<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm going to a mid-range school for engineering. I've been getting good grades and been finding co-op jobs. However, some of the students in my classes don't get good marks or relavent work experience.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, do anyone know what the job perspectives are like for these students? It seems like they don't really care.</p>
<p>If they're really social and decent at working they'll be ok in the long run. They'll have some trouble starting off finding a job and will probably have to settle for a lower tier job, but if they do well there then they can start moving up the ladder. </p>
<p>Then again they could luck out and land a pretty nice job through contacts right after college, but that's just how things work.</p>
<p>Contacts are <em>huge</em> when you're looking for a job. Knowing the right people is probably the most influential factor in the job search, more so than grades, more so than the name of your school. </p>
<p>Keeping your job is another issue.</p>
<p>As of a couple years ago, all these students would be employable. However, in the current employment environment, I suspect many of these will have trouble getting hired. Most likely they'll get hired by smaller companies that don't have formal HR departments.</p>
<p>are these types of students (people who just party and barely pass) common at all schools? I'm thinking students are more focused, especially at top US schools.</p>
<p>Yeah, they're common everywhere in every major, with possibly some oddball 15 person majors where you just happen not to have any. By common I don't mean most people are that way, just that you're going to run into them. SOME students are certainly more focused, and they tend to do better academically.</p>
<p>There will always be jobs for engineers. Currently, the US is critically short of engineers. They'll find a job. Maybe not what they want to do or the pay they want, but it'll be a job.</p>