futurevr4man
07-21-2014, 10:00 PM
The following is what my mom wrote on a retirement forum she is on. It is mainly full of engineers (which is what I am). I know this place has a lot of engineers on it too, so I would appreciate the input. Thank you!
I am looking for some advice from some of the engineers on the forum. My son graduated with his mechanical engineering degree last year. He was offered and accepted an engineering position with an auto parts manufacturer in a little, tiny, redneck town in the state we live in. He enjoyed his job but hated where he was living. There is absolutely nothing in that town for twenty-somethings to do. He is very athletic and loves to play all kinds of sports, likes to go out and hang with his friends....you know how twenty-somethings are
This year he was offered a position with another auto parts manufacturer in a much larger, metropolitan area (out of state) doing essentially the same thing he was doing but at a much higher salary and a more "fun" place to live. He started work there at the beginning of June. He says he doesn't care for the company and the job is *meh*.
He is now receiving a lot of contacts from head hunter type people offering him all sorts of opportunities - like working in the aerospace automation industry (across the country from us) as well as other more mundane type industries (in the state - actually in the same town we, his parents, live in). He gets approached on an average by someone every 2 weeks for the past couple of months.
My question to those of you who have worked in the engineering industry - what looks good and what looks bad on a resume? He's only been on his new job for about 7 - 8 weeks. Is job hopping, even to something better, seriously frowned upon or is it expected in this industry? Having no experience in the engineering world, we are at a loss of what to advise him when he asks what he should do. Does anyone have any advice to share?
Thanks
I am looking for some advice from some of the engineers on the forum. My son graduated with his mechanical engineering degree last year. He was offered and accepted an engineering position with an auto parts manufacturer in a little, tiny, redneck town in the state we live in. He enjoyed his job but hated where he was living. There is absolutely nothing in that town for twenty-somethings to do. He is very athletic and loves to play all kinds of sports, likes to go out and hang with his friends....you know how twenty-somethings are
This year he was offered a position with another auto parts manufacturer in a much larger, metropolitan area (out of state) doing essentially the same thing he was doing but at a much higher salary and a more "fun" place to live. He started work there at the beginning of June. He says he doesn't care for the company and the job is *meh*.
He is now receiving a lot of contacts from head hunter type people offering him all sorts of opportunities - like working in the aerospace automation industry (across the country from us) as well as other more mundane type industries (in the state - actually in the same town we, his parents, live in). He gets approached on an average by someone every 2 weeks for the past couple of months.
My question to those of you who have worked in the engineering industry - what looks good and what looks bad on a resume? He's only been on his new job for about 7 - 8 weeks. Is job hopping, even to something better, seriously frowned upon or is it expected in this industry? Having no experience in the engineering world, we are at a loss of what to advise him when he asks what he should do. Does anyone have any advice to share?
Thanks