Engineering Resumes, Cover Letters and
Career
Question:
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Do
you know of any resources or opportunities to look for engineering job
postings or network beyond the obvious sites like monster.com and
others that work?
Ben B., Wilmington, DE
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Answer:
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Ben,
Regarding sources for engineering jobs here are some suggestions.
1. Job Sites:
The job sites which you are familiar with have become more and more
popular over the last few years with engineering employers. Certainly
monster.com,
careerbuilder.com and dice.com are the leads. However there are others
you may
want to visit such as indeed.com and yakaz.com which can have
engineering jobs that are not carried in the main job boards.
2. Job
Events/Fairs This
is especially effective in defense when "cleared" engineering job fairs
take place. Employers are typically looking to hire quickly and
engineers with clearances are at a premium. Other job fairs or events
are also a great opportunity. Check your local paper for special hiring
events. If you are an entry level engineer then University career fairs
are a great option.
3. Linkedin has
grown in its ability to connect professionals with jobs.
The opportunities are unlimited of course and the signal to noise ratio
may be
low
but there are plenty of engineering job postings and linking on the
site that could lead to interesting opportunities in engineering.
4. Recruiting
Agencies
are very adept at placing engineering candidates. Sometimes they
advertise engineering positions but many times they do not. You can
search for placing agencies in engineering and call them directly. They
will in most cases keep your resume and when an opportunity shows up
you will be on their portfolio of professional engineers.
5. Corporate
Sites are
a great source for engineering job postings. Many corporations,
especially large ones do not bother with monster.com or other sites.
They know engineers looking for a job know them and come to them. So
identify several large corporations in your area and visit their sites
regularly. Often times they will not have to advertise engineering
opening past their site unless the position goes unfilled for a while
and you will get the scoop first.
6. Local
Newspapers
are often overlooked by engineers looking for a job (especially big
city papers) and can carry many ads for hiring events and engineering
openings that are not available on the web. This is a main opportunity
when other engineers are looking online and sometimes forget the local
advertising venues.
7.
Professional Societies. Networking
events at professional engineering societies or social
events/conferences are a great opportunity to get to know people and to
post
your resume with a targeted audience that hires engineers.
There are others like craigslist and minor job boards that also
carry engineering openings but the 7 above should get you to 90% of the
openings out there.
Good luck with your search!
Feel free to contact us with any additional questions.
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