<p>how is the current recession affecting current undergrads planning to major in engineering? i realize current seniors probably have it worse than current freshmen, but how much worse are we speaking here?</p>
<p>I don't think we really know for sure how bad it's going to be quite yet, but a lot of companies are still hiring. From what I've seen, it's still better to be an engineer than it is to be a whole bunch of other things, but engineering's not insulated, and we don't know how long it's going to be until it gets better.</p>
<p>This is how the market goes, though. Some up, some down. Ultimately, people are going to need engineers again. It's still a good profession to be in, stability-wise, though it'll be tough for a while.</p>
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i realize current seniors probably have it worse than current freshmen, but how much worse are we speaking here?
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We were out recruiting to local college campuses, and based on my observation the number of VERY GOOD candidates went up quite a bit. Lots of students with 3.3GPA and above,s ome candidates even had their MS and PEs but got laid off recently. </p>
<p>However, we are still hiring. It's just during these times, competition becomes fierce.</p>
<p>If it's bad, you can always find a position that may not deal with engineering, but pays your bills. You'll have something to do until jobs open up again.</p>