<p>Hi, I would like to know as engineering majors, how long after graduation (or if you received an offer before graduating) did it take for you to find a job that was secure, and paid well (salary, or great hourly wage)?
Also could you please list your major/engineering discipline and if you had engineering internship/job experience during your undergrad?</p>
<p>6 months before I graduated. Mechanical engineering, 2009, 3 summer internships.</p>
<p>Not me but my son: 1 month after graduating in 2010 with co-op experience in Computer Engineering.</p>
<p>One month, as a CS/math double major, but this was way back in 1986. Note that this was after graduating from uni in Australia, with no previous experience, and no “GPA” as a different grading system is used in Australia. Sent resumes via snail mail to a couple dozen U.S. employers. Received an immediate phone interview from a startup employer right after graduation while still in Australia, followed by an in-person interview (series of interviews testing my technical knowledge) two weeks later in the U.S., followed by a very competitive offer of employment (high salary, stock options, full benefits). CS was a hot major at that time, as it is once again right now.</p>
<p>I am currently interning for a major O&G company in a midstream role. I believe I will receive a full time offer in a few weeks (I graduate spring 2014). Unfortunately I want to work upstream and they said they could not offer me upstream unless I restarted my search at the career fair in the fall. </p>
<p>I think most people I know who graduate in the spring receive their full time offers in the fall and all are solid positions.</p>
<p>My son got his job offer in October of his senior year. He graduated in 2011 with a degree in mechanical engineering and he also had 3 internships. His GPA also helped.</p>
<p>I started to apply after my aftergrad trip (2 months after my grad ceremony). Got 2 offers within a month. Guess I got lucky since most people are working already so supply of newgrads are low ( got into o&g industry). The job already paid very well but I moved to another company within a year for better pay/security and vacation days.</p>
<p>I am a EE and have internship experience in the energy industry. I also did undergrad research and got a publication and have written a few apps/games.</p>
<p>I rarely hear of anyone not having a job offer/grad school acceptance before graduating. In the 2 instances I can think of they both had non-work plans after they graduated.</p>
<p>Negative 6 months. CS. 2 summer internships.</p>
<p>In 1984, my college had an excellent placement office. Most of my engineering classmates had job offers before graduation. In my case it was a a company where I had co-op’d for two prior summers. </p>
<p>To me the current economy seem harder for new engineering grads. It still pays to leverage the college placement center, but it s also good to have co-op/intern experience and “networking” too.</p>