Is there any chance
Is there any chance
(OP)
I'm finishing an EE degree soon at 60 years old. I retired early so that I could go back to school and finish the EE degree I started a long time ago. Have graduate degree in mathematics and 34 years experience as a statistician. At any rate I've been trying to find a job, any job, in the EE area. It's been awful. Some tell me right to my face I'm too old. Is there any chance of me getting an internship? Job as a technician or as a apprentice engineer? This experience has been a real shocker. I've never had a problem finding a job until now.





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Reliability Engineering would seem to be a natural fit, trying to make sense of sparse and often inaccurate historical data in order to affect future history. Unfortunately, an RE operation would usually only be found in a relatively large company, and large companies' undocumented rules clearly include termination of employees over age 50, for no provably illegal reason of course.
Mike Halloran
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Cheers
Greg Locock
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Aside from internships, when I worked in a design firm, we could never get good EE's, so I'm surprised you are having trouble. What part of the country (world?) are you in?
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I get a lot that say I'm over qualified. What the heck is that? How can you become "less qualified"? I'd suggest they are getting a good deal then instead of using it as an excuse to not hire.
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Not that I particularly agree with the aproach or think it is less rude than telling the real reason (wich I rather have than this generic answer). I have heard that a lot of times and I'm young.
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If so, you need to make that extremely clear during the job interview. Low ball them.
If not, then you are indeed "overqualified," or rather they expect to get the same level of production from someone younger at a lower salary.
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