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[quote=Anonymous]He graduated end of this summer with an engineering degree from a respectable college and hasn't landed a job yet.  He was pretty crushed yesterday because the he had been interviewed several times by a company that does the exact type of work that he wants to do and they told him he was "overqualified education wise but under qualified with work history in the enginneering field".  It's like there are no entry level jobs out there to get that work history though.  He seems on the verge of begging.  He has lots of work experience, but in customer service type jobs, not really as an engineer.

Any advise on what he can do?  Is there a temp company for engineering job?  Are there internship programs? Could he start his own consulting company?

I asked if he would consider going back to school and that was absolutely refused.  He really wants to work and it shocks me that no one will hire him.  He graduated from a school like Univeristy of Wisconsin with a good GPA and lots of teacher recommendations-- he worked as grader in his last year for his favorite prof.  His alma mater doesn't seem to provide much help for finding a job.  Just provides job listings, which, so far, haven't planned out.  I'm really regretting that he didn't go to a school with an established co-op program. Although I've heard even students in those schools are having a rough time of it.

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