More employment opportunities for engineers? 5

[cotelecom]

Just curious, but do people feel like the job outlook for engineers is improving with the larger economy? We've technically been in a recovery for a while now, but the engineering jobs being advertised seem few and far between, if there are any at all. Am I missing something, or is this a jobless recovery for engineers as well? The only jobs I see being advertised are so specific with their requirements that over 90% of the engineers that apply probably aren't considered qualified. Your thoughts?

 

[cranky108]

A strong dollar means energy prices are low. A weak dollar means energy prices are high. Which do you think my customers want?

We still export movies, TV shows, software, airplanes, porn, coal, rice, wheat, and if we allowed, our universities would be full. And for this we import money.
Most of these things don't get counted in out GDP.

A strong dollar makes imports cheeper. Things like bananas, cars, oil, and little plastic things from China.

We can make more jobs simply by making taxes cheeper, which would bring more businesses here.

 

[bbookz]

Living in Maryland, I suppose I've been somewhat insulated from major job losses and slow down. Engineer's aren't called to innovate just for the sake of novelty. We use tried and true methods to ensure safe designs whenever possible, this is the nature of our profession. Sometime necessity requires a creative solution to a problem leading to innovation. One thing to mention is that even if population grows less than expected, infrastructure is subject to decay so there should always be a market for repair/renovation. I do hope that this November brings change politically and spurs some economic growth.

 

[cranky108]

We have had growth in regulations, and mandates, and regulatory fines. That's economic isen't it?

 

[joyceison]

From what I have seen in the Engineering news forums there is a great deal of positive buzz coming from the industry. Obviously growth is very specific and it depends on the location you are thinking of working in. In particluar, I have found that there are lots of great Engineering Jobs in Scotland. You can find some very niche roles.

http://jobs.stv.tv/jobs/edinburgh/

 

[cranky108]

Do Scotish engineers wear boxers or briefs?

 

[KENAT]

Seriously, you need to ask.

Lets just say, none of the above.

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[cotelecom]

That link to engineering jobs in Scotland only lists 7 of them at the time that I wrote this. However, there are well over 300 accounting/finance/sales jobs listed instead. Clearly Scotland is not the place to go if you're looking for more traditional engineering work. Not a problem if you're an accountant. But if you're an 'engineer' you might be joining the queue at the social welfare office.....and that's assuming you can even tolerate the perpetual bad weather over there. If you don't enjoy grey skies and constant wind and rain, well, Scotland isn't for you!