Getting discouraged :(

[Tiramisu]

Lindsey, don't get discouraged. Houston would love to have you. Are you a Civil Engineer or a Designer? I work at ExxonMobil and my hubby is a Civil/Structural Engineer, working at FMC Technologies. Hubby and I both worked for Halliburton/KBR and have many good contacts there. I know my hubby is always looking for good Structural Engineers and Designers. Go online and check out KBR, FMC, and EM. Apply online and let me know so I can get your resume pulled. I do know that EM mostly recruits directly from college and probably already has filled their quotas for this year's openings.

[Lindsey]

My diploma is in Civil Engineering Technology... as a technologist I can do materials testing, drafting, and designing (but not final design... everything has to be checked by a professional engineer). Unfortunately since graduation I've been doing just basic drafting for a geotechnical consultant, without touching much design work at all. I did some materials testing for 8 months but I'd like to stay away from that if possible. I would love to be a sort of engineer's assistant or something, to help designing, but I'd also be happy just drafting because I feel comfortable with it. Oh yeah, and I've done a bit of structural design, but not at all since finishing college. My final project in college was the steel design of a 3 storey building I actually found structural design to be easy compared to landfills and roads and water treatment stuff!
Thank you so much for your help! I don't think I'd want to go until around or after Christmas, because I already have a trip booked for the end of November with a few friends from up here. I just want to see what the job market is like for now, and I guess I need to get a rough timeline for visa applications and stuff like that too. I will probably start actually applying for jobs in the fall Thanks again!

[Tiramisu]

Good luck in deciding what you want to do. Keep in mind that the three offerings I have are in the oil/gas business, designing mostly offshore oil drilling platforms.

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by Tiramisu

Lindsey, don't get discouraged. Houston would love to have you. Are you a Civil Engineer or a Designer? I work at ExxonMobil and my hubby is a Civil/Structural Engineer, working at FMC Technologies. Hubby and I both worked for Halliburton/KBR and have many good contacts there. I know my hubby is always looking for good Structural Engineers and Designers. Go online and check out KBR, FMC, and EM. Apply online and let me know so I can get your resume pulled. I do know that EM mostly recruits directly from college and probably already has filled their quotas for this year's openings.

They don't have any openings for an Electrical Engineer do they? My hubby is a EE & looking for work. I would love to move to texas.

Lindsey, I know exactly how you feel. My hubby is working in a job that has nothing to do with this degree & he feels like all the money & time in school was wasted. Just keep yours eyes open, & i'm hoping something with turn up for you.

[Tiramisu]

Ask your hubby to look at KBR online. They had a job fair last month and seem to getting busy. They have jobsites all over the world.

He can apply to ExxonMobil as a contractor, but once again they are notorious for hiring straight out of college.

I'm not sure what FMC has for Electrical, but I'll try to remember to ask hubby tonight.

I also have friends in Louisiana, at MMR Group, that is an electrical company. They install wiring on the oil platforms KBR builds.

Come on down! Let me know.