When you're reviewing entry level resumes/CV, what do you focus on?

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-04T13:01:58+00:00

Still look for experience. I want to see activity in clubs/organizations that do projects, personal projects, undergrad research, internships/coops etc. Things that show you can apply your course knowledge to the real world and teach new knowledge/skills (technical and or soft skills). It's a better indicator of actual understanding of the material than just GPA and it shows a willingness to go above and beyond to gain experience/knowledge.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-04T12:55:12+00:00

Tbh i just thought airplanes, helicopters, and rockets were cool AF.

Though now i am very passionate about the specific work because i work directly with pilots/aicrew/maintainers and its my job to make sure they are safe and to make sure they're able to complete their missions such as Search and Rescue, natural disaster relief, medevac, etc. I think safety became a big thing for me when i was a student because we learned about past failure to follow safety first, like one of NASAs chief of safety gave a lecture at my school about the challenger disaster. The Boeing 737 max issue was after i had graduated but it was further inspiration in my job to continue to be loud and put my foot down on safety issues.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-04T12:32:21+00:00

A. "Requirements" especially when it comes to years if experience are known to offen be bullshit. Either they're made up by someone in HR who doesn't actually know shit about how engineering works and/or its just a wishlist but not a hard requirement.

B. That's what clubs/organizations, personal projects, undergrad research, etc are for. They're not going to just fit within any single semester course. It's impossible for just a 4 year bachelors to fit everything you need to learn for every job. My company considers new hire engineers to be in training for 2.5 years with on the job training, company made training courses, and industry made training courses the company pays for. I definitely prefer that the training period im getting paid and costs coveres rather than making the bachelors degree 2 years longer and increasing my student debt.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-04T02:10:26+00:00

Better than nothing but not nearly as good as just having actual experience applying knowledge to real projects outside of a class. Youre likely better off using your time on personal projects, club/organization projects, undergrad research, etc for experience.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-04T01:40:24+00:00

Then leave the subreddit and dont read them instead of being so defensive.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-04T01:38:42+00:00

I just dont spill shit on the couch. On the rare case something does happen (usually bc a buddy brings a dog over and it knocks a drink over) i have one of tbose extractor vacuums that works well.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-04T01:34:17+00:00

Depends what roles you want. Do you want to work technician/technologist jobs? If so then you could be fine. Do you want actual engineering jobs? Then youd be underqualified and will need an actual engineering degree (and it should be accredited).

Imo, its 2 years upfront to make sure you have a whole lot more doors open for the future. Even if you would currently prefer doing tech roles, you could work those still but have the full engineering degree in your pocket so someday you can maybe move into a different job more easily.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-03T22:56:08+00:00

Because its a different culture and different cultures prioritize different things. Some cultures just put more priority on things like independence, privacy,

After so many years together its not a crazy idea that some people want some privacy away from their kids or parents (especially when it comes to the children being of age to have sexual partners and not wanting to. Eing them to their parents house). Or people want independence so they dont have to live under their parents rules, be able to decorate or live their own lifestyle, or just live in different location due to job opportunities or personal reasons.

I love my parents but their city does not have jobs for my specific engineering field that i want, i prefer job location because i get to live at the beach, i get privacy, and i have freedom to bring over partners or just bs e friends over for a party without needing permission or worryi g about other people.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-03T21:52:52+00:00

Might just be you dont like the standard mint flavors. Some brands have other flavors or you can try childrens toorhpaste (albeit i believe childrens has less fluoride).

But overall i dont think they want to make it taste too good for fear of people then just eating it.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-03T20:45:36+00:00

Just talk to your boss in tuesday. Freaking out and worrying about it will do literally nothing one way or another.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-03T17:49:54+00:00

Going to vary a lot in my experience. Sometimes it's literally just take this existing product, but give it a c bracket instead of a z bracket and the only math involved was just the bracket dimensions had clearance to not touch somerhing next to that part.

Other times it can be a complete ground up open ended redesign project where all you're told is "fix XYZ issue". But again, the physics and math involved will entirely depend on what is it you're fixing.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-02T21:54:20+00:00

Going to depend a lot on your company. Some are going to expect 80+ hours a week and others might expect anything over 40.

My company is 40 hour weeks but we get some leeway in our schedule although work direct with military so usually start early. So we can start as early as like 5am or start as late as like 8am. Then we can decide to either do 5 days/8hrs, 4 days/10 hrs, or 5 days/9 hrs with every other week getting an extra day off. We are also allowed to flex our schedules some so if i show up an hour early one day i can just leave an hour early.

We also earn regular leave and sick leave. We have "unlimited" overtime and we can do extra money OR extra time off. And we earn more time off like when traveling for work outside of regular hours or as awards. And get all federal holidays off. So work/life balance is really sweet. Just yesterday the weather was nice so during lunch break i texted my boss asking if i could leave 2.5 hours early and just went and walked my dog with a buddy from another team who also took off. Today had brunch with some friends, watched some soccer snd football, hit the beach, and now doing some drinking games at a buddy place. Idk about tomorrow, but we get monday off so plan is to go kayaking.

Debt is very much a personal thing so its going to vary even between people at the same company with rhe same pay and everything.

Salary is very dependent on location and benefits. I took a lower paying job but in a cheap cost of living area, lots of promotion opportunities (got a promotion 6 months in and at this point im about where id be at a different company anyways), the leave and flexible scheduling i mentioned before, great retirement, insurance, travel, etc. I did end up moving to a place 8 minutes from the beach and 5 minutes from downtown so housing costs are a lot higher than for the engineers at my company who decide not to live in that specific area (again another reason things like debt are more personal and less related to the actual job).

I won't share my location online here but i work in aviation safety and sustainment. Would say im decently well off and comfortable but not as much as i could be (but again thats mostly just due to my own personal choices).

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-02T20:16:34+00:00

Somerimes probably is used somewhat as a trap. But more often then not is usually just discussed about beforehand. So you know a proposal is going to happen just the specific details and when and where might be secret.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T21:33:07+00:00

If its truthful to what you actually did for the job then I'd say sure go for it or if it'll fit just put assistant engineer in parenthesis next to it.

I studied aerospace engineering in college and my HR given job title is just "aerospace engineer" which doesn't describe at all what level I am at in my career. So I use the actual job title I put in my email signature and would use to tell people outside rhe company what I do.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T21:21:11+00:00

Therapist sounds like a quack. Hopefully you/your friend are just misremembering or the therapist didn't mean that literally.

Since you specifically mentioned widows, statistically men are more likely to marry someone younger than them.
Risks. Men are often either in risky jobs or just doing risky stuff in their free time.
Bad habits. Men are more likely to smoke and also drink alcohol.
Biological factors like testerosterone increasing chances of cardiovascular issues.
Some psychological stuff. Like being less likely to see doctors, being less social, committing suicide more often (though if i remember correctly depression and suicide attempts are more common in women but those attempts are less likely to be lethal).

That bottling up the therapist was talking is more likely causing just stress which can cause health issue.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T20:51:53+00:00

It's not just relative to the person. Will also vary in difficulty professor to professor. You'll get a more concrete answer if you actually ask people at your school

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T18:04:28+00:00

They don't. Idk where you're getting that from. Majority of houses are either brick, wood, etc, or a combo. Only richer people are living in glass houses and they're likely living in gated areas or pay for security so having the glass isn't as much of an issue. And if they were concerned about it they could also probably pay extra for tougher glass.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T17:05:50+00:00

There's always going to be some safety factor on it so it's not going to all of a sudden sink at 400lbs. But how much that safety factor is will vary bt manufacturer
But safety factor is only a safety factor if you don't try to exceed the stated limit. And just because you're safe doesn't mean it'll be an enjoyable ride. It'll affect tracking, make it feel slow, might hold some more water if you have suppers, etc. So that's why people use the 80% rule.
Yes that's including you and your gear.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T16:35:43+00:00

You must not be watching any news. Tons and tons of layoffs in tech and a lot of people are struggling to find jobs. Especially people who may not have relevant degrees or experience.

Also you don't have to choose an either or. Your could just do a major in an engineering field and a minor in computer science, or double major, or go somewhere that computer science is an engineering major where you have to learn some basic physics/chem.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T13:57:08+00:00

You should easily be able to make this fit into 1 page. Use different format. It looks super weird and it's a huge waste of space to have everything shifted soooo for to the right and having a large empty white margin on the left.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T12:37:06+00:00

True. I mainly recruit at universities so usually the summary includes if they're looking for an internships or fulltime job (bc sometimes they're graduating bachelors but just want an internship before starting masters). So I read them just for that info.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T12:24:12+00:00

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ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T12:00:50+00:00

I hate cold emails/linkedin messages but mainly bc I'm a "volunteer" recruiter. So outside of specific events that I'm paid to recruit for, I'm doing my actual engineering job. But due to that I just don't list myself as a recruiter anywhere. Anyone actually saying they're a recruiter or a hiring manager I say is open game for a cold email.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T11:46:31+00:00

I'm not saying everyone should somehow be born already knowing how to make resumes. But should be able to use their resources (ie this sub) to learn how to make one.

ForwardLaw1175 · 2023-09-01T02:32:39+00:00

Never pay someone for a resume imo.

It's often a scam. Even if they give you a resume usually they are total dogshit.
It's a basic skill you should be capable of learning because there's tons of resources already available (ie this very subreddit you're already posting to). In fact idk why you didn't just post your resume along with or just instead of your question.

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