[SI-LIST] Re: Career Advice for a junior EE
- From: "Loyer, Jeff" <jeff.loyer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gsletch@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:26:46 -0800
A quick couple of thoughts.
And these are only personal opinions (basically, the same counsel I give
my college-aged daughters).
Among NCG's (New College Grads) resumes, I find myself looking for
something to differentiate them from all the others. The things I have
found myself looking for are: GPA, relevant experience, enthusiasm,
grammar/spelling (attention to detail), and leadership (took lead roles
in projects, etc.).
So, I personally would consider past experience in PCB layout a plus
when reviewing a resume. I would be especially impressed if someone
held an applicable job while going to college AND maintained a
respectable GPA. =20
Again, these are only personal opinions, and they're subject to change
(I've found rating resumes to be a very subjective thing; I haven't been
able to turn it into a purely scientific process, it seems to lend
itself to being somewhat of an art).
Good luck!
Jeff Loyer
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Career Advice for a junior EE
I have a question, not technical per se, but more career advice
related.
I am an unemployed EE(US Citizen) with about 3 years experience in the
hard hit telecom/computer server industry. My first job out of school
was mainly doing high speed digital PCB layout. On occasion, I did
some simple schematic capture and I was trained in Cadence's signal
integrity tools, but never got into it like I was promised...industry
started to tank, environment changed, etc. Long story...anyway.
Now to my question, how do engineers/managers view a "newbie" whose
previous job was as a PCB Designer, but wants to get into more board
level circuit design with less physical design other than supervising
layout designers or doing some myself when needed? I feel that the PCB
layout exp. was helpful, but not challenging enough; hence, the
lateral career move.
Am I looked down upon because I was a PCB Designer?
Will there ever be an opportunity as a Hardware Engineer? The job
market doesn't seem to want to open up for the junior level
people...it is closing in on 2 years out of work for me....
I have a BSEE with Graduate level courses in FPGA/ASIC design and
(soon to be) board design. Do I have a chance or am I wasting my time?
Opinions are welcomed....
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