[candy aurora]

Hi all,

I am 22. I just graduated from a reputable university and have done bachelors in Electrical Engineering. Nowadays I am doing a job in a Telecommunication company. The problem is that the job is a managerial one and I don't like purely managerial jobs. I feel like my heart's not in this job and I do all my tasks mechanically. I feel worthless all the time and feel that I am wasting my time and energy.I have also tried at other places but these days due to recession it is very hard to find a good job so at present I can't leave this job either. Please advice me.

[Travelinglady]

Candy, I assume you were wanting a job where you could actually do engineering?

I know this statement sounds a bit tough, but you do have a job--unlike numbers of people in this economy. I suggest you do the best you can, look for the positives in it, and keep applying for other positions!

[candy aurora]

Originally Posted by PAYNE1

Candy, I assume you were wanting a job where you could actually do engineering?

I know this statement sounds a bit tough, but you do have a job--unlike numbers of people in this economy. I suggest you do the best you can, look for the positives in it, and keep applying for other positions!

Yes I want a job which is related to applied engineering !! Thankyou for the advice

[astenon]

Think I agree with Payne. Keep plugging away at those applications. I know it can be demoralising when you send off applications and keep getting knocked back, but unfortunately, that's the way the economies are in most of the world at the moment. No-one is hiring.

Try not to let your job get you down. Think of it as a means to an end. Firstly, it's bringing in the money and it's giving you valuable work-place experience which will help once people do start hiring again. Maybe you could consider a course a night school, or an Open University (not sure if you have that in the US) course to keep your mind active and further supplement your skills to make yourself even more attractive to potential employers.

* The Open University is a proper, legitimate University in the UK that provides recognised qualifications on an online/distance learning basis. I'm not trying to suggest one of those dodgy 'buy a qualification for $200' things I've heard of.

[Perna]

I'd go back and visit your college, see if they have any small niche things happening; mine, the University of Maryland, for example, has this program: IREAP - Homepage (not exactly what you are looking for but there are all sorts of things going on with schools in concert with business or other disciplines. My husband graduated with his EE degree and went to work for the physics department of U. Md. in a program where he built payloads for rockets to shoot at the Aurora in the Artic and on to starting companies and inventing things and a wonderful, fulfilling career as a design engineer.

But in any event, visit your favorite professors and discuss your problems with them and see if they have contacts or ideas for you? Academics often get called to companies to consult and help on specific problems and it could be one of your professor has contacts they'd be willing to share with you because you are "interested". They are just as open to flattery ("I really enjoyed your class and learned a lot" :-) as anyone else and that you came back and chose them to ask for help, they might be thrilled.