DigiTan
New Member
Well, I finally finished up the engineering program, and so far I've gotta say the 5 years in college was a complete of time and money. I doubt my diploma's worth whatever paper it's printed on.
I graduated in December and started sending out resumes a few months before that. I was really banking on this being a turning point in my life so I might actually enjoy myself for once. The GPA wasn't great (2.66), but I was told it wasn't terrible. Plus I had 35 college projects in my name and enough practical/internship experience to find a respectable EE job...so they said. At first, I saw the unemployment as an opportunity to catch up on reading, exercise, and other projects. And in the meantime, I sent out at least 60 more resumes, contacted people, did job fairs, and added 3 more personal references.
It's been 3 months now and I've only gotten 2 serious resume replies. One already said no. I know I've had trouble finding work before, and being a minority automatically cuts my opportunities down to half. But this is going too far. So far, the only promising offers available are $8/hour retail or fast food jobs.
I can't understand why only 3% of resumes are getting taken seriously. It's an ABET school. I followed all the resume advice, had it critiqued a few times. I showed them a few of my project portfolios. I even ran credit and criminal database checks on myself to see if I had any negative items. This was happened to me so many times, it's almost as if there's someone out there trying to ruin me. In the meantime, I have to figure out how to pay for luxuries like food when so one will hire me.
Has anyone else had this happen after graduation? Or catch someone trying trying to sabotage your hiring chances?
I graduated in December and started sending out resumes a few months before that. I was really banking on this being a turning point in my life so I might actually enjoy myself for once. The GPA wasn't great (2.66), but I was told it wasn't terrible. Plus I had 35 college projects in my name and enough practical/internship experience to find a respectable EE job...so they said. At first, I saw the unemployment as an opportunity to catch up on reading, exercise, and other projects. And in the meantime, I sent out at least 60 more resumes, contacted people, did job fairs, and added 3 more personal references.
It's been 3 months now and I've only gotten 2 serious resume replies. One already said no. I know I've had trouble finding work before, and being a minority automatically cuts my opportunities down to half. But this is going too far. So far, the only promising offers available are $8/hour retail or fast food jobs.
I can't understand why only 3% of resumes are getting taken seriously. It's an ABET school. I followed all the resume advice, had it critiqued a few times. I showed them a few of my project portfolios. I even ran credit and criminal database checks on myself to see if I had any negative items. This was happened to me so many times, it's almost as if there's someone out there trying to ruin me. In the meantime, I have to figure out how to pay for luxuries like food when so one will hire me.
Has anyone else had this happen after graduation? Or catch someone trying trying to sabotage your hiring chances?