a hell of a time getting a job and most doors slammed in her face because they wanted mechanical or electrical engineers. The job she finally got was more testing oriented and there wasn't much thought involved.  She eventually quit because it was too boring, and she wasn't solving any problems like engineers are supposed to do.  Now she is in healthcare, making considerably less but is happier.

Why do they offer such a degree if nobody will hire someone with it?

RE: BSBE

It's a new degree, and most HR departments are not familiar with it.  She's not getting through the HR filter, so she needs to find a way to work around it and get her resume directly into the hands of people who are hiring.  She should use her schools resources to help identify companies that are interested in hiring that degree.

Of course there's always the possibility that she's not really that interested engineering.  My wife's also in medicine making less than she would if she was using her BSME.  And that's after paying for 3 more years of school.  I still cry myself to sleep.

-b

RE: BSBE

Wow, De ja vu.  I'm a dual degree BS Biomedical Engineering/BA Physics graduate who had an extremely hard time finding an entry level engineering position in medical devices.  I got a few bites, but most of them either had some weird telephone interviewing questions that supposedly forcasted your behavior, or they wanted at the very least a MS degree.

I eventually had to settle for working in a clinical lab setting as a technician, and have learned some valuable GC/MS and HPLC/MS, but my dream is to work as a R&D Engineer in medical devices/products.

Can anyone advise me as to how to get my foot in the door? Much appreciated!

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MSME or MSEE would be my choice if you want to do development work.

From what I understand of the Biomed Eng degrees, they give you the skills be a project manager in a medical device company.  Unfortunately, that's not an entry level position, and they don't teach you the skills you need to get there.

-b

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