I figured I would check back in and let people know whats going on.
I am down here at Ft. LeonardWood and I love it- Speaking of networking I have met fellow Army engineer officers when ChemE Structural, Mechanical, mining, civil and engineering management degrees-- All great people and...
Have you had your resume and CV professionally reviewed? By another engineer? By a human resources professional? By an English major? By a business major?
It seems to me that your response rate (1 in person out of 400) is low- I sent out around 100 and managed 9 in person interviews.
Now, I...
It's more in your head than you realize.
I can make excuses all day long as to why some particular thing hasn't gone my way, or why I cant make as much $ as someone else. MIT is not good and you probably wouldn't have got in there anyway - really even if we all had the $40k/year to go there-...
Your not the only one out there with some self doubt, I can attest to the fact.
PLC's are always a hot commodity. I remember when I worked as an intern in facilities-- some of the purchase orders I had to cut.
We brought in a PLC guy to do some work $200 an hour + expenses.. you don't get a...
Trouble trouble trouble.
I do have my EIT by the way, manufacturing companies seem to care less about the thing- consulting engineers definitely do so until I get specific to one industry I don't know if I am going to need my P.E. or not, its something I would like to eventually get though.
I...
yes/no to last post
I have just over 4 years .. 6 months for basic/AIT then did SMP program with reserves and ROTC and then comission into USAR, thats a bunch of acronyms but basically.. as a reservist I do not have enough active duty days to get veterans preference. Also never deployed because...
I am a bit misleading there- I do want to be an engineer first and foremost, that is what I mean when I say I want to be able to dictate the direction of my career. If I go Military that option has about a 30% shot at making it.
I supposed even if you do not carry the title- you are always an...
There is some truth to that which is probably a lot of why I can take a lot of abuse.. 15 days in the woods with little sleep, a few MRE's and a rucksack will teach you how little you really need to survive..
If I had to live in a world without money I would make it but I don't see an...
Lockheed, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, URS, ATK, BARR.. you name it I have probably applied for one or several positions...The holy grail of defense also has a bottomless pit for resume submission... It's tough to break in without knowing someone and with $110 Billion in defense cuts...
Searching for some guidance or good ideas.
U have never been so lost in all my life, I real these forums fairly often and figured I would include some background on my situation and what I should consider.
I graduated May 2010 with a BSME. During school I also did ROTC and had a 2 year...
