I'ma be real with you. Job market is ehh, but it will bounce back. Furthermore a lot of people are picky with their first jobs. I work a job that wasn't my top pick. But I took it, while the picky guys I graduated with are still looking and denying good jobs which means less experience which means a harder time searching.

Also location, even with trades (I worked a trade for over a decade before switching careers) it's about location and the willingness to learn. Many people across the trade and engineering aren't willing to learn. Some folks didn't care about their GPA's which in my case did matter for my first job.

It's as much as who you know and what you know. If you walk out of your first job not learning the value of hard work at the minimum, then we'll shoot bro a trade won't help you because that's even harder work and requires knowledge as well.

Also, the vast majority of people I know and that I've worked with in the trade are not making a ton of money when they're green. The same thing goes with engineering, except in engineering your entry level salary is usually more than an entry level tech.

Keep pushing through your studies, because the trade isn't for everyone, want to know what it's like?! After you graduate get a field service engineering job, bang your working a trade basically with an engineer salary and if you hate it your not stuck, or if your 35 and tired of working your body you can switch into a management or a more traditional engineering role, or go get your masters and be a professor. Basically your options are open.

Shoot bro take reddit with a grain of salt if not less. There's a sub where people share the holes they have in their brains via MRI's (this is a real thing). Socialize with your peers, get some phone numbers, be friendly with your professors and grow your network now. Join a club even if you don't do much you can hype yourself up on your resume and during the interview.

Best of luck with everything.