<p>It sounds like you will be able to find a job that satisfies a lot of your interests. </p>
<p>" It wasn’t necessarily hard but but I figured I could do more." - Keep in mind that ANY entry level job is likely to have a fair amount of grunt work. Whatever your field and your company… you will be low man on the totem pole for at least a little while. </p>
<p>Also many seasoned workers have some tasks that are a bit more tedious than others. That’s reality. </p>
<p>@bschoolwiz When it comes to Supply Chain Management jobs, where do I go about finding those kinds of jobs? I also looked at APICS and it looks very promising and will definitely help me with finding the right job and where I want to be. Which (CPIM or CSCP) would be more beneficial to obtain? And is it something I can pursue right now?</p>
<p>@Chucktown I really liked the OR based courses and Production Planning and scored really high grades in those classes because I enjoyed them. What kinds of other IE jobs would fall under those types of classes?</p>
<p>@parh6512, I am not sure how indepth your OR and Production planning classes are but they really can go hand in hand with things like queueing theory. Production is also one part of the supply chain. I may have mentioned this earlier but I like to go on indeed (a job website) and just search for “industrial engineering.” You will see tons of jobs production planning and supply chain jobs listed. Spend some time on there looking for the jobs that sound interesting. If you see a job that sounds great but you would need more experience, read over the requirements for the job you want, and then try to push your career in that direction. It’s all about furthering your skillset. </p>
<p>@parh6512 CPIM requires 2 years of working experience and CSCP required 5 years of working experience, which makes perfect sense. </p>
<p>It would not make sense for a student to get a professional certification without having worked in the field for at least a few years.</p>
<p>Indeed.com is my favorite job search site. I like its format and I have been using it for years. </p>
<p>Usually when I am looking for IE jobs on Indeed, I use terms like “Industrial Engineering” “Supply Chain” “Continuous Improvement” “Lean Manufacturing” “Safety Engineer” which is another interesting area, IMO.</p>
<p>I would not try to limit yourself to one particular area though before you get more work experience and find an area you like and see yourself working in the future.</p>
<p>The vast majority of my IE cohorts are leaning more towards Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing being second but there are quite a few other areas you could go into.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would try to get as much relevant IE experience as possible and keep your options for now before trying to specialize in one particular area.</p>
<p>I’ve been in impressed by Indeed listings / search functions. </p>
<p>In DD’s more general job hunt , in curiosity I searched for “Economics” (which many jobs had “Economics, Business, or Finance”.) The job she found and liked said “Pricing Certification” (whatever that may be) was preferred. She didn’t have it but applied anyway. That surprised me. My take-away was that even in this tough economy sometimes employers don’t find everything on their wish list. </p>
<p>I don’t know if it’s just me but most of the job postings on Indeed are related to Manufacturing when I search for “Industrial Engineering”. But when I search for “Supply Chain” the results have nothing in common with what I did in college. I’m not sure if I have to change my resume in that regards. The Production Planning class I took did some of the stuff in Supply Chain but I don’t have any particular skill that shows that I have Supply Chain experience. Any advice on how I would include that on my resume?</p>
<p>So far (since past 3 months), I have applied to about 100 positions and have had interview with 4 but no offers. Im not sure if I’m doing something wrong. I’m not limiting my self to any particular region. </p>
<p>@parh6512 Supply Chain Management/Manufacturing/Production Planning are three areas that overlap more often than you think, so I have seen a lot of SCM positions that ask for experience in Manufacturing. Manufacturing positions that ask for experience in SCM, etc.</p>
<p>If I were, I would take any job where you will be dealing with Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement, then you could easily move to SCM or Production Planning later because the underlying concept of IE is essentially the same- process improvement.</p>
<p>As far as you doing something wrong, if you are getting interviews, your resume is probably good enough but you need to look at what you are doing in your interviews.</p>
<p>A lot of my IE cohorts have really poor social skills and that can definitely work against you. During an interview, you need to show that you are really interested in the job, I mean really, really interested and you have to be very enthusiastic.</p>
<p>If you go to an interview with a “neutral, indifferent” attitude and can’t connect with the recruiter, chances are, you ain’t getting the job.</p>
<p>To get my first internship, I had to interview twice but they also gave us a special project that needed to be completed over the weekend. I spend my entire Saturday(my birthday) working on this project because I wanted the job REALLY BAD!</p>
<p>I hate to say this but to get a job sometimes, you need to work your ass off and some more.</p>
<p>If you don’t like something, keep experimenting. Don’t assume that all engineering jobs are the same. Also, I know tons of engineering major friends who graduated and ended up in completely different industries like IT, tech startups, healthcare, investment banking, management consulting etc…</p>
<p>I have had another interview last week. I think I did fairly well but I’ll know if I get the job within few days. </p>
<p>How long did you have to wait before you got an offer and actually accepted it? Also how do I know how much starting salary to expect for someone like me? And do I ask that during an interview process if they don’t specify? I got offered a technician job a while back but the it wasn’t technically a IE job. </p>
<p>Salary is highly dependent on the job and the region. In the interview you should ask what the timeline/next steps are and they should normally let you know how soon they will make the decision. I would normally say you should know within two weeks, but if they really want you it could be within days. If you have interned, it should be similar to the same process. My last two internships that I took called me back within 3 days, but I have had some take the full two weeks to get back to me. </p>
<p>I would not ask about salary until you are offered the job. Go to the website glassdoor if you would like to see salaries for the company in question.</p>
<p>To give you guys an update: I have had few phone interviews in the last few months (one last week) but I have yet to receive a solid offer for a job. I have contacted few recruiters also to help me with the process. Im not sure if I need to work on my interview skills or not but I have been applying everywhere in the US for IE positions. </p>
<p>Contact your school. Better yet go in to your alumni office or employment office and ask for any job postings. Yo have a better chance if you go through your alumni or school network.</p>
<p>Update:</p>
<p>After posting this thread, I got an offer from an small consulting company which I accepted it. This company does major consulting projects for GM and other companies in states. However, this is a contract job and I am still keeping my options open for a permanent position. Now that I have GM on my resume, I have been getting more calls when I apply for jobs. (Im assuming is because of the brand image). But from here on, I would like to move to a better company that offers job stability. </p>
<p>I wanted to know if it would be wise to apply for oil and gas companies for career advisement opportunities and better pay. I worked in Manufacturing settings for all the work I did for 2 other companies so Im not sure if I can get into SCH positions with this kind of experience that I have. What other companies hire IEs and that has good benefits and salary? And at what point in my career do companies stop caring for GPA? </p>