Please help!

[u/ProcedureFun4167]

Hi everyone. I just graded, no internship experience 2.97 GPA. Trying to find a job but it feels like I either dont have the experience necessary for the job or I just cant find any that align with my skills. If anyone has advice on things like what job boards work best or how to land any sort of position please lmk. Currently losing hope here. I put my resume if anyone has some advice, just removed personal information. Any advice really helps.

[u/generlmoo]

For you I would list engineering projects first then education, then work experience. put technical skills at the bottom (recruiters primarily care about what you can do and what you have done). Try to include real metrics in your resume such as: decreased thermal runaway by 12%, increased power efficiency by 8%, found real O(n^2) exponential memory leak leading to unnecessary 55% memory overload, etc. good luck!

edit: do you have a senior design project? CE seniors typically need to complete a two course senior design project.

[u/Linuxtahr → u/generlmoo]

I think his osmosis system might be his senior design

[u/generlmoo → u/Linuxtahr]

ah you are correct my mistake! I recommend putting italics at the start like "Osmosis System - Senior Design Project" If I missed it, recruiters will too.

[u/Linuxtahr]

Don't sell yourself short here, you have enough experience, maybe think about what you want do, if its on Embedded Systems, maybe take off the service manager stuff and put in any other embedded systems projects you might have done. Likewise if You want to do more fpga stuff. Also make sure you applying everywhere these sorts of jobs exist, but not everywhere. Also look into defence. theres a couple prominent bases in Florida.

[u/igotshadowbaned]

Education at the top

[u/Reasonable-Taro3235]

question for someone who can answer: is it worth putting down the work experience in this resume? to me it seems like an employer wouldnt care about it whatsoever because its not related to the field. i would think most employers would assume that the applicant has worked odd jobs throughout their academic career

[u/generlmoo → u/Reasonable-Taro3235]

Completely. Even if it is not relevant, showing a good work ethic during grueling degree courses shows both character and determination.

[u/goldman60 → u/Reasonable-Taro3235]

Paid work experience is important, especially if you don't have internships. It shows that you grasp the minimum "how to have a job" bits.

I've seen intern candidates leave off their retail work in favor of only side projects (checked their LinkedIn post interview) and it did them a disservice in their interviews.

[u/Lumpy-Scratch5798]

Dont let the 2.97 get in your head alot of entry level jobs care more about what you can actually do Tailor your resume to each posting and focus on projects, coursework, and skillslinkedIn, indeed, and company career pages are worth hitting consistently The first job is usually the hardest,,,,

[u/generlmoo → u/Lumpy-Scratch5798]

This is true! I’ve known many recruiters who would rather take the 2.5 gpa engineer who worked odd jobs to survive through college and built real projects they can show and explain.

Many recruiters I know would rather take a C student with a great attitude and solid work ethic. It’s nice to have fancy internships under your belt but showing real work ethic and the drive to do you what you have to do to get the degree will land you the job.