JH95
Civil/Environmental
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2
Hello all,
I'm a fairly young engineer about 3 years out of college where I got my B.S. in Environmental Engineering (in my school this was in the mechanical department) and have been working in HVAC design since with a brief stint in solar right as I graduated before I was laid off a few months later. However, I want to get back to environmental engineering, where I can apply my skills to something I care more about and have a greater interest in. I'm finding it to be a little awkward determining what I should be applying for. I have 3 years of experience, but in a different industry. HVAC is primarily fluid dynamics and heat transfer and I know at least some of that would transfer to environmental, particularly water resources and water treatment in my opinion, but I'm not sure the best way to characterize that either on a resume or to a recruiter (several of which do not have the technical background to understand the specific subjects.) I'm worried about pigeonholing myself into HVAC and being stuck in a career that I really don't care about and am looking for any advice to use my experience to get into something I want to do. Or maybe I should just be looking at entry-level for the different industry?
I also am trying to find ways to better utilize my time to help in the job search. I've started trying to be more active on LinkedIn and reaching out to people, any other suggestions on ways I can make a couple hours here and there turn into something productive from a professional standpoint?
I'm a fairly young engineer about 3 years out of college where I got my B.S. in Environmental Engineering (in my school this was in the mechanical department) and have been working in HVAC design since with a brief stint in solar right as I graduated before I was laid off a few months later. However, I want to get back to environmental engineering, where I can apply my skills to something I care more about and have a greater interest in. I'm finding it to be a little awkward determining what I should be applying for. I have 3 years of experience, but in a different industry. HVAC is primarily fluid dynamics and heat transfer and I know at least some of that would transfer to environmental, particularly water resources and water treatment in my opinion, but I'm not sure the best way to characterize that either on a resume or to a recruiter (several of which do not have the technical background to understand the specific subjects.) I'm worried about pigeonholing myself into HVAC and being stuck in a career that I really don't care about and am looking for any advice to use my experience to get into something I want to do. Or maybe I should just be looking at entry-level for the different industry?
I also am trying to find ways to better utilize my time to help in the job search. I've started trying to be more active on LinkedIn and reaching out to people, any other suggestions on ways I can make a couple hours here and there turn into something productive from a professional standpoint?