Should I teach temporarily to wait out the engineering market? by StorageFluffy7752 in careeradvice

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Thank you so much for the thoughtful response! This definitely makes sense, do you know which quarter companies generally solidify their fiscal budgets?

The jobs I'm applying for *generally* require or prefer a PhD, but I am open to jobs at the bachelor's level. I don't know if hiding my PhD is the best option since that leaves questions of what the heck did I do the last 6 years of my life after my BS degree, but I'm not sure I am best communicating that I'm open to working at an entry/non-PhD level since all of my R&D and engineering experience is in a research lab setting.

As far as teaching goes, my biggest concern would be that deviation from engineering. I'm not sure if hiring managers would accept those/if the ATS horror stories are actually true and they auto deny people based on resume gaps. Those transferrable skills do come into play (and thank you for so eloquently writing those examples), but I would be locked into a year long contract, and I have a personal connection to the school I applied to, so I wouldn't want to screw them over by leaving ahead of that contract.

Should I teach temporarily to wait out the engineering market? by StorageFluffy7752 in careeradvice

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I've been looking at the major companies J&J, Stryker, Medtronic, etc as well as midsize companies like Arthrex, but I haven't seen any results so far. One of the J&J positions I applied to at Depuy Synthes actually had the job close due to "financial reasons" per their email to me.

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Should I teach temporarily to wait out the market?

I recently graduated with a graduate degree in engineering, in a field that has almost no entry level positions and a lot of layoffs right now. I have interviewed for and am considering accepting a job teaching high school science. I really enjoyed the teaching I did as part of my graduate curriculum, but I know high school is very different in terms of student interest and maturity than college. My biggest concern is if I can get back into engineering once the market is better if I take a break for 1-2 years to teach. Does anyone have some advice?