Comments on: What are my likely career prospects as a mature graduate civil engineer? http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-are-my-likely-career-prospects-as-a-mature-graduate-civil-engineer/ Career and Job Advice Thu, 17 May 2012 15:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: onegater http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-are-my-likely-career-prospects-as-a-mature-graduate-civil-engineer/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 onegater Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:45:59 +0000 http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-are-my-likely-career-prospects-as-a-mature-graduate-civil-engineer/#comment-1845 You will have no problem with finding a job with construction companies if the economy turns around by the time you graduate. The job market for all Civil Engineers is sucking hard right now. As for design and consulting Civil Engineering firms, you will have a disadvantage because I have found that they shy away from older students and non-traditional students and former military students. I have gone to pretty much every campus career fair at my university for the past 3 years and have gone around talking to almost every company at the events and it seems they don't like older and former military people unlike the construction companies that favor older and former military people. I have talked to several people that are either older students and/or former military and they have ran into the same with design and consulting civil engineering firms. This is why I don't put my military service on my resume. You will have no problem with finding a job with construction companies if the economy turns around by the time you graduate. The job market for all Civil Engineers is sucking hard right now.

As for design and consulting Civil Engineering firms, you will have a disadvantage because I have found that they shy away from older students and non-traditional students and former military students. I have gone to pretty much every campus career fair at my university for the past 3 years and have gone around talking to almost every company at the events and it seems they don’t like older and former military people unlike the construction companies that favor older and former military people.

I have talked to several people that are either older students and/or former military and they have ran into the same with design and consulting civil engineering firms. This is why I don’t put my military service on my resume.

]]> By: bobmalcomb http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-are-my-likely-career-prospects-as-a-mature-graduate-civil-engineer/comment-page-1/#comment-1844 bobmalcomb Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:46:26 +0000 http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-are-my-likely-career-prospects-as-a-mature-graduate-civil-engineer/#comment-1844 I am an older civil engineer with only a couple years experience. As a structural engineer I can make 50-60$/hour anywhere. if i go to the places where the oil industry are I can make 75$/hour. if I go to Alaska I can make $100/hour and in the mideast I can make 120-200$/hour. You must learn to use the program called STAAD. It is the industry standard and easy to use finite element package. The closer to oil you work, the more $$ you will make. I am an older civil engineer with only a couple years experience. As a structural engineer I can make 50-60$/hour anywhere. if i go to the places where the oil industry are I can make 75$/hour. if I go to Alaska I can make $100/hour and in the mideast I can make 120-200$/hour. You must learn to use the program called STAAD. It is the industry standard and easy to use finite element package. The closer to oil you work, the more $$ you will make.

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