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Old 11-06-2019, 08:56 AM
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Default Aerospace engineer son graduating. Any job ideas?

Hello all!!
Well my son is graduating this December with his BS in Aerospace engineering from Embry Riddle Daytona. He is crazy busy this last semester, but has managed to apply to 28 positions so far. No phone calls yet(except for a bank in Pa that wanted to talk to him about a sales and marketing job after seeing his resume on Monster. Duh! Really doubt an aerospace engineer wants to do marketing at a bank). Just putting a feeler out there to all the engineer types who may know of a job and could put his name in front of someone. Call me cynical but this applying over the websites scares me since computers can kick you out over something minor.
He will be graduating with a GPA around 3.5 maybe a touch under depending on this semester. He has had a NASA internship at JSC and LOVED it. He would love to do something space related but is definitely open to other things as well. He has also helped me on my 9A build so has some experience with that. Appreciate any tips anybody can give!!
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Old 11-06-2019, 09:37 AM
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Dave,

Finding a job is a lot like sales; it's all about the networking. You're doing right by tapping into this network. Make sure he's on LinkedIn. He can search by company and/or profession and just start sending out connection requests. I would specifically search for alums of Embry Riddle. No one loves you more (besides Mom and Dad) than your fellow alums.

When he does connect with someone, it's obvious he's looking for a job. So concentrate on the less obvious. "Do you know anyone that I should talk to?" "If you were me, just starting out, how would you go about finding a job in the area I'm pursuing". Asking someone for advice is a powerful relationship builder. It's less intrusive (who doesn't like to give advice?) and even if for just a few moments, they're thinking about you. If someone will focus on "you" and your situation for just five minutes, it's amazing what contacts, great ideas or advice that a complete stranger can come up with.

Best of luck! Tell him he couldn't be in a better job market.
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Old 11-06-2019, 10:27 AM
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Dave,

Finding a job is a lot like sales; it's all about the networking. You're doing right by tapping into this network. Make sure he's on LinkedIn. He can search by company and/or profession and just start sending out connection requests. I would specifically search for alums of Embry Riddle. No one loves you more (besides Mom and Dad) than your fellow alums.

When he does connect with someone, it's obvious he's looking for a job. So concentrate on the less obvious. "Do you know anyone that I should talk to?" "If you were me, just starting out, how would you go about finding a job in the area I'm pursuing". Asking someone for advice is a powerful relationship builder. It's less intrusive (who doesn't like to give advice?) and even if for just a few moments, they're thinking about you. If someone will focus on "you" and your situation for just five minutes, it's amazing what contacts, great ideas or advice that a complete stranger can come up with.

Best of luck! Tell him he couldn't be in a better job market.
Awesome advice thank you. I have passed it on to him.
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Old 11-06-2019, 10:40 AM
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My advice to him is to go to this website, and just do everything they say. https://www.manager-tools.com/all-po...t_domain_tid=5

There is a Career Tools podcast and a lot of supporting material. If he does what they say, he will be ahead of 99.99% of all his "competitors".

If you are a manger of any kind, same advice to you.

These guys really know what they are talking about. They are the Mahlon of management.
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Old 11-06-2019, 10:46 AM
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Hello all!!
Well my son is graduating this December with his BS in Aerospace engineering from Embry Riddle Daytona. He is crazy busy this last semester, but has managed to apply to 28 positions so far. No phone calls yet(except for a bank in Pa that wanted to talk to him about a sales and marketing job after seeing his resume on Monster. Duh! Really doubt an aerospace engineer wants to do marketing at a bank). Just putting a feeler out there to all the engineer types who may know of a job and could put his name in front of someone. Call me cynical but this applying over the websites scares me since computers can kick you out over something minor.
He will be graduating with a GPA around 3.5 maybe a touch under depending on this semester. He has had a NASA internship at JSC and LOVED it. He would love to do something space related but is definitely open to other things as well. He has also helped me on my 9A build so has some experience with that. Appreciate any tips anybody can give!!
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Old 11-06-2019, 12:59 PM
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He's lucky that he's graduating at a time when major aerospace firms are hiring. Northrop Grumman has plenty of openings for aerospace engineering types at Melbourne, FL, Palmdale, CA, and El Segundo and Redondo Beach, CA.
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Old 11-06-2019, 01:30 PM
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The Air Force could offer him a few great jobs. Consider having him stop by a recruiter and get some details. Some of the best jobs in the free world are with the Air Force in my opinion.
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Old 11-06-2019, 01:59 PM
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If a bank was interested maybe he has a few finance courses on his resume? Depends entirely on what he wants to do but have him consider aircraft leasing. I am an aero engineer and moved from a large aircraft manufacturer in Seattle to an aircraft leasing company 20 years ago. Best decision I ever made. Lots of reasons but wow, did I get lucky. We had some Embry Riddle people - great guys, and yes, they stick together.
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Old 11-06-2019, 02:45 PM
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we're hiring :-)

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Old 11-06-2019, 03:22 PM
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Check out Raytheon, they are on a crazy hiring binge. Also they are in the middle of a giant merger with United technology. Pretty much anything ?aero? related, missiles /rockets, satellites, lots aircraft platform support/upgrades. I retired from the Indy plant a couple of years ago. We were the Software support activity for the V-22 Osprey. We hired as many ?Aeros? as we could get.
Also if he?s not already on LinkedIn, sign up. I changed my profile to retired and still get lots of ?hits? and they send a lot of local engineering job openings.
Makes me tired just thinking about work......
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